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<blockquote data-quote="gramzee" data-source="post: 353490" data-attributes="member: 28758"><p>I'm thinking this sounds wierd but it's true. When I download to save a file to my desktop I have noticed that the files appear as .exe files, associated to Microsoft Excel.</p><p></p><p>Before people think i'm talking about windows, this is happening on OSX 10.4.9 (may have happened earlier with 10.4.8 but not entirely sure of the timing here).</p><p></p><p>I've noticed it affects .DMG and .WMV files. Downloading PDF files off the web are fine (seperate note or personal hijack if you will :spook: , sometimes PDF's open with Acrobat Reader, most of the time with Preview ???) I've checked the info of the file and have noticed that the file size changes if I try to download the file again, after deleting the first one.</p><p></p><p>i'm stumped here, this wasn't happening before and can't figure out what change i've made. I'm a 3 month old convert to Mac, so maybe this is a simple fix, but i've scoured Google and tried different searches on here and came up empty handed.</p><p></p><p>Can anyone help? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gramzee, post: 353490, member: 28758"] I'm thinking this sounds wierd but it's true. When I download to save a file to my desktop I have noticed that the files appear as .exe files, associated to Microsoft Excel. Before people think i'm talking about windows, this is happening on OSX 10.4.9 (may have happened earlier with 10.4.8 but not entirely sure of the timing here). I've noticed it affects .DMG and .WMV files. Downloading PDF files off the web are fine (seperate note or personal hijack if you will :spook: , sometimes PDF's open with Acrobat Reader, most of the time with Preview ???) I've checked the info of the file and have noticed that the file size changes if I try to download the file again, after deleting the first one. i'm stumped here, this wasn't happening before and can't figure out what change i've made. I'm a 3 month old convert to Mac, so maybe this is a simple fix, but i've scoured Google and tried different searches on here and came up empty handed. Can anyone help? :( [/QUOTE]
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