Where is the Safari Download button?

I am reposting the link I posted earlier.

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/download-items-from-the-web-sfri40598/mac

Apple clearly states and I quote:

• • By default, Safari automatically removes an item after one day. To change when items are automatically removed, choose Safari > Preferences, click General, then click the “Remove download list items” pop-up menu and choose an option.

DonkeyShed Said:

"Where is the Safari Download button?: Hi, thanks for your suggestion.: As previously mentioned, I do not have 'Downloads' in the Customise Toolbar set. Lots of people are also reporting this.[...]"

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You are welcome.

As a Last Resort...

Try Reinstalling the macOS:

Safari is built into the macOS. So downloading it as a plugin would not be an applicable/available option. You would need to reinstall the macOS

Reinstall the MacOS:

Reinstalling your macOS may be the way to go about solving this. Sometimes installed apps (Safari in this case) become manipulated, technically. And with Safari being a part of the macOS, it cannot be uninstalled itself. Reinstall the macOS to fix corrupt-installed items. Missing files will be reinstalled, and moved items with be placed back to where they should be. So, reinstall the macOS.

As for Reinstalling the Mac OS:

Nothing would be lost. It’s just that all misconfigured files would be fixed and placed back where they should be, with the Safari app being replaced.

Go Here: How to reinstall macOS from macOS Recovery - Apple Support.

Backing Up your Mac:

Are you Concerned of Losing Data?

• If not, just move ahead and erase the disk and then install the macOS
• If so, back up your Mac: (using Time Machine)

How to Use Time Machine:

Create a Time Machine backup of your Mac, so that you can have something to restore your Mac from, should anything go wrong with the reinstall.

As a test, try this.

Sure. There is no down download button in the Safari Toolbar and in "Customize Toolbar dropdown sheet.

Try downloading a little app from web.

I Downloaded Etrecheck from Etrecheck.com

Downloads button appeared in the Safari Toolbar.

Downloads button is also added to Customize Toolbar default set.

Before clearing the list.

After clearing the list by clicking the "Clear" button, Downloads button disappeared.

https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/download-items-from-the-web-sfri40598/mac

DonkeyShed Said:

"I am looking for a solution where the downloads button is permanently located on the toolbar, as it always has been."

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View the Two Screenshoots Below.

Try This:

1. Use: View Menu
2. Select: Customize Toolbar"
3. Select: Downloads
4. Drag: "Downloads" to the bottom (Screenshot 1)
5. DragL the toolbar the top (Screenshot 2)
6. Click: Done Button

Screenshot 1:

Screenshot 2:

DonkeyShed Said:

"Where is the Safari Download button?: My download button disappeared from the Safari Toolbar three days ago. I have tried all of the 'solutions' online (including from the Mac Techs on here)but none of them work. [...] Any ideas, which don't include the same tired 'no work' solutions (as posted above)?"

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Create and Use a New Administrator:

Create a new administrator-type user (Go To: System Preferences > Users & Groups > and create a new administrator-type user). If it works, then it is obviously something misconfigured in your current user. So, you could, in that case, create the new user, move everything from this current user to the new user, and then rid of this current user.

If that is N/A, then reinstall the macOS, as I've mentioned below.

Click Safari at top left, then select preferences. Then go to the general tab and set the "Remove download list items" option to "Manually". Your list should persist between sessions after doing this.

As one final note, the list will only appear after setting to manual once you download a new item. Prior to setting to manual, all the downloaded items were removed from safari's cache. Therefor, setting to manual will only affect the behavior of the button and it's contents after the setting change is made. No old downloads will show up in the list.

It sounds like you need to reinstall macOS then as something isn't working correctly.

Go ahead and start a reinstall, make sure to back up everything first.

Once you are all set up again, make sure to change your settings in system preferences to manually removed items and then download something and see if the icon appears and stays. You can google for "test files" to download a small file.

DonkeyShed Said:

”Where is the Safari Download button?: Out of curiosity, do Apples tech support people ever actually respond on here?“

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So word has it, Apple Support rarely reads these forums in their own time, as it is. But, as for their responding, that I would not know.