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April 12th, 2008, 08:07 PM
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 download problems Greetings I am brand now to the MAC world and I have a macbook with OS X on it. Earlier today I downloaded ircle and ran it. I used it for several minutes and then had to shut down my system. Tonight I noticed that ircle is gone. I tried to download that IRC client and several others. It seems as if all .dmg files are now turning into .exe files and landing on my desktop instead of my download folder. Can someone tell me how to fix this please? I am not sure what I might have done to cause this problem. Thanks Last edited by technopappa; April 13th, 2008 at 10:14 AM.  |
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April 12th, 2008, 08:13 PM
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| Update on dmg files turning into .exe Quicktime player files Hey there ,sorry about the GIANT fonts. I could not figure out how to go back and edit the post. Anyway, one thing I forgot to say is that the .exe files seem to be associated with Quicktime player as well. This is too weird. LOL... |
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April 12th, 2008, 08:19 PM
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| Ircle is only 10.4 or earlier. That is the reason. So you will need something like Snak that is 10.5 ready.
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April 12th, 2008, 08:28 PM
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 Thanks for quick response Ok, so I clicked on the Snak link as you said. I clicked to SAVE the file to my computer (macbook). When the download was done I had a NEW .exe file that was associated with Quick Player. I keep deleting all of the .exe files since I am not really sure I understand how this is happening. This morning everything was working just fine. I did have ircle running like a charm. I am running version 10.5 of OS X It is as if the file associations are all screwed up or something. |
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April 13th, 2008, 10:13 AM
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 Uninstall of Quicktime player fixed it I wound up just uninstalling Quicktime player. Once I did that the .dmg files were processed correctly. I have no idea how I managed to muck up the .dmg installer association. It is all part of learning I suppose. Now I need to reinstall Quicktime Player at some point. Thanks for the tip on get info etc... |
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April 13th, 2008, 11:41 PM
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April 14th, 2008, 07:02 AM
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| deleting quicktime player Yes, that is what I meant to say. I knew that somehow the downloads for .dmg packages were gettting associated with Quicktime player because of the quicktime player icon on the desktop. My Macbook is running just fine so I am sure that all I did was just get rid of the player. At some point I need to reinstall it. Thanks |
