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Old August 16th, 2006, 10:06 PM
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Petty question
I know for a lot of people this is going to sound like a silly question,
but..it's been eating me up all day that I just can't figure it out. My name is Samantha and I just turned 18, my going away to college present was this mac laptop they bought me for my course in Sheridan.

As glad as I was to get it, I've definitely been having some issues downloading trivial programs like msn messenger or music sharing programs. Every time I finish a download and double click, instead of getting an installation wizard I get a message saying I have no specific default application to open it.

What does that mean? Can anybody help? :\
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Old August 17th, 2006, 12:02 AM
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I know for a lot of people this is going to sound like a silly question,
but..it's been eating me up all day that I just can't figure it out. My name is Samantha and I just turned 18, my going away to college present was this mac laptop they bought me for my course in Sheridan.

As glad as I was to get it, I've definitely been having some issues downloading trivial programs like msn messenger or music sharing programs. Every time I finish a download and double click, instead of getting an installation wizard I get a message saying I have no specific default application to open it.

What does that mean? Can anybody help? :\

It means just that, you don't have a program to open that application.

Just curious is this your first mac? If this is, you need to know now that alot of pc stuff won't work on a mac. You have to make sure whatever programs you decide to put on it are able to run on it.

BTW...Here is the link to get msn messenger for mac MSN Messenger
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Old August 17th, 2006, 11:44 AM
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Ugh, I adore you. Thank you very much,
and yes it is. Does that mean I wont be able to download things like bear share and other pc friendly programs...? Or like the link you gave me; they will just need to be specified for a mac?
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You need the mac friendly programs as mentioned. Alternative to bearshare = limewire, if you need any other alternatives, you can ask here and we can give you them.
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You need the mac friendly programs as mentioned. Alternative to bearshare = limewire, if you need any other alternatives, you can ask here and we can give you them.


Awesome, thank you for clarify my fogginess.
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Since you're using a Mac, you might as well take advantage of its GOOD software.

Limewire is fine, but I tend towards Acquisition or aMule.

Instead of MSN I recommend Adium.

Instead of Word, I recommend... Okay, that's one area in which Windows still has us licked.
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Since you're using a Mac, you might as well take advantage of its GOOD software.

Limewire is fine, but I tend towards Acquisition or aMule.

Instead of MSN I recommend Adium.

Instead of Word, I recommend... Okay, that's one area in which Windows still has us licked.
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i still prefer OpenOffice, though it still requires X11 and doesn't use Aqua/Mac key combos, a lot of people says its big and bloated but i don't mind it and prefer it over anything (mainly because it has auto-complete, which is a godsend when you suck at spelling like me), Aqua/Mac key combos should be coming to it within a few months, but for those who can't wait there is NeoOffice, its OpenOffice ported to Aqua, but its a little behind the normal version of Open Office
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