[DM-MUG] Can't get extension for OS 9.1

[Bryan Baker]

That is weird, is it in some kind of compressed file or image?
If it is, try extracting it on the Dual Core first.

On May 25, 2007, at 1:05 AM, CMSSpace at aol.com wrote:
> I've run into a strange problem.  I need to get an extension for an  
> older iMac DV we have.  It is running OS 9.1 Apparently, I need to  
> run an Extension for the CD/DVD player that is different from the  
> one 9.1 installs.  So, I've gone to Apple's web site and located  
> the right Extension.  I'm using a new iMac dual core running Tiger  
> to get to the Internet.  I can download the extension (which is  
> about 3MB).  I can then put the installing software on a USB device  
> to transfer it to the old iMac running 9.1.  But when the old iMac  
> looks at the downloaded software, it doesn't recognize it as Apple  
> software.  It thinks it is some type of PC software and so it  
> doesn't know what to do with it.  The software is supposedly for an  
> iMac DV running system 9.1.   My new iMac doesn't recognize the  
> software either but that is because I can't run anything but system  
> 10 or above on it.  Talk about backward or forward  
> incompatibility.  So I'm a bit stuck on why this is happening and  
> what to do about it.  Does system 10 change something about the  
> downloaded software to make it incompatible with something running  
> 9.1.  I don't really want to go through the hassle of trying to get  
> to the Internet with the old iMac.  To big a pain because there  
> doesn't seem to be a lot of Internet software that OS 9.1 can get  
> to the Internet with.  I must admit, I really like my new iMac  
> (even though it is incompatible with all software before OS 10).   
> After our experience with the old iMac I didn't want to jump back  
> into a Mac.  Now if AOL would simply update their software from the  
> 2004 version to something a bit more current.  This version lacks a  
> lot of the nicer qualities the Windows version has.
>
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