Do you want to allow downloads on "google.com"?: I'm Downloading a Bookmarked File Here...

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Do you want to allow downloads on "google.com"?: I'm Downloading a Bookmarked File Here...

SAFARI MESSAGE: Do you want to allow downloads on "google.com"? You can change which websites can download files in Websites Preferences.

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Whether I'm on google.com or apple.com or whatever the domain I'm on, it asks me if the Domain I'm on can download my file from itself. Why would the file be being downloaded "on" google.com, when the domain I am actually downloading from is on its own domain? My Mac has just been upgraded to macOS X 10.15 Catalina. On Safari, I'm trying to download my file. This is the message that I am getting. I have never seen this popup before. Is this normal?:

Open a new clean tab, and I receive a message that the file is being downloaded on its own, official domain.

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MacBook Pro 15”, macOS 10.15

Posted on Oct 28, 2019 5:51 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 1, 2019 3:11 PM in response to TheLittles

TL:DR answer:

I think "downloads on" should be read as "downloads from".

Detailed answer:

I think you're asking about the meaning of the question in the popup menu because the common-use prepositions used with "download" and "upload" are {"from", "to", "onto"}. There is no prepositional phrase "download on" in standard usage that I know of. I think it's a problem that Apple needs to fix. In the meantime, I think we can interpret the question as "downloads from". You can infer what they're getting at if you go to Safari's Preferences panel, then Websites -> Downloads. What you've got there is a list of websites "on" which you've set a preference regarding whether/how you want to allow each to download files to your computer, as {"Ask", "Deny", "Allow"}. That seems to have been the developer's frame of mind when they used the "on", meaning you're setting the preference "on" each domain, but geez it sounds way too close to "Do you want to allow downloads onto google.com?" which would imply files would be moving the other direction and you're being asked about authorizing google.com to upload files from your computer to their server.

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