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<blockquote data-quote="stevebowen" data-source="post: 916480" data-attributes="member: 72710">Hi everyone, I have a problem that I hope a MAC pro can help mw with. I am a PC user (please dont ban me&nbsp; lol) and I have been given an old Mac and rather than throwing it away I would like to give it to my grandson to learn on. Here is my problem:It has OS 8.6 on it. I download a game on the internet for 8.6, burn it on a CD on my PC, transfer that CD to the MAC and when I double click the file after I have put in on the desktp I get an error saying that it could not be openned because the program thats created it could not be found. This has a file extension of .HQX When I look on the net what .HQX is, I find its a compressed file, so fine enough, I need a decompressor BUT when I download that it is also a .HQX file.This is frustrating or maybe I am doing it all wrong on a MAC I dont knowAre there any suggestions?Surely someone would have a suggestion for this?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="stevebowen, post: 916480, member: 72710"] Hi everyone, I have a problem that I hope a MAC pro can help mw with. I am a PC user (please dont ban me lol) and I have been given an old Mac and rather than throwing it away I would like to give it to my grandson to learn on. Here is my problem: It has OS 8.6 on it. I download a game on the internet for 8.6, burn it on a CD on my PC, transfer that CD to the MAC and when I double click the file after I have put in on the desktp I get an error saying that it could not be openned because the program thats created it could not be found. This has a file extension of .HQX When I look on the net what .HQX is, I find its a compressed file, so fine enough, I need a decompressor BUT when I download that it is also a .HQX file. This is frustrating or maybe I am doing it all wrong on a MAC I dont know Are there any suggestions? Surely someone would have a suggestion for this? [/QUOTE]

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