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Old August 30th, 2001
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Angry Mac files do not open with Limewire!

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.
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Old August 31st, 2001
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Check this out:

http://www.gnutellaforums.com/showth...&threadid=2733
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Smile Thanks, but it still does not solve the problem!

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 *******?
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Old September 1st, 2001
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Default Re: Mac files do not open with Limewire!

You're problem is underlined.

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

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Old December 12th, 2001
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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.
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Old December 13th, 2001
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Wink easy answer

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.

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Old December 13th, 2001
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Default Expander

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

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Default Expander

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

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Old December 15th, 2001
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Default ive had the same problem

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
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doesn't work for me

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