Bevel still misbehaving

Last time I had this problem, a friendly forumgoer suggested tweaking the perspective slider in the extrude-and-bevel dialog, and that fixed the problem. This time, that's not helping. I've drawn a path to represent a collection-arrow, then applied extrude-and-bevel. There are minor shading errors in the top-left and top-right corners, and major errors in the pointy-part at the bottom-middle.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I just don't know how to do good work when basic features like bevel are so unreliable.
Screen capture is below, original .ai file is up on Google Drive here:
[https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0Hoxcl5zTEteXQzQjYxbTNQUk0/edit?usp=sharing | https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B0Hoxcl5zTEteXQzQjYxbTNQUk0/edit?usp=sharing]
FYI, I'm using Illustrator CS6, 64-bit, 16.0.3, on Windows 8-64
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I'm not arguing the merits of "a good tool"
I'm stating that the Illustrator 3D effect can't do what you want it to do.
Illustrator DOES NOT use 3D modeling, hence the term "effect". It's all fake based on angles, not true modeling. If you want true modeling, where bevels are actually calculated at joints (which Illustrator does not do), then you need to use a true 3D application, not Illustrator.
The Illustrator 3D effect was added to version 10 or 11 or whatever it was and hasn't been touched by Adobe since. Regardless of any technological advanced, Adobe is painfully slow to update any feature. Look at Illustrator graphing tools, it's been what 30 years since they've been touched by Adobe.

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Still losing iTunes media files

I recently discovered that about 500 of my 2000 songs couldn't be found in iTunes. I finally figured out how to get them all back from my time capsule, but this is a continual problem. Today, I find 11 titles missing! How is this happening? When I click on "locate," the finder window that pops-up doesn't help. When I click on music > iTunes, I just get "open iTunes to populate this list". ITunes is open, but I don't see anything here. So, I have to go to my normal finder, click on go > users, etc... then I can find my iTunes files.
I discovered something unusual today. When I "get info" on the files that can't be found, they are located at "file://local host/Users/" etc... But the ones that can be found are just "Users/" etc... What's up with "local host"? Interestingly, only one or two tunes from a CD are at local host/Users/ and the rest are at Users/ but they were all ripped at the same time.
So, I have three questions:
1) Is there a better way to get to my iTunes media files?
2) What is local host and how did this happen?
2) Where is my music going?
BTW, I am NOT EVER going into iTunes media to delete or move anything around. I didn't even know that folder existed in my finder until 2 days ago, because you have to know about "Go" to get there. I do edit genre and abum titles in iTunes, but that shouldn't be the problem, right?
Thanks.

There's your problem -- it's bluegrass music (I'm an Appalacian old-time musician myself )!
I'm getting the feeling that your iTunes database file is corrupt (library.itl). Try this. Start iTunes and immediately hold down the option (alt) key (you can switch back to your old library doing the same). Create a new, test, library. Drag a few of those problem files to the new library and see if they still misbehave. Also make sure there isn't anything funky in the file names such as / or \ or ~ or things like that.
If they behave then you may be faced with having to rebuild your library file. This isn't onerous except you're basically starting from scratch as if you just added everything brand new.
You can also try this. Delete the files from iTunes but do not let it trash the actual file (maybe drag a copy somewhere just to be safe). Now drag the offending files to the "Automatically add to iTunes" folder and see if it gives them the proper location name.

Notes on third-party apps closing (not really crashing) after a restore

Hello,
I'm adding the umpteenth message about a problem that, after happening basically with each single iPhone change since my old iPhone 3G onwards, I would say it's pretty common.
I have solved this problem recently with a third sequence of actions, so I'm posting my brief "history of restores" for the benefit of others. I hope I've tagged this post eloquently enough to make it easy to find.
So, in most (if not all) cases of previous restores I've bumped in the classic issue where after the restore process (which, BTW, involves always a few more sudden phone restarts than expected) only the "native" iPhone apps run normally. All the others appear for an instant and then close. They don't really crash because both in iOS 6 and iOS 7 you can see them as "running" by double-tapping the iPhone front button. Moreover, those with active notifications will actually notify the user regularly. Their UI, though, doesn't go past the splash screen.
The underlying cause, also considering it relates only to apps downloaded via App Store, is presumably some DRM-related information that gets messed up during the restore process.
My personal experience included previously two distinct solutions, and each of those only worked in that occasion, i.e. has been useless in the other cases:
The oldest, and still most documented solution, was just to download, via iPhone, a new app from the app store. After a restart, or maybe even without one, the new app and all the others started working.
The second, less mentioned online but still pretty widespread, was to sign out from the Apple Store on the iPhone, and then sign back in.
This time, where I got a replacement for my iPhone 4s because of the common problem of the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip getting "burned" or dislodged, I tried both the solutions above but they didn't work. In the process, I've found other possible solutions that didn't work:
Deauthorizing iTunes on the Mac and then reauthorizing it.
Getting a new app via iTunes and then syncing the iPhone
Sign out/in with iCloud on the iPhone.
I was therefore close to abandoning my 877 apps already configured and organized in folders in the previous backups, and willing to accept the burden of setting up the iPhone as a new phone.
Nevertheless, I still hoped that a "mixed approach" would work and, indeed, it worked.
Here is the sequence that worked in my latest case:
Restore the iPhone as a new phone
Open the App Store on the iPhone and get a new app, not among those already downloaded previously
Open that app and see that it works (actually, after an iPhone replacement steps 1-3 would make sense anyway to check that the phone works properly)
Start a restore from a previous backup
As soon as the apps start syncing again, open the first app already sync'd and check that it works. It should work, that's what happened to me, and so you can wait the whole time required to sync back all the apps.
My experience involves also a falsification of the statement that the problem resides on individual backups. This is false because I've used the same backup, at step 4, that I selected before going through 1-3 and that was not working initially. Moreover, after step 5, I've realized that the old backup I had used was too old because yesterday evening, while I had my iPhone still misbehaving with third-party apps, I took a few pictures that would have gone lost using the old backup. I have then started again from step 4 with a backup from the night after the pics, when I was fiddling to fix my issues. Also the newer backup, clearly done while the apps where "bad", ended with all my apps working again.
Basically, once the "physical" phone runs third-party apps, than any backup would work. The (missing) authorization portion that causes the misbehaviour might be related to the phone IMEI, or some other piece of information that is not included in backups.
Does anyone know a specific thread here or blog post on some website where there is a collection of cases like mine?
I'm not looking forward to seeing what voodoo variation will be required the next time I replace my iPhone...
Hope this helps.
All the best,
Giovanni

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Is there a way to use Frame 8 keyboard shortcuts in 9?

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Thanks so much.
jen

quabbinjen wrote:
So here are a few specific problems:
1. Ctrl 8 and 9 make you use the down arrow key to cycle through letters. How would I change the ini file so that I could just keep hitting the letter?
2. When I start typing something and then realize I've hit the wrong letter, it seems I need to backspace to the begining to correct it. I used to be able to just start up with the correct letter.
3. Sometimes I hit Ctrl 9 and I do not get the small box where the style names display, I only see the arrow that I then need to mouse over to and click to list the styles. Why is that?
4. If I accidently hit Ctrl 8 when I wanted 9 (for example), I have to hit escape and then start again. Previously, hitting the correct sequence twice would get me where I wanted.
That's all I can think of now...I appreciate the assistance...jen
The operation of the menu that opens with Ctrl+8 and similar commands has changed in recent releases. It's not clear if it's due to a bug or a design intention. You can ask for a bug fix or feature enhancement at Adobe - Feature Request/Bug Report Form.
Search FrameMaker help for Keyboard Shortcuts for lists of useful shortcuts. Even if you open a menu with a different shortcut - say Escape q p, or Escape q c (quick paragraph or character format list) instead of Ctrl+8 or 9, the menu still misbehaves.
I haven't tried typing a different shortcut with the Escape-key method, while in a "wrong" one, to see if that works as you remember the Ctrl+ method, but it's more keystrokes than typing Escape.
It's not customizable in maker.ini.
There are third-party keystroke recorder utilities that may be useful. For example, you could invoke a shortcut that opens a Ctrl+ or Escape-key menu, then types the specific command you want (without mis-typing) and executes it. Search for keystroke macro recorders on Google.
HTH
Regards,
Peter
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IWeb - photo gallery

Is there a way to have the photo details open in a new window like the slideshow does or if there a way to stop the photos from getting larger. Make the photo details go away

cynthia:
Go into your User/Library/Caches folder and empty the iWeb folder. Launch iWeb and give it another go. If that doesn't help boot into Safe Mode and try iWeb again. If iWeb works OK then there's a problem with some of the system and/or 3rd party extensions, etc. If iWeb still misbehaves a reinstall of iWeb might be warranted. If you get to that point you'll have to delete the current application and all files with "iWeb" in the file name that reside in the HD/Library/Receipts folder. Then reinstall from the disk it came on and apply any iWeb updaters that you can download from Apple Downloads page.
OT

IWeb Photo Gallery widget

On one of my website pages, I have several widgets with photo galleries. They all worked fine for a couple of months. Now, when working in iWeb, the first widget shows the slide show of my photos but has a flashing white square in the middle of it. The rest of the widgets are black with the flashing white square in the middle. I have tried deleting and then reloading the widgets, and the problem remains.
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When I view this web page on Firefox or Internet Explorer, all the widgets work perfectly.
Can anyone tell me a fix for this problem?

cynthia:
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Problem with Enter key and JOptionPane in 1.4

Hi,
I had a problem with an application I was working on.
In this application, pressing [Enter] anywhere within the focused window would submit the information entered into the form that was contained within the frame.
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In JDK 1.3 this worked fine. But in JDK 1.4, this has the result of dismissing the dialog and opping it up again. This is because the [Enter] key still works on the frame behind the JOptionPane and thus tries to validate it again, which results in another invalid dialog msg popping up.
The only way to get out is to use the mouse or the Esc key.
Now, in the application I put in a workaround that I was not very happy with. So, to make sure it wasn't the application itself, I created a test which demonstrates that it still misbehaves.
Here it is.
import java.awt.Container;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import javax.swing.AbstractAction;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JTextField;
import javax.swing.KeyStroke;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.WindowConstants;
* @author avromf
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}Does anyone have any solution to this problem?

I know that focus management has changed alot.
Based on my experimentation a while back, in 1.4 it still believes that the JFrame is the window in focus, even though a JOptionPane is currently in front of it (unless I misinterpreted what was going on). Thus, the frame seems to get the keyboard event and re-invoke the action.
A.F.

How to go from 10.8.5 to 10.8.4 on late 2008 mbp?

On a late 2008 mbp went from a perfectly working 10.6.8 to the downloaded 10.8.5 from App store.
My airport is constantly unusable, I keep deleting and remaking the wifi account in Networks, it crashes at least 2 or 3 times in the beginning of the day until it finally stays working, usually while using Safari or Firefox(latest 26). Updated the system thru all available posted updates and still misbehaves. Others seem to suggest a software glitch as the culprit and have suggested going to 10.8.4.
I never had 10.8.4, so how can one get it and install it. Will it require a clean install? I have fixed permissions, checked the drive with DriveGenius but nothing seems to do the trick.
I may have to return to 10.6.x but to run Lightroom 5 I need 10.8.x. Has anyone solved this quandry out there?
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Will it require a clean install?
The only installer available from the Mac App Store is the 10.8.5. You can't go from 10.8.5 to 10.8.4 and you can't do a clean install with anything other than 10.8.5. You should try a new clean install of 10.8.5 to see if you had a bad upgrade originally.

A script for moving files to folder ? or relaunch photoshop

I'm looking for a very simple java script to check file corruption
it should:
1.open a file I send to it (via droplet)
2.if it works > close the file > send the file to a folder like c:/checked/
3.if the open sequence crashes or doesn't work > re launch photoshop
4.mark the file as beeing corrupt or send it to a another folder
I don t know how to move a file via java script without saving
I don t know how I can relaunch ? force-quit photoshop ? is this even possible ?
Regards

Anstellos1 wrote:
xbytor2 > thats the exact problem I'm having. If there is a "wrong" file into my batch, photoshop stop/ crash, is waiting for an action on my side... the whole idea of using photoshop droplets is to do it without me.
Should I parse the files (I have jpegs; png and raws... parsing raws ?)? Would it be better like someone said to use a script that "try catch"? (no idea what it is or how to write this). I also red that photoshop image processing is skipping bad files, is that true ? how could I apply this technique ?
bad file > skip > no crash > process continue running would be even better than the original validation idea
"Unfortunately, there are types of jpeg corruptions that cause PS to throw up a 'Broke File' dialog in spite of how you open the file or have your DialogModes preferences set. PS just stops cold waiting for user interaction. I'll see if I can locate one of these that I used to test with. The last time I looked at this problem in depth (CS2 or CS3) PS was still misbehaving.
xbytor2 if much more of an expert than I am in the script area so will have to defer to him"
I would have to defer to xbytor2 since he is much more of an expert than I in scripting. If the Try....Catch construct does not work, than Image Processor in PS and also accessed by Bridge would fail under the same circumstances since that is the construct that script uses. Interesting
"How would you write that ? Are you saying that if I use this script at the beginning of my photoshop droplets, it won't crash on a bad file and continue looping on the next ?:"
If you want to use the Try...Catch constructs looking at the Image Processor Code from ExtendScript ToolKit (or other script editor) would let you see how it operates. They use the Try...Catch construct in multiple locations in that script.
At the highest level in Image Processor here is the basic code below for the Try...Catch construct with most everything else stripped out.
There are two main steps. One is to set the app.displayDialogs mode to NO. The second is to use the try...catch construct below.   The error routine is the catch portion of the code just displays the error code. Then the dialog mode is reinstated to the original settings set by the User.   The same construct is used deeper into the code so that would be a source of at least the approach Image Processor uses.
try {
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Flash Player, W8 & a site

Hi evreyone, hi everybody,
First I apologies for my english, I hope you will understand me
A genealogy site use flash player to display birth acts and others.
This display works on my old computer working with XP
This display works on the PC of my brother in law
This display works on genealoy collegue.
The display come but it is not lisible (blurred) on my PC
This is the same with MSIE, Chrome or Firefox.
That's works on other genealogy site
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OS : W8
MSIE 10
Firefox 28.0
Chrome Version 32.0.1700.76 m
Adobe 13.0.0.214
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I hadn't done that, but I have now. My Trusted Location Settings now has /Applications
Same result, "Flash blocked for this site", and the TomTom app hangs again.
If I now try to specify the TomTom application individually, it and all applications are still greyed out.
(As an experiment, I re-started my iMac on Mountain Lion, from a bootable clone made by Carbon Copy Cloner. The TomTom app (an earlier version) still misbehaved in the same way, and when I tried to add it, individually, to Trusted Locations, it was still greyed out.)
The TomTom app, by the way, is the current version. Flash really doesn't like my apps! Below is a complete list. As the forum was in the act of attaching the list, I got a fleeting sight of the "Flash blocked for this site" message! But the attachment was successful (at least at my end).
I haven't noticed the "Flash blocked for this site" message anywhere else, and presumably Flash will be used successfully (and without any indication) for several pieces of software on my computer.
This is getting worrying. Thanks for your help. Any more ideas?
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[Solved] Characters not displaying correctly in some applications

When I read things in applications like Firefox I've noticed that sometimes the " symbol is displayed wrong. Sometimes it is shown as what I can only describe as two forward-ticks stuck together (it won't let me paste it), and other times as two back-ticks ``. When I try to paste code over to the rxvt-unicode terminal the forward-tick symbol is displayed as a question mark, as are some other special symbols like maths characters. So I have two questions: are there any terminals that support such special characters? And is my character display problem related to setting up my locales correctly (which I think I already have)?
I followed the steps on the wiki for setting up locales. I uncommented "en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8" and "en_GB ISO-8859-1" in /etc/locale.gen, ran locale-gen as root, and added LOCALE="en_GB.utf8" to /etc/rc.conf and "export LANG=en_GB.utf8" to my .zshrc. locale -a shows that the correct locales are installed.
Last edited by slyson (2009-06-16 15:20:18)

See this pdf for fixes: unix.derkeiler.com/pdf/Mailing-Lists/Fr … g00564.pdf.
Type 'locale' on the console to find out your locale. Mine is en_GB.utf8.
Now add the following to your shell profile or ~/.xinitrc.
I already had this in my .zshrc:
export LANG=en_GB.utf−8
But I think the LC variable was overriding it. I Changed my LC_ALL to:
export LC_ALL=en_GB.utf8
(It was set to LC_ALL=C before).
The above fixes copy/paste to most terminal apps, but some still misbehave. For example, I had to add this to ~/.emacs:
;; Set language environment for MULE.
(set−language−environment 'UTF−8)
;; My customization for text modes
(defun my−text−mode−hook ()
(auto−fill−mode 1)
(show−paren−mode t)
(activate−input−method 'rfc1345) ; Good input method for UTF−8
(add−hook 'text−mode−hook 'my−text−mode−hook)
More examples are given on page 3 of the pdf.
Last edited by slyson (2009-06-16 15:26:31)

Xcode Multi Display Program

Hey guys,
So I'm trying to create a program in xcode that allows you to display dynamic content on an external display in a full screen window, and on the primary screen, have a window that has controls for the content. Here is my question:
How do I get the display window to 1. Start on the external display, and 2. Get it to go full screen? I know how to enable full screen on the windows, but when I have the window on the external screen and click full screen, it slides over to the primary display and goes fullscreen.
Once I get this enabled its smooth sailing from here.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Mark

Thanks! Unchecking of that checkbox — Displays Have Separate Spaces in Mission Control pref — helps! It’s so unintuitive to go there.
Some apps still misbehave but minor. Call Recorder, for example, (an add-on to Skype) is now flung way over to the opposite end of the other display. Weird.
But the bigger problems remain:
1. Brightness is still manual. Automatically Adjust Brightness controls only one (primary) display? No effect on a 2010 LED 24-inch Apple display?!
2. Excel windows still float off beyond the screen. Is MS Excel for Mac 2011 considered incompatible with Mavericks? Every functionality in Excel works fine, except that windows saved in a position outside the display area, like older documents, remain fixed outside the display area! So if the title bar is not visible, there’s no way to grab it and move it! I have to temporarily re-ARRANGE the displays again and again! Then do a save-as or duplicate the document. Uggghh.
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Mac mini was slow, better

My mac mini had started running slow. I tried repairing permissions, reinstalling software from scratch to no avail.
So I reset the mini by unplugging the power cord, holding the power button down then pressing again.
Immediately a puff of dust spewed out of the mini and the fan came on full speed.
I have never heard the fan on before ever.
Now it won't go off but it seems a bit more responsive.
Should the fan have been on all along for light task such as web surfing.

The fan should run all the time the system is powered, but typically slowly enough that you can barely hear it. When CPU load is high and the temperature inside the unit begins to rise, the fan should then spin up until it reaches a speed where it is very noticeable. It should generally NOT run at full speed when web browsing, though if there is flash content or heavy graphics embedded in a page, you may hear the fan spin up for what ought to be fairly brief intervals.
You don't say which model of mini you have, but the reset procedure you appear to be describing sounds like the PMU reset for the G4 mini. If so, it doesn't work on Intel models.
If it's a G4, follow these instructions:
- Unplug all cables from the computer, including the power cord.
- Wait 10 seconds.
- Plug in the power cord while simultaneously pressing and holding the power button on the back of the computer.
- Let go of the power button.
- Press the power button once more to start up your Mac mini.
If it's an Intel model, follow these:
-From the Apple menu, choose Shut Down (or if the computer is not responding, hold the power button until it turns off).
-Unplug all cables from the computer, including the power cord and any display cables.
-Wait at least 15 seconds.
-Plug the power cord back in, making sure the power button is not being pressed at the time.
-Then reconnect your keyboard and mouse to the computer.
-Press the power button on the back to start up your computer.
After you do whichever is the appropriate reset the system is still misbehaving, and noting that you've done what sounds like a full reinstall of MacOS, let us know if you did an erase and install or an archive and install, and also whether the fan runs at full speed all the time (very loud, from power-on) and whether you have had the system open at any point.

Erratic behaviour by internal DVD-writer (not recognising discs)

Hi,
Earlier today I went to burn a 2 small Word files to a blank CD-RW, and ever since my iMac's internal DVD/CD-writer has been playing up.
When it went to burn the disc, it got stuck in the preparing phase (with the moving diagonal slashes progress bar), after a long while of this I tried to cancel the burn. Unfortunately the system wouldn't respond to the cancel button being clicked so I had to Force Quit the Finder.
Following this I was then unable to get the system to eject the disc so that I could try again. Eventually resetting the computer seemed to solve this. But ever since then the computer has been behaving erratically, including;
- not recognising (and so ejecting) previously recognised burnt CD-RWs,
- not recognising the original blank CD-RW,
- not recognising other blank CD-RWs,
- rejecting multiple blank CD-RWs in a row as faulty discs,
- getting stuck in the burning process preparations.. again! (when it did for once actually recognise a blank disc),
- and not recognising multiple movie DVDs.
I did in the end get it recognise some movie DVDs again in the end, but aside from that it's still misbehaving.
I've reset the machine multiple time, both due to problem, and simply to try to see if that'll fix it. I've also zapped the PRAM, checked the System Profiler to ensure the drive is fully recognised by the machine/OS, I've also tried leaving the machine to cool for 10 minutes, and checked the CD and DVD preferences panel. I don't have a Drive cleaner disc yet, but then the shops are closed now so I wouldn't be able to get one till tomorrow.
Until today it's worked hitch free (aside from rejecting a few particular 'Movie DVDs' (of the correct region) for no apparent reason). I've previously been able to burn all sorts of files on to DVD-Rs, DVD-RWs, CD-Rs and CD-RWs, without a problem. And it's hapily read all sort of different discs with different media on them.
Thanks
Jessika

I would just get it repaired.

Audio Video Content created in 10.6 Downloads instead of Plays Back

I have a situation where all content created in 10.6 will download instead of playing back with a browsers plug-in. That includes, mp3s (mp3s created with Logic) and all types of common video formats - DivX avi's, mp4's, mov's.
I have tested on Safari, Opera and Firefox in 10.6, Safari in 10.4, and on Windows Vista with Google Chrome.
It appears there is something common with 10.6 that cuases these problems - I would very much like to know what it is and how to resolve it.
So that you can test it for yourself, the website is:
www.rohanstevenson.com
/TV and Film Demos
In the mp3 demos, most of the contect was created in 10.5 and plays back ok. But "Nightmares and the Sidh" was created in the latest logic version on 10.6 and in safari, it won't play unless you move the slider forward very slightly, or copy and paste the URL into quicktime or VLC. In Firefox, it will download even if you ask it to playback using the plug-in. In Opera it will ask you for the plug-in and it will playback in the browser there. In Safari OS 10.4 and in Vista Gogle Chrome it will download no matter what.
In the Movie Demos, most of them were updated and will automatically download instead of playing back in the browser. However:
Dragon's Demand, and Fanny Hill - The Sonnet, were created in previous OS's and do playback properly (ie they don't download) in all the browsers.
The movies that download may have been created in 10.6 or not, but even the ones that were not were edited (cut out) using Quicktime Pro 7.6 recently in 10.6 and they download and do not playback. That is to say, anything that has had any editing done and therefore saved with an application in 10.6, or were created directly in 10.6 force downloads instead of playing back in browsers in the manner described above.
Help!
N.B. the website was made with iWeb, but I don't think that is the problem, I think there is some header information in the files that stop them from being properly recognized.

there's been a number of long & short threads with similar problems, I think some even had the same content-type yet still misbehaved on some servers (an OS update or two ago, so some things might be fixed)
One poster at least thought that 10.6 created files were ok, but not if changed by iTunes (I think it was that, anyway); I never found a way to present the files on all servers that always worked, although using embed or something other than a direct link seemed to solve it in some cases w/o needing any end-user wiggling.
I'm sure that people must create/publish ok, but a number fetch up here saying that 10.6 won't play the results.
In case you've not seen it - Safari-Develop-Show Web Inspector-Resources-Headers shows what Safari gets as content-type, you can alter user agent & see if it changes. Sites like web-sniffer.net do it too.

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