iPlayer wants to install iplayer desktop every time

06.11.2009, 19:22

Stephen2

Every time I try to download a program from iPlayer it wants to
download the iplayer desktop, even though it's already installed. I
tried deleting it and reinstalling but I get the same problem.

Anyone else had this issue?

I'm running Snow Leopard with all the updates on a macbook.

06.11.2009, 20:30

David Kennedy

Stephen2 wrote:
> Every time I try to download a program from iPlayer it wants to
> download the iplayer desktop, even though it's already installed. I
> tried deleting it and reinstalling but I get the same problem.
>
> Anyone else had this issue?
>
> I'm running Snow Leopard with all the updates on a macbook.

I had the same thing a couple of times and gave up.

iPlayer Downloader is much less hassle.

06.11.2009, 20:49

Stephen2

On Nov 6, 8:30 pm, David Kennedy
<davidkenn...@nospamherethankyou.invalid> wrote:
> Stephen2 wrote:
>>
> I had the same thing a couple of times and gave up.
>
> iPlayer Downloader is much less hassle.
>
> --
> David Kennedy
>
> [..]

Wonderful. Thanks. I had been using iplayer grabber and loved it but
it seemed to stop working for a lot of programs.

12.11.2009, 20:36

Rowland McDonnell

Stephen2 <Stephen> wrote:

> Every time I try to download a program from iPlayer it wants to
> download the iplayer desktop, even though it's already installed. I
> tried deleting it and reinstalling but I get the same problem.
>
> Anyone else had this issue?

Yes, every once in a while.

If I run into that problem, I just fire up a different Web browser and
use that to trigger the download.

(OmniWeb, Opera, Firefox, Camino, iCab, and Safari - got 'em all)

> I'm running Snow Leopard with all the updates on a macbook.

10.6.2 here.

Rowland.

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