Macintosh Themes: What application am I lacking?

[usahellyes]

I am trying to download a new theme for my eMac. I have downloaded, then deleted 5. The reason I have deleted them is because of this message: "Safari can't open this file because no available application can open it."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The website I have downloaded the themes from is this

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I am wondering what application I need and where I can find it.

[weezcake]

I don't know Macs and I don't have one. But looking through the comments of one of the themes, it says you need something called ShapeShifter? Hopefully that helps.

[usahellyes]

I don't know Macs and I don't have one. But looking through the comments of one of the themes, it says you need something called ShapeShifter? Hopefully that helps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hmm. Thanks. I'll research that.

[Smokie]

Have you tried using a different browser? Download and try Firefox - it's better anyway :P.

 

 

 

I think, however, your issue is your OS. Most of these skins only work with OS X 10.4+. eMacs haven't been released for a couple of years now, and I figure you have an earlier build of OS X.

 

 

 

Can you just double check and tell me which version of OS X you have?

[Smokie]

I don't know Macs and I don't have one. But looking through the comments of one of the themes, it says you need something called ShapeShifter? Hopefully that helps.

 

 

 

Hmm. Thanks. I'll research that.

 

 

 

ShapeShifter is what you'll ultimately need to implement the Mac skins, however I think that's an entirely separate issue.

 

 

 

These files download as .zips, so I think the other possibility (if it's not an OS conflict) is that you haven't downloaded an unzipping software. These days, in OS X, you're able to just double click files and they'll automatically unzip with some hidden Mac software, however, again, since you have an eMac and it's an earlier build of OS X (unless you've upgraded, in which case my whole theory is out the window), you probably need to download the unzipping software.

 

 

 

StuffIt Expander and MacZip are the two that the majority of Mac users I know are comfortable with (not having a Mac myself).

 

 

 

I hope that helps you a little bit. We'll know when you post your OS version I suppose.