WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER DOWNLOAD FOR MAC 0S 9

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WINDOWS MEDIA PLAYER DOWNLOAD FOR MAC 0S 9

Everytime I try to download Windows Media Player for Mac 8.6-9 it ALWAYS freezes my computer, is there any download in this world that will let me download Windows Media without it freezing my computer. ALL I WANT TO DO IS WATCH SOME WMV FILES FOR GOD SAKES!!

Mac, Mac OS 9.2.x

Posted on Dec 21, 2005 5:35 PM

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order99

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Dec 21, 2005 6:33 PM in response to Aaron Randle

Hi Ecruz976-
I'm an OS9 novice myself,not to mention stuck on dialup AND terminally lazy...so i'm all about the easy way to do things.
Hit Ebay and Search for MacGold.This wonderful little disk has Windows Media Player7,Realplayer8,Quicktime6 for your pleasure...not to mention Itunes,Limewire,Internet Explorer and Outlook Express,Netscape7,Yahoo messenger,firmware and OS updates,third-party updates for common software such as Appleworks(must have the original installed of course)and five or six dozen more things I can't recall right now.
My copy was about $9 including shipping...I think several Ebay stores carry it periodically,and for all I know there might be other places online that carry it as well.Everything i've installed from the MacGold disk runs like Rolls-Royce on my G3.
Hope this helps.

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Answer 2

Dec 26, 2005 9:43 AM in response to order99

Where can I find the correct version for I photo using 9.2?

Killingworth

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Aaron Randle Author

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Jan 22, 2006 6:58 PM in response to Aaron Randle

Huge thanks to Order 99 for helping me with my very first discussion question on apple.com

Thank you so very much!

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Answer 4

Jan 22, 2006 7:12 PM in response to Aaron Randle

Prior to downloading WMP, make sure you have no older versions on your system.

After installing WMP, you must increase it's preferred memory between 200%-300% (depending on how much real RAM you have).
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=18278 Mac OS: Assigning More Memory to an Application Program.
The same directions are also in the OS Mac Help Menu.

Then you must rebuild your desktop. Use Techtool Lite or Trash*Desktop (TD may delete Finder comments )to rebuild your desktop w/extensions off. Does a better job than manually & you avoid all the finger gymnatics. You just have to hold down the shift key to shut off extensions.
Restart to turn the extensions back on again.

If you want to rebuild manually, see KB article http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=10182 Rebuilding Desktop File and Icon Recovery.

Good luck

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Aaron Randle Author

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Feb 4, 2006 9:59 PM in response to Baby-Boomer-USofA

I have a Mac 0S 9.2., and I am officially desperate. I use Quictime 6.0.3 and am updated on literally all I can be updated on for my tray=loading Mac OS 9.x I NEED TO SEE WINDOWS AND AVI FILES. I have put a few posts on here but none seem to work. I need Mac Users help. WHERE CAN I FIND A LINK TO SOMEWHERE WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD WINDOWS MEDIA FOR MAC OS 9? (One that doesnt freeze your computer that is) and WHERE DO I NEED TO GO IN ORDER TO WATCH AVI FILES, WHAT DO I NEED TO DOWNLOAD? I have tried 3ivx for Mac OS 9.x but it didnt seem to work.

Also a while back I had downloaded Real Media (the old version that compatible with Mac OS 9.x's) and now everytime i download a AVI filesit shows up with a Real Media Player icon saying. Then when i click on it, i get a message saying that i need to download Real Player 10 (which is too bad for me since only MAC OS 10's can download that.) How do i change these AVI files to Quicktime components? Where do I need to go to download this file. HELP ME PLEASE, IM DESPERATE!!!!!!

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