Slow connection for downloading dot-dmg file

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Slow connection for downloading dot-dmg file

Have 20-inch iMac G5 with Tiger OS. I had wanted to download a 30-day free trial of Stuffit Deluxe so that I can compress several 5MB jpgs into a smaller file; something easy to transmit by email as attachment. The download time for less than 200 MB was more than ten days. My download bit rate was 0.5 kbits/second. Is this a typical sign of "old age" for the internal wireless?

Using Safari, the icon to indicate downloading keeps moving for as long as 10 seconds. This download speed seems to be unrealistically slow. Is it time to take it in for an overhaul? XBW

iMac G5, Mac OS X (10.3.x)

Posted on Apr 4, 2010 12:53 AM

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Answer 1

Chris CA

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Apr 5, 2010 12:02 PM in response to XBW

I had wanted to download a 30-day free trial of Stuffit Deluxe so that I can compress several 5MB jpgs into a smaller file;

Don't waste your time.
jpegs are already compressed. Stuffit won't compres them much if at all.
Besides, you don't need stuffit to compress files.
You can right click - Create Archive to compress it.
If you are using iPhoto or Mail, you can automatically resize photos for email.

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Answer 2

Apr 4, 2010 1:40 PM in response to XBW

Do other websites have faster download speeds?

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