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Opera Browser is hidden in Leopard
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Good! Atleast Apple is admitting defeat in the browser war
Not really, but, Opera does kick every other browser's ass, so...win.
Uh.... I don't see it....
Are you sure you don't have Parallels or VMWare installed with Windows.... and perhaps you are seeing OPERA installed there?
I have only one file on my system named OPERA and it is in fact the WINDOWS version of the browser....
Directory
WINDOWS_XP -> WINDOWS APPLICATIONS -> Opera Internet Browser.app
Are you sure you don't have Parallels or VMWare installed with Windows.... and perhaps you are seeing OPERA installed there?
I have only one file on my system named OPERA and it is in fact the WINDOWS version of the browser....
Directory
WINDOWS_XP -> WINDOWS APPLICATIONS -> Opera Internet Browser.app
nope no parallels or vmmware install
On Leopard
goto Finder
1) Click finder on top toolbar next to the Apple on left top corner
2) click on Services
3) click on Opera
Nope... No Opera under Finder..... and like I posted earlier.... Spotlight only found the Opera I installed under Parallels....
I also just checked my new MBP..... and its not there either....
I also just checked my new MBP..... and its not there either....
lol people should read my post as i answered the question and people are still asking where its from......
Something in the CS series of programs uses Opera's rendering engine. I dont know which program exactly though.
Yeah I've always had Opera installed on my mac but I've never ever downloaded it and for some reason it forces me to open torrents with it, refuses to change.
Right click a .torrent, hit "Get Info", select the app you WANT to open it, then check "Always open with this App".
IIRC, Opera was used by Adobe Bridge CS3 for support of Adobe Stock Photos, a web-based service that is no longer available. Adobe has an uninstaller to remove Stock Photos from Bridge and that seems to remove Opera as well, since I don't seem to have it anymore.
Go to Preferences -> Advanced -> Downloads
Type
torrent
in the Quickfind box. Select Torrents, click edit, change the settings from "Open With Opera" to "Save To Disk" or whatever your preference is.
You can also do this with media files like .mov, .avi, .wav etc.
Type
torrent
in the Quickfind box. Select Torrents, click edit, change the settings from "Open With Opera" to "Save To Disk" or whatever your preference is.
You can also do this with media files like .mov, .avi, .wav etc.
lol people should read my post as i answered the question and people are still asking where its from......
They always gloss over the first right answer. It's the MR way.
I think you're right. I never knew where it came from, but I never noticed it until I installed photoshop.
So true.
Well, Opera is kind of like Mac OS X for me...It's much more functional, ahead of the competition, and in my opinion, looks a lot better
My only complaints are the Mac version needs to catch up with the Windows version, and they need to fix the scrolling...The only thing I like better about Safari is the scrolling is smooth.
Surprising how many don't read the entire thread before posting.lol people should read my post as i answered the question and people are still asking where its from......
And yes, I am guilty of that as well on occasion.
Amen to that.
Not just the scrolling but no minimise option on tabs and the block content doesn't always work.
Still my No.1 browser though. I love it.