OSX thinks mozilla download is an excel file

[cheerios60]

I tried to download mozilla. It got to my desktop okay, but the icon is an excel file and excel tries to open it and then it's a bunch of gobbledygook. I tried "open with: stuffit expander" but nothing happens. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

 

[gekko513]

What is the full name of the file? Are you sure that you downloaded the Mac version?

 

[Linkjeniero]

I tried to download mozilla. It got to my desktop okay, but the icon is an excel file and excel tries to open it and then it's a bunch of gobbledygook. I tried "open with: stuffit expander" but nothing happens. Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

what's the extension of the file?

 

[wrxguy]

yea a little more info...it sounds like either you didnt' download the mac version of it, or the download itself is corrupt....maybe try redownloading or just changing the extention

 

[tobefirst ⚽️]

I agree with the previous posters, just changing the extension would probably work. Sometimes things just don't download correctly. Just add/change .dmg to the end of the name and it SHOULD be good to go. Otherwise, perhaps it didn't download all the way.

 

[cheerios60]

I feel like an idiot. I changed the extension and yep, it did fine. I didn't know you could do that, actually--don't download much. Thanks so much for all the quick replies!

 

[iEdd]

You downloaded it with IE, didn't you?
I did that and got weird crap, then tried safari and it worked

 

[pcdoctor]

I'm a mac newbie.
I don't own a mac but someday hope to.
At work I was using Safari and the same thing happened to me.
I changed the extension also.