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Yoshi:
Does anyone here have any knowledge of macs and os x 10. sommat or other!

I am trying to download msn and skype and it keeps saying that it cannot create the file, and i dont know why!

Its on an aluminium g4 1.25ghz.

Cheers :D

Mudlark:
OSX 10.what that is the important part most of the newer programs now won't run on anything less that 10.3

What you've probably done is downloaded something that is only compatable with 10.4 - the latest OSX

To check which OS you have click on the apple top left hand corner choose "About this Mac" you will see the version on the window that comes up

wills:
Indeed, as Mudlark said, check your OS version by clicking on the blue apple and selecting 'About this Mac'.

Get MSN from here and make sure you download the correct version for your version of OSX.

Skype ONLY works with OSX 10.3.9 and above.  

So, if you have something like 10.3.5 then you can still most liely get it working by using the Software Update feature.  To do this click on the blue apple at the top left of the screen and select Software Update - install all updates and you would then be at 10.3.9 with a bit of luck.  If you have something like 10.2.x (where X is a number) then the version you have of OSX is too old and you would need to update to get Skype.

HTH
-Wills :)

Yoshi:
hi guys, i got 10.4.6 on here, but the download just says it error creating file.  i think there is an issue, it wouldnt let me download the itunes update either.

wills:
hmm, sounds a bit like a permissions error - i.e. the file(s) can't be created because of incorrect owner permissions.

are there any other messages after the 'error creating file' message??

something i would try as a first step would be this.  Open the applications folder and then find the Utilities folder and open that.  Open the icon named Disk Utility.  

As shown in the screenshot below, make sure you click on your main hard drive - shown as 1.  Then click on Repair Disk Permissions - labeled 2.  Let it do its thing, once done, quit the Disk Utility and restart the machine.

Now try installing MSN/Skype/iTunes again and see what happens.

HTH
-Wills :)

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