i have the same problem,i download mp3s files but i can't lauch them.
please, help me

ya i went to go on to my limewire and a box showed up and it asked if i wanted to download the new limewire so i said ok and downloaded it and now it won't even let me on my limewire i have even uninstalled it and installed it twice what is wrong with my limewire

When I download files they are not being saved as mp3 files and this has only started happening since I updated to 2.2 PRO (lots of people seem to be complaining that the program gets worse every time it's updated???)....Can someone reply to this thread and help? The subject is obviously getting a lot of attention among Mac users. Please, anyone with information on why files are suddenly being saved in unusual formats - let us know the deal. Thanks!

okay, sometimes files have too many characters and if you shorten the name and attach ".mp3" to the file name you may experience success!

When I upgraded, all the mp3 downloads started showing up as realplayer files. This is not a good thing when you are using itunes for mp3 playback. I opened the File Exchange control panel and found mp3's they had all been changed to realplayer, I changed them to itunes and everything works as it did before. Give it a shot...

my mp3 files are now downloading as mpegs, i cannot launch them from the library, if i go to the shared folder and click on them i can open them in a translation application., the extention still says mp3 but the icon is not a quicktime mp3 icon anymore., when i drop the file in filetyper it says that it is a mpeg file???????????!

I was one of those who could not burn files downloaded, but now life is better. I installed iTunes, which you can download for free from the Apple site. It can convert the files! It will allow you to burn them onto a CD. I had to go through a succession of system upgrades to enable me to use iTunes. It will only run with System 9.0 and will only burn CDs after you've upgraded to 9.2. I think that's right. Anyway, I emailed the system guy at Limewire, and he admitted that they've known about this problem for a while. They don't seem to be completley on top of some aspects of designing for the Mac platform. iTunes worked for me. One nice thing iTunes does, is that it allows you to set up different lists tunes. You can place the tunes in order, listen to them to make sure you like the selection, then burn the list to your CD. It doesn't seem to have a music seach and download function, so Limewire is still needed. I reverted to the older version of Limewire, too. Good luck!

Yeah I'm having the same problem. Only thing is I can't seem to even find the files that I have downloaded. Nothing is showing up in the library on Limewire, and the only thing I can find is what I downloaded that was incomplete. My shared files folder is completely empty. Another comment posted on here was right....Limewire gets worse as they upgrade it!
I'm also on a Mac. I can't launch any of the files I downloaded, and I can't even find them.

Try reinstalling LimeWire or try using the default Shared path, - check permissions, free space on your disk, etc. LimeWire files don't just vanish for no reason.

I've paid the nominal fee for pro and have had trouble downloading ever since. e.g., downloading several files, the first few will be recognized by quicktime mp3 or iTunes....... then, suddenly, they are idendentified as Real Player mp3 and nothing recognizes them.

AVI (starwars trailer) is also unopenable.

I would like to
A) set itunes as my defaut player
B) open all these files that I keep downloading