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
No sign of any action from Apple about this. bazaarsoft's comment suggests they may not fix it.
If nothing has happened by the beginning of next week I shall probably re-install Mojave OS. I hope that will get me back to an earlier version of Safari. It's surprisingly easy to do this if you have a good enough internet connection. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904 Follow instructions for Intel processor. That page refers to re-installing Big Sur, but note that if you start up the computer holding ⌘-R to enter MacOS Recovery it will offer to re-install the version of MacOS you are currently using, i.e. Mojave
No sign of any action from Apple about this. bazaarsoft's comment suggests they may not fix it.
If nothing has happened by the beginning of next week I shall probably re-install Mojave OS. I hope that will get me back to an earlier version of Safari. It's surprisingly easy to do this if you have a good enough internet connection. See https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204904 Follow instructions for Intel processor. That page refers to re-installing Big Sur, but note that if you start up the computer holding ⌘-R to enter MacOS Recovery it will offer to re-install the version of MacOS you are currently using, i.e. Mojave
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.
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:
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.
I was told by an Apple advisor on a long phone call regarding this, that the update 14.0.1 was meant only for the Big Sur roll out and that Mojave users should not have updated. I was sent the update through Apple's update notification, so I think they screwed up.
I'm having the same problem. Upgraded to 14.0.1 with Mojave. Works just fine in Firefox. I'm still looking for a work around! Have you found one yet?
I should also mention that my husband is running Catalina and Safari 14.0.1. His file upload buttons work just fine.
I just downloaded the Mojave installer from the App Store, reinstalled Mojave and then upgraded everything (security patches, etc) except Safari 14.0.1, so I'm back to Safari 14.0.0 and won't make the same mistake twice.
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
I am having the same issue. The main effect it is having is that I am a professor and it makes the course management software for my university (Blackboard) unusable with Safari. I now have to remember to use Firefox to sign in so that I can upload files to the CMS. The file chooser button just does nothing on Safari. I had been assuming this was just a problem with Blackboard as it is generally a clunky such-and-such, but just now I discovered that the same problem is happening to me on another site (the Dreamwidth journaling platform), so that is when I realized it is a more widespread Safari problem.
Strange advise. Apples general advice from pretty much the beginning of Mac OS X (at least) is that you shall always run the latest available version. If it's only meant for Big Sur, the update would only be released for Big Sur. I think it's simply down to some silly bug that will hopefully be fixed. Mojave is still supported, so I see no reason they wouldn't address this.
I saw it before posting, but didn't wanted to deal with the hassle. Need my computer for work and didn't have the time to spend on reinstalls in order to get back a basic browser functionality. Does no one at Apple test this stuff before releasing?
Which version of Safari do you use now after the Mojave reinstall? I like the new things in 14, but this problem is annoying.
Just adding my voice to this thread... Safari 14.0.2 still has the same problem on MacOS Mojave 10.14.6... no file upload buttons on any web pages will do anything. Those offering drag-and-drop options work with drag-and-drop.
Would be nice to see Apple fix this. And soon!
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.)
Updated Safari to 14.0.2 on Mojave yesterday and now WeTransfer is broken in the same way. Hitting the "upload files" button no longer works. Very annoying. Suspect it's time to ditch Safari. Thanks Apple.
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
Safari 14.0.1 File Selection button not working