Its a hell of a problem. 90-95% of my downloaded files do not open! They read as limewire documents, and resist conversion by stuffit, quicktime, everything! This happens no matter what the file type: .mp3, .sit, .mpeg--you name it, it doesn't work.

I know it is not a hardware issue. This mac is nominal and all software and os are current (OS 9.2).

Anybody know why this happens and what can be done about it? I'd hate to go back to mactella, but I will until this gets sorted out.

Check this out:

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&threadid=2733

Thanks very much for the suggestion, but it still does not solve the problem. It seems that limewire recreates the filetype as a limewire document. This is a bit silly, as Limewire is generally unable to open these files. The question is: how to convert the files back to something that can be opened? I've tried renaming the creator/type strings, but to no avail. So it seems limewire somehow alters the file during download.

Any developers have any clue about how to beat this *******?

You're problem is underlined.

Sir, this forum is intended for use by limewire users who use macintosh computers. It is not a place for slurs on one's choice of platform. Be advised you've been reported to the moderators.

there are several question like this on the forum site - the problem is easy to solve!

Get your head round it - many of these files that you download are indeed LimeWire files, so your mac takes you back to the application that created the file, clever right. Usual this is what you want the computer to do.

However you need to drop "white space" iconed LimeWire files directly onto Stuffit Expander or other similar tool, you will then get a stuffit icon file, which you can then double click to open in the time honoured way.

andy145

The thing is - you can open these LimeWire files - if you just have a tiny bit more skill then to simply keep double clicking. It seems that alot of people are getting stuck for no good reason.

So using Expander twice solves the problem...until you have the time

andy145

The thing is - you can open these LimeWire files - if you just have a tiny bit more skill then to simply keep double clicking. It seems that alot of people are getting stuck for no good reason.

So using Expander twice solves the problem...until you have the time

andy145

but i think it comes from how windows file names are to long, so the extension gets cut off, and windows doesnt have file type/creater codes. so when you download an mp3 or something all you need to do is delete 4 characters at the end and add .mp3 or whatever, itll change its icon and creators automatically

doesn't work for me

andy145