mac 0SX 10.4.11 and Limewire
 

Hello everyone this is my first time here.

I'm running OSX 10.4.11 on my power PC G5 and I've just downloaded Limewire 5. It doesn't open and I now realize that it only works with 10.5. Do I need to uninstall it before installing the right version? If so how do I do that?
Can someone tell me which version I should be looking for?

Thanks:Smilywais:

You can only run LW 5 if you can install Java 1.6 (6). And Mac's Java 6 is only 64-bit compatible so only the newest intel computers are able to use that java since they are 64-bit. So depends upon your computer. ;) If you can tell me the brand model, I might be able to find out if it is compatible. Mactracker - get info on any Mac keeps track of all the apple computer models. :)

This is my first post hello to every one

Thank you

pankaj

Hello Pankaj welcome to the forums. :)

Having trouble also
 

I am having trouble downloading an older version of LWpro for my older OS. When I try and download it from the website it tells me there is nothing to install. Any ideas?
Thanks,

You first need to remove the file called Install Limewire.pkg from the receipts folder in library; see where to find it here Receipts folder sample image

Hi,
thanks for replying....it's a iMac G5...PowerMac 8,1
I hope this is the info u need.
It's not a new model....:)
Thanks

No, not an intel mac then. :( It didn't hit me earlier, but all power macs were not intel macs (the processors were made by Motorolla instead). So you will be restricted to LW 4.18
The intel desktop macs are referred to as MacPro's, not Power Macs.

Getting LW to install into MAC OS 10.4.11
 

i too acidently installed LM 5 and then have tried to install 4.18 over it.. no go. i cannot find any files to remove in the receipts folder or any preferences to delete as well..

hum... thxs for support!

You might be looking for limewire instead of Install LimeWire.pkg. You need to look in the main Library, not the library folder in your user account. :)
OSX -> Library -> Receipts -> Install LimeWire.pkg

Arrange that folder in list mode & alphabetically. Look under i for install limewire.pkg

If you have never used LW before ... then you will not have a LW preferences folder. If you have, you will find it here: Deleting LW Preferences folder in OSX

Hey everyone. Im pretty sure its impossible to run Limewire 5, 1.8 or find 1.6. However an easy solution is to download frostwire instead, pretty much identical to limwire and should work no probs FrostWire.com - Official Website - Download Free P2P BitTorrent/Gnutella Client - No Subscriptions, Just Download and Install

LW 5.1 can be obtained from the LW site by clicking on old versions link. ;) LW 5.2 is the default newer version however. LW 5 will not run on older macs or OSX 10.4 or earlier.

Frostwire review
 

If your on Mac 10.4 and simply want to download music then id would have to say Frostbite is far better in terms of quick installation, amount of music and download speed, its the perfect alternitive

hola

hola noqueroenviarmimail :) :welcomegnut:

It's not good ettiquette walking into another program section & telling everyone to use a different program because you do. Imagine if over 10 million LimeWire users went to the FrostWire forum & told everyone to use LW instead. FrostWire has its own forum section on these forums, you can brag about how good it is there. ;)

Dont be a dork provide a solution
 

Thing is mate Limewire doesnt work for Mac 10.4's, i'm not bragging about how the company is better im just providing an alternative. When I was having trouble with this I googled the problem and this thread came up, however no one provided a quick fix. Using Frostwire is the fix, im not a Frostwire indiser or anthing it just works better :)

I'm very happy with LW 4.16 pro ... have been ever since it was released year & half ago. Tests have shown it works better than LW 4.18; And better than Frostwire. People are free to choose whichever software they wish. I shall keep my notes about FrostWire's poor network behaviour between myself & the LW devs. I don't or rarely ban FW hosts .. but I've heard a lot of LW users do due to FW's aggressive behaviour. FW becoming another of the old infamous Morpheus versions?

When FW was first released with 3 ultrapeers .. the users said it was as good as LW Pro (despite they'd never tried LW pro.) One of the FW devs ... arrogant by name & character ... pushed FW to connect to 4 Ultrapeers instead of 3. The 3 original FW devs were against it .. they had to wait for this dev to get the windows FW versions ready for release, .. eventually helping him & doing most of the work. (Users still kept saying it was as good as or better than LW Pro.) This dev pushed FW into connecting to 5 ultrapeers in his typical arrogant fashion. Those 3 original FW devs left, not wanting a part of it. FW was originally only supposed to be equivalent to LW Basic but a certain head-inflated dev pushed it. Now the arrogance is starting to show through in FW's behaviour on the network, pushing, making more requests than it should. I see FW hosts 'auto-banned' frequently with my LW. Not because of me ... but due to their client, & the way they use it.

Helpful FW users; last time I connected to their so-called community online ... I was abused by a bunch of what seemed like less than teenage aged people. That's the FrostWire community for you. I daren't even try to use that function ever again. :eek: :rolleyes:

Oops we're getting off the topic of this thread; mac 0SX 10.4.11 and Limewire

I've used LW 4.16 happily on two mac computers .. an intel & a G4. FW is the only one that's ever frozen on me btw.

(Posting a direct link to another software in this thread topic was what I was referring to, mentioning it was something else.)
I could just as well post links to Phex (far superior to FrostWire, connects to more ultrapeers & less spam), BearShare, Gnucleus, etc. etc. :)