When trying to download wmv on Apple am getting the following sentence Safari cant open the file because no available application can open it?

Answer 1

This error message is bothering you because the app can;t find a suitable software to launch itself. For instance, a MOV file will launch with Quick Time player or VLC, but if you don't have a media player that supports MOV then it will fail to launch and display this error. The best job would be to identify the extension of the file like "Viss.JPEG", this is an image file with jpeg format. So you have to Google appropriate player to launch jpeg. Similarly, check out the file extension of the app you are downloading and finds its suitable application.

Answer 2

Without knowing what version of the Mac OS you have or what version of Safari will things a little complicated.

If your machine is less than 5 years old then you will only need to upgrade the OS and Safari. If your Machine is run by the PowerPC chip from IBM then you will also need to upgrade to an IntelMac.

.WMV files on this machine are played through Quicktime plugin the latest version of QT will have. Checking the software update at least once a week is a useful habit