My Firefox 3 And Safari Won't Download Apps

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My Firefox 3 And Safari Won't Download Apps

Hello, I need some help with a problem I have reserched around the web and can't seem to find an answer. The thing is... for the last few days I haven't been able to download apps on Safari or Firefox 3. I can get them on Opera and I don't have a problem downloading say RAR files. This is very weird I have no idea what to do...

Thanks and please HELP!

macbook, Mac OS X (10.5.5)

Posted on Nov 16, 2008 9:33 AM

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Rachel R

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Nov 16, 2008 10:02 AM in response to nicovelco2

I think a little more detail will help. Please let us know the following:

1) Can you download any files with Firefox and Safari? Or is it just applications that you can't download?

2) What happens when you try to download apps? Are there any error messages?

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nicovelco2 Author

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Nov 16, 2008 12:40 PM in response to Rachel R

Ok thanks...

1) I can download rar files from Rapidshare... I tried .exe files end I couldn't and dmg files are impossible to get as well.
2) What happens is NOTHING happens... no error, no text, no messages, nothing... I then go to Opera and download anything ust fine.

weird huh?

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Rachel R

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Nov 16, 2008 1:47 PM in response to nicovelco2

This sounds like a very common problem that happens after you have installed and then deleted Speed Download (or other programs that work to make downloads faster). Did you by any chance install the program Speed Download and then later delete the program from your Mac?

If so, you'll probably find that you can download files by Control-clicking (or right-clicking) on a download link and choosing "Save Linked File As" from the contextual menu. In that case, download the Speed Download installer on this page of their web site and open the .zip and resulting .dmg files. Inside the Speed Download 5 folder you'll find an uninstaller application. Run that to properly remove Speed Download and all of its supporting files from your Mac.

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nicovelco2 Author

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Nov 16, 2008 3:07 PM in response to Rachel R

Thanks a million! that was the problem... I'm back at downloading....

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Rachel R

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Nov 16, 2008 4:45 PM in response to nicovelco2

Great! You're very welcome. 🙂

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