Does Limewire WORK?!

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Hello.

I'm after help. This is the second time I've downloaded Limewire and attempted to use it. After getting frustrated last time and binning it, I've just had another go and I FEEL LIKE DOING THE SAME!

I'm fairly computer literate, but no expert, and after going through all the FAQs etc, still cannot make head or tail.

If anybody could spare the time to help me, I'd be very grateful.

I searched for a file I wanted. I highlighted it to Download. It said it couldn't do it because it was "awaiting more sources". This happened dozens of times even for 4-Star items.

Then, suddenly, SUCCESS! For the very first time a file started to download. It got to 85% downloaded then suddenly stopped with the usual "awaiting more sources" message.

Question 1 - Why does it keep doing this, and is there a way I can get it to work?

When I was joining Limewire, I was asked which files I would like to share. I entered a file as a default which has a couple of film clips in. However, when I looked at Library "shared" there is nothing there. However, files I didn't want to share were there in "trash" and were being shared. WHY?

Question 2 - How do I make files I want to share available?

Question 3 - Can I make sure that stuff on my computer is NOT available to share without firewalls?

If anybody CAN help me I would very much appreciate it. I'm on the verge of binning it all again.

I'm on an iBook, Mac 8.6 OS.

Thanks,

Ray
raygreen100@hotmail.com