The other week I wrote a rant about mySpace mp3 downloads I was also a little bit rude about Tom from mySpace. I was angry because songs on mySpace kept getting streamed in my browser instead of downloaded, I thought it was something Tom had done, in actual fact Tom wasn’t the culprit at all, the real villain was none other than Steve Jobs!

Recently I had installed iTunes on my PC at work, these days iTunes comes bundled with QuickTime. When QuickTime installed, it forced mp3 files in FireFox to be associated with itself rather than be saved to disk (which was my previous default).

To solve this irritating problem load up FireFox click on Tools then Options.

Next click on the content tab, click the manage button in the file types section at the bottom.

You’ll see a big list of file which have been associated with Quicktime, find mp3 files in the list and click on the button that says “remove action” to remove its association with Quicktime. When you click on hyperlinks to mp3s you should now get the prompt to open or save.

I’d like to take this chance to publicly apologise to Tom from mySpace as I know he’s very sensitive about mockery especially when it comes from a prominent member of the blogosphere like myself!

/* Pete Graham */