downloads stay as limewire files, cant install applications
 

just started using a mac and all the programs I download stay as limewire files. With a pc I double clicked the file after downloading and it launched the setup to install the program. someone suggested changing the filename but this didn't work, it still tries to load all files into limewire. saying all this, I'm new to macs and I'm presuming that a .sit file (the type i'm downloading) is an installation file for the mac. am I doing something stoopid? please help as I'm lacking loads of software. thanks!

I am having somewhat of the same problem. i.e.... I have downloaded some "mp3" files. However, once I have downloaded them, they stay as limewire documents, and I can't use them in ANY of my programs. NOR can I convert them. Some of the files I download, I am able to add the extension ".mp3", and it automatically turns into a Quicktime file... which is perfect. However, this is very frustrating because MOST of the files I download I can't use, and it has been time wasted waiting for them.... what can we do?

Someone please help :-)

~Sonic Girl~

LimeWire 1.7 has been updated so that this will no longer happen. What version are you using? If you're using 1.7, be sure to let us know. If it's still got problems, we need to pay some more attention to it.
:-)

Using v1.7
 

Yeah, I'm using V 1.7. Someone said that I should revert to 1.4 to stop this happening but I cant find it anywhere on the net. would be cool if you could look into this.

thanks

If you are using 1.7 and are still experiencing LimeWire doc conflicts, please post and let me know specifically. For anyone wanting an older version of LW, try this link:

http://limewire.gnutelliums.com/1.4b/

:-)

problem solved
 

I launched stuffit expander and loaded the file into it instead of double clicking the file from my hard drive. it unpacked the installation file. dunno why I cant double click downloaded files but it's sorted anyway. thanks for the advice:D

Ahhh!
 

I am also having problems with the downloaded mp3 files staying documents. I have tried putting them in stuffit, I have downloaded an encoder, nothing is working!

I am having the same problem, all down loaded files display a generic Limewire icon. Stuffit didn't work. Running 1.7 on 233 iMac OS 9.04

I am using 1.7 as well. Things seems to be working better today though... this problem has only happened once! Thanks :-)

~Sonic Girl~

Thank you all for alerting us of the problem. Look for updates to this problem in the future. If anyone else is experiencing this problem or finds a solution, please let us know.

Thank you.
:-)

same problem
 

i'm also having the problem with downloaded files staying as limewire docs on a mac. don't seem to have the problem with music...they play on a gray amp player. but jpg, mpg won't launch.

same problem here
 

Nothing works! I've tried everything to expand .sit files and I get zero

To convert the blank Limewire files into a Quicktime format, simply drag a file to the desktop and shorten the file name. The file must end in .mp3 in order to work as a music file. This same trick works for jpg or mpeg files which don't appear to have downloaded. Apparently, files which have too long a title drop the file designation off when they are transferred.. This has worked with every file format I've tried…

downloaded files can't be opened
 

changing the file name, shortening it, and adding .mp3 works. Thanks for unlocking many of my long awaited downlodads

adding .mp3 to the title of the song worked for me too. Thanks!!!

cool info.....!!!I'm glad you shared that.

Opening downloaded files ...

Downloaded files to not show a file type designation (ie. mpeg, avi. etc.) Files in the shared folder reamin LimeWire docs and will not open either with "Launch" or from the Library.

The solution at least for OS 8.6 was to create an alias for the shared folder, remember the type of file downloaded, open the shared folder, shorten the file name, type for example ".mpeg" at the end of the file name.

In brief I had forgotten that a Mac OS only allows a max of 32 characters for file names.

Thus when the file is downloaded the OS automatically clips the original name and file type.

Problem with Downloads in Limewire file type
 

I have two downloads I'm keeping in a file waiting for a solution to the same problem others have shared here. It doesn't happen most of the time. The file types are (.sit). I drag the file to the Stuffit Expander icon and almost allways get files to expand. The ones that won't, Stuffit 6.5 gives me an error message that these file will not expand and that I should open them in Limeware.

If anyone comes up with a fix please post it.

Thanks - Larry

".sit" files not UnStuffing
 

I'm in the same boat - no matter what I try, some of my ".sit" files will not UnStuff. I've tried shortening the names. Changing the names. Changing the file and creator types. Making copies. Nothing seems to work.

I'm running MacOS 8.6, LimeWire 1.7c, StuffIt Expander 6.5.

Files won't convert
 

Shortening the name of the file and adding the file type (.mpg, .mpeg, .jpg, etc) to the end of the file name will work, but remember also that in the file name itself, do not use a space if more than one word, for example, show it as: myfunmovie.mpeg, not: my fun movie.mpeg

.sit files not working
 

I also have the same problem with .sit files.

The renaming solution, however, does not work, as on a mac, the system doesn't care what the name of the file is as long as its under 32 characters. You don't need PC traditional xxxxx.xxx formats.

So, does anyone know what the answer is?

I am having the same problem but my files are .img and .dmg and stuffit won't open them automatically or manually. I tried using resedit and was told they have no resource fork and asked if I wanted to add one. I said yes and found ???? in the Type box and OG c in the Creator box. is there something I can put in those boxes so the files will open? Thank You

downloads that won't unstuff
 

same problem as others; not all but far too many downloads won't unstuff. using v1.8 on a mac running 9.2. ideas?

opening downloaded files
 

Anyone been able to get any response regarding how to open files that won't open with expander, changing their names, or their extensions? This is extremely frustrating.

having the worst time with trying to listen to my downloads
 

ok. hopefully someone can help me. i am very new to using my mac. unfortunetly i had gotten very used to napster and have no idea how to run limewire. if someone could please let me know how to listen to my downloaded mp3's i would greatly appreciate it. only one of the 30 or so songs actually played in quicktime when i double clicked it...but none of the others budged. am i doing something wrong? missing a step? just completely retarded? help me please!!! i want to hear the f-ing music!!
oh one more question...do i have to have mactella for mac...or can i use gnutella?

nice if this bug was documented
 

I went for days downloading over and over again, only to keep getting files that won't open. Silly me, I tossed all of them and kept downloading. Only on day 3 did I bother to check these forums. What a waste of time! Being such a common occurance, it would be nice if this was noted in the FAQ section instead of the drivil that's there.

I'm a 17-year mac veteran, consultant and advisor to firms like Adobe and Macromedia (and creative). I'm tired of these sorts of bugs. Macs aren't so few that we should be told "gee, we didn't think about macs" just so we can waste our time doing something so simple (like downloading) that it ought to work.

Opening LimeWire Files on a MAC
 

I had the same, problem... drove me crazy... clicking wouldn't open the files. Some downloaded as .sit, .sea, .hqx in the file names but didn't show up with the Stuffit Exander icon.
I have Stuffit Deluxe 5.5 and it recognized and opened them all from within the program. Stuffit Expander didn't seem to work as well.

Willy
DynaMixTech@Mad.Scientist.Com

hmmm...I tried shortening the name of my newly downloaded movie files, and added the ending ".mpg", or ".mpeg" to them. Now they show up as quicktime icons, but "it is not a file quicktime understands." Any suggestions? Thanks a bunch everyone!
G

okey, my problem is very similar to everyone elses.........

im using limewire17 and when i download mp3s theyre usually in quicktime format which is fine and dandy because i can still use them in itunes. but recently theyve been downloading as "general documents" with the .mp3 extension attached (and i swear i didnt chang any settings!!!). the only way i can use them is to convert them into itunes documents, which is getting really tedious. how do i get them to download as quicktime documents again??? i have no problem with movies, theyre still in quciktime format. its only with the mp3s. ive tryed changing the file name manually but they still stay as general documents. please help me!!!!

niki0619@yahoo.com

I havn't had any trouble with mp3s ...soooo...2 thoughts:
1) I am using Limewire 1.8

and 2) I use Macast 1.0 (which I am very happy with in and of itself)

When I download mp3s from limewire, they show up in the shared folder as limewire docs. However, when I select them and drag them into the macast playlist window, they are automatically turned to mp3 files as each song plays. Hope this helps
cheers,
G

stay as Limewire files
 

My files were programs ending in .sit that caused me problems. Try this. Drag file to desktop. With Stuffit Deluxe go to translate menu, encode binhex and save to another folder. You can then open them.I have only tried encode binhex-others might work. You can then open the file.
John p

Files saved as Limewire files
 

Had this same problem. It seems to have disappeared as of v1.8.

However, some files, specifically .sit files still read as Limewire files in my Shared window. Dropping these onto Stuffit Expander (NOT regular Stuffit Deluxe) seems to extract them just fine, and thereafter, the archives show w/normal Stuffit icon.

solution: how to open a .sit file
 

drag the downloaded file onto stuffit expander, it will then open and appear as a stffit document. Then double click and expander will open it fully.