@burnout426 ah it's my fault. before opening the fresh install, i renamed the 'opera_autoupdate' file inside the mac os folder (inside view package contents) to try to prevent it updating upon opening. But my messing with that file causes the previously mentioned move to trash message. So now I'm trying to figure out another way to disable it.
Ah, the joys of not having a newer computer.
(sorry for the delayed reply - I've got the message on here saying as a new user I can only post every 600 seconds. ha!)