Downloading .WMA files

[alibumaye]

on my new macbook, whenever i download a .wma file, it saves on my desktop as a doc file instead of music file. Is there a way i can change this??

 

[yellow]

click to select file, select Get Info from the File pull down menu, select "Open with", change to whatever, click the "Change All..." button.

 

[alibumaye]

it won't let me open wit' itunes because it saves them as a document, not a music file. I've tried that before.

 

[vniow]

you mean like right click? Cuz when I do that, it doesn't offer the "get info" selection. It's a file that once you click it once, it automatically starts to download.

He means the file that shows up on your desktop when you download it.

 

[yellow]

Download the file.
Click once to select it.
Get Info.
Open with -> Change apps
Click Change All button.

 

[20rogersc]

iTunes doesn't play WMA files. It's a Windows format.
Something like Popwire or Flip4Mac (Google them) will play them in QT.

I think that's what you're asking . . .

::20ROGERSC::

 

[andrewheard]

But iTunes should automatically convert them for you.

 

[ftaok]

on my new macbook, whenever i download a .wma file, it saves on my desktop as a doc file instead of music file. Is there a way i can change this??

When you say "doc" file, do you mean a Microsoft Word doc file? If so, maybe you've downloaded a bogus word document meant to look like a wma file. Then when you open it, a word macro virus launches. But luckily, you're using a Mac.

If not, then maybe you don't have the latest codecs for wma files (aka Flip4Mac).

ft