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DonkeyShed Author

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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. Here's what I've tried:

Go to 'Customise Toolbar' and drag the downloads icon to the toolbar = There is no downloads icon in the Customise Toolbar window.
Go to preferences and set 'Clear Downloads' to 'Manually' = Nothing changes- still no button (even after quitting Safari/ restarting Mac.
Download something. This will keep something in the list and the button will remain = I have lots of items in downloads and have not cleared it. This simply is not true.

I note from a previous post that this has been an issue for some time but Apple have provided no solution. There is plenty of space on the toolbar, so why remove this? It is an important part of my workflow. I don't want to go to the dock every time.

Any ideas, which don't include the same tired 'no work' solutions (as posted above)?

Regards,

John

Posted on Mar 30, 2020 6:05 AM

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DonkeyShed Author

Level 1

32 points

Posted on Mar 30, 2020 7:00 AM

Hi, thanks for your reply.

The download button does re-appear while Etrecheck downloads but then disappears immediately afterwards. The downloads icon does not re-appear in the customise toolbar set.

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

Thanks for your efforts to help me to solve this, though.

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