What is this icon on file download (see image)?

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What is this icon on file download (see image)?

It looks like the download is stuck, but the file seems to be just fine and complete. This keeps happening on some but not all downloads. What does it mean?

Mac Pro, macOS 10.15

Posted on May 5, 2021 9:32 PM

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Answer 1

May 6, 2021 1:25 PM in response to Yer_Man

Thank you for responding. Please accept my apology for asking my question in a way that made it impossible to know what I am seeking to find out.

Please allow me to take this opportunity to ask my question in a different way.

Why is the download status icon continuing to appear in finder after the download is complete? What conditions cause this behavior? What did I do wrong?

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Answer 2

HWTech

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May 6, 2021 8:36 PM in response to danallenhouston

The Finder doesn't always refresh properly. I encounter other situations where I must either restart the Finder or reboot to get Finder to update the information on an item. It is very annoying. At least with other file explorer type utilities they usually give you a manual refresh option, but I'm not aware of this being an option with macOS.

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Yer_Man

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May 5, 2021 11:22 PM in response to danallenhouston

It's an indicator of how much of the item has been downloaded/remains to be downloaded. It's not very accurate, and more to let you know something is happening.

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Answer 4

Yer_Man

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May 6, 2021 3:23 PM in response to danallenhouston

I doubt you did anything wrong. I'd say it's just a minor cosmetic glitch.

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What is this icon on file download (see image)?

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