internet settings prevent direct download

Hello tapadoma,

Thank you for reaching out to Apple Support Communities, and we'll be happy to help in any way we can. We understand you're having issues with automatic downloads on your Mac. Are you referring to the setting in Safari or somewhere else? If you meant Safari, these steps will help: Change Websites settings in Safari on Mac

"In the Safari app  on your Mac, use Websites settings to customize how you browse individual websites.

To change these settings, choose Safari > Settings, then click Websites.

The settings you can customize (such as Reader and Content Blockers) are listed on the left.

To apply a setting to a website on the right, first select the setting, then choose the option you want from the pop-menu next to the website.

Option

Description

Reader

• On: Automatically use Safari Reader to display articles on the site without ads or other distractions.
• Off: Don’t use Reader by default on the site. (You can still choose to use Reader for individual articles on the site.)

Content Blockers

• On: Stop ads and other unwanted content from appearing on the site.
• Off: Don’t block ads and other unwanted content on the site.

Auto-Play

• Allow All Auto-Play: All videos on the site can autoplay.
• Stop Media with Sound: Only videos that don’t have audio can autoplay.
• Never Auto-Play: No videos can autoplay.

Page Zoom

Choose a percentage of zoom to make text and images on the site easier to see.

Camera

• Ask: The site must ask if it can use the camera on your Mac.
• Deny: The site can’t use your camera.
• Allow: The site can always use your camera.

Microphone

• Ask: The site must ask if it can use the microphone on your Mac.
• Deny: The site can’t use your microphone.
• Allow: The site can always use your microphone.

Screen Sharing

• Ask: Users of other computers must ask to remotely view your screen.
• Deny: Users of other computers are prevented from remotely viewing your screen.

Location

• Ask: The site must ask if it can use your location.
• Deny: The site can’t use your location.
• Allow: The site can always use your location.

Downloads

• Ask: You’re asked before a download can start while visiting the site.
• Deny: Downloads are prevented while you’re visiting the site.
• Allow: Downloads are always permitted while you’re visiting the site.

Notifications

• Allow: The site can send you notifications.
• Deny: The site can’t send you notifications.
• Allow websites to ask for permission to send notifications: When you visit a website that wants to send you notifications, you see a dialog asking if you want to receive them. To stop seeing the dialog, deselect this option.

Sites you allow to send notifications are also listed in Notifications settings.

See Customize website notifications.

Pop-up Windows

Block pop-up windows that appear when you visit a website.

• Block and Notify: When you visit the site, Safari displays an icon in the Smart Search field. You can click the icon to display the pop-up windows.
• Block: The site can’t display pop-up windows.
• Allow: The site can display pop-up windows.

Note: Some websites use pop-up windows for essential content.

Lockdown Mode

• On: Extreme, optional protection is turned on for the site.
• Off: No additional protection is turned on for the site.

Important: Lockdown Mode is designed for the very few individuals who, because of who they are or what they do, might be personally targeted by some of the most sophisticated digital threats. Most people are never targeted by attacks of this nature. When in Lockdown Mode, your Mac won’t function as it typically does, and some features are unavailable.

See Lock down your Mac if targeted by a cyberattack.

WebGL

• Ask: You see a dialog asking whether you want to trust the site’s use of WebGL.
• Block: The site can’t show WebGL content.
• Allow: The site can use WebGL, unless WebGL presents a security risk on your computer.
• Allow Always: The site can use WebGL, even if WebGL presents a critical security risk on your computer. Choosing Allow Always may present a security risk, so only select this option for websites you trust.

The WebGL setting appears only for computers on which WebGL may present a security risk. If the setting doesn’t appear, the site can show WebGL content.

Currently Open Websites 

Websites that are open in a window or tab in Safari. You might have previously chosen an option from the pop-up menu for some of these websites.

Configured Websites

The list of websites you’ve customized. If you don’t see Configured Websites, either you haven’t customized a website yet, or you’ve cleared the list.

Remove

Remove the selected website from the list of configured websites.

When visiting other websites

Choose an option from this pop-up menu to apply it to any website that you haven’t already chosen a setting for.

To apply a setting to all websites, make sure no websites are listed below Configured Websites (to clear the list quickly, select the websites, then click Remove). Then click this pop-up menu and choose the option you want.

Share across devices

Use the settings you chose for a website on all Apple devices where you’re signed in with the same Apple ID, have Safari turned on in iCloud settings, and have two-factor authentication turned on.

Page Zoom settings are shared only with another Mac or an iPad.

Important: Privacy-sensitive settings, such as Camera and Microphone, aren’t shared across Apple devices."

We hope this helps.

Cheers!