Problem solved.. missed a security update 2008-008 ... It had a file needed to open the programs...
Doctor X.. Thank you so much for your help.. didnt think to look at the console report... thats what tipped me off... appreciate it..
Ok here is the console report...
===== Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:31:19 PM Canada/Eastern =====
dyld: Library not loaded: /usr/lib/libcurl.4.dylib
Referenced from: /Applications/Transmission.app/Contents/MacOS/Transmission
Reason: image not found
Jan 27 19:31:23 fraser-wrights-computer...
When I drag it to the application folder it does not ask for my password, nor has it ever... The applications are cyberduck ftp, fetch ftp and others... as I said the only ones that open up are the ones that run an installer..
Doctor X... Thanks for all your help... I appreciate it.. If I find...
Yes im at 10.4.11 ... Its a weird problem.. I have been a mac user for 2 years now and have never come across this.. and I cant find any solutions on google or apple...
The surface your using your mac on would impact the ability of the mac for sure.. Optical mouse' use light.. and can get lost in certain colours on the surface..
When I drag them to applications they do go there no problem... When I click on them to run them they briefly magnify as usual.. but do not run and do not show up in the dock..
I am running a macbook intel core2duo ... osx 10.4 tiger... I had a HDD crash and had to install a new hdd and re-install osx...
So let me start from the beginning...
When I download a software, it downloads a .dmg file..
I click the .dmg file and a virtual disk opens..
I click...