I have a standard web form which has a file selector form field. This has worked for well over 10 years as it's the standard UI presented by Safari. Just noticed today after Safari upgraded to 14.0.1 (on the latest Mojave) that the button is dead: clicking does nothing. This same form continues to work in Chrome. Anyone else see this and have a workaround?
Mac mini 2018 or later
Safari 14.0.3 which fixes this issue, is now available via the Software Update System Preferences pane.
Safari 14.0.3 which fixes this issue, is now available via the Software Update System Preferences pane.
I found an alternative way to get Safari 14.0 back.
I downloaded the original Safari 14 .pkg installer from: https://mac.filehorse.com/download-safari/16044/
I then had to turn off System Integrity Protection and use Charlesoft's Pacifist to install the .pkg then I turned SIP back on.
Just running the .pkg installer on its own doesn't work as I think the installer must check to see if there's a newer version already installed.
I have filled a report : on https://www.apple.com/feedback
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Safari Version 14.0.2 (14610.3.7.1.10)
with
macOS 10.14.6 (18G7016)
BUG : an upload button will not open a file requester, instead, I can drag and drop a file on the button and it works. This is very annoying.
the affected page html code is that : <input type="file" name="whatever">
Please fix this bug.
Sincerely Yours : Alex.
In reply to mauhey67 - the problem we're all discussing is exactly that - the upload button doesn't do anything when you click it in Safari 14.0.1 or 14.0.2. One solution is to find the file you want in the Finder and drag it to the upload button (the thing you normally click to find a file, which doesn't work), not the upload window where you want it to appear.
However, it seems from ravenby's recent post that Safari 14.0.3 will be appearing in Software Update Preferences soon, and that should bring the upload button function back.
Update to Safari v14.0.3 and it is fixed.
It's not the Security Updates - they are safe to install. It's that in any version of Safari newer than 14.0, clicking the upload button fails to open the Finder for you to select the file you want to upload.
Note that if you find the file you want to upload in the Finder first, you can then drag it to the upload button on the Safari screen and that should still work.
Update to Safari 14.0.3 fixed this
Yes, I have done the same successfully. Re-install Mojave, then go to Software Update from System Preferences twice, first to do Security Update 2020-005 and Supplemental Update 10.14.6, then Security Update 2020-006 but NOT Safari 14.0.1
The Security Updates take quite a long time, during which nothing seems to be happening, but if you wait long enough they do work.
My Safari file uploads work normally again now
This is a bug for Safari 14.0.1 on macOS 10.14.6. Use the Feedback Assistant on your Mac to report the bug. Search "Feedback Assistant" on your Mac and submit the feedback to Apple. Apple Software engineers will ask you for additional information and fix the bug as soon as possible.
As previously mentioned, drag and drop works on pages that have this functionality, but some people may not be aware that you can usually drag and drop a file onto the File Upload button itself, even if the web page isn't specifically coded to accept drag and drop uploads.
This works anywhere that a standard HTML file input button is used. e.g.
<input type="file" name="whatever">
(If the upload button has been modified by Javascript or CSS, it still may not work though.)
This is a huge problem, source code :
<INPUT NAME="the_file" TYPE="file">
The button is displayed but does not open the file requester pop up window.
The button accepts drag and drop, but that does not make the situation less problematic.
The page works with firefox and chrome.
Safari version is Version 14.0.1 (14610.2.11.51.10)
This bug is new, it's probably from the last security or safari update :
Security Update 2020-006:
Version: 10.14.6
Source: Apple
Install Date: 07/12/2020 12:27
or
Safari:
Version: 14.0.1
Source: Apple
Install Date: 26/11/2020 17:43
Yes, this is caused by Safari 14.0.1, and not fixed by 14.0.2 It only affects Mojave users, who should not be being prompted to install these updates at all. It is not caused by the Security Updates which are safe to install.
You can find files first and drag&drop them onto upload buttons but those buttons will not open the Finder.
The only solution is to re-install MacOS Mojave. You can then update Safari to version 14.0 (which works OK), and do all the security updates
14.0.3 beta only partially fixes WeTransfer. Drag and drop from the Finder seems to work with small files, but ignores larger ones. The "plus" button now works again, but having to dumpster-dive thru an open dialog box is not what I had in mind. A beer to the dev who fixes this.
Same problem is still present in Safari 14.0.2 as well. I now can't use Campaign Monitor to build HTML emails as the standard browsing window doesn't appear so I can't upload graphics etc. Had to move across to Google Chrome for this task, I'd prefer not to have to but Apple doesn't seem interested in fixing this annoying bug.
See this other thread on the subject:
Thanks, yes, I confirm that file upload works normally in Safari 14.0.3. Phew!
From this and the Mojave Security Update fiasco last year we learn that Apple do fix these bugs eventually, but Software Updates have a long lead time, so it takes two or three updates before they achieve it. Users have to cope with the errors somehow in the meantime
Safari 14.0.1 File Selection button not working