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4 Replies Last post: Nov 17, 2006 8:43 PM by daniel_loz

daniel_loz

14 posts since
Nov 17, 2006

Nov 17, 2006 3:08 AM

limewire not installing properly?

ok im just getting back into macs and this is my first round with OSX... you can see my setup in my sig and the G4 runs like a dream but im trying to install a couple of apps that i need like Firefox and Limewire...firefox loads fine..but once limewire installs i cant actually seem to use it or open it...it downloads and installs properly on my main drive... my desktop has new icons that i dont know what they are for : Two white drive icons that say "Limewire", a drive icon that says "Firefox", then some others labeled LimeWireOSX.dmg, LimeWireOSX-1.dmg, and Firefox 2.0.dmg...what do i do with these..they are cluttering my desktop up and limewire still wont open up for me...this mac is useless if i cant download..HELP...im sorry for the jumbled post...

sosumi

550 posts since
Jul 30, 2001

1. Nov 17, 2006 5:02 AM

in response to: daniel_loz

Re: limewire not installing properly?

They're not installed. Sounds like you ran Firefox from the disk image.

What you have on the desktop - the "drive icons" are disk images, a virtual disk, if you will - treat it like a CD or any other removable media. You need to open these, then, in the case of Firefox, drag the Firefox icon from there to your Application folder. With Limewire, I can't recall, the opened disk image might have an installer, or it too is a drag and drop. After that, eject the images by dragging the "drive icons" to the trash. What's left, the .dmg - you may want to keep in case you need to reinstall sometime.

Once that's done, you can start the apps from their spot in the applications folder.

"LimeWireOSX.dmg, LimeWireOSX-1.dmg" just means that you downloaded two copies.

daniel_loz

14 posts since
Nov 17, 2006

2. Nov 17, 2006 2:31 PM

in response to: sosumi

Re: limewire not installing properly?

ok i fixed the firefox app and got rid of all those extra simulated drives you were talking about and tried to fix limewire...its installed inside the application folder but whenever i open the limewire folder and double click the icon to open the app the limewire icon appears in my dock for just a few seconds then goes away..i dont have a chance to click it when it shows up in the dock

sosumi

550 posts since
Jul 30, 2001

3. Nov 17, 2006 2:47 PM

in response to: daniel_loz

Re: limewire not installing properly?

Trash the Limewire folder and reinstall from the disk image. If it happens again you may have a corrupted installer. Did you get it from the Limewire site or elsewhere?

daniel_loz

14 posts since
Nov 17, 2006

4. Nov 17, 2006 8:43 PM

in response to: sosumi

Re: limewire not installing properly?

i got it from the limewire site...ive trashed and reinstalled a couple of times..can somebody give me a step by step to installing limewire since apparently im doing something wrong..from downloading it to running the application for the first time...step by step..please..b/c i have to be able to download and limewire is my primary media for this...thanks so much for the help

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