Downloads no longer in upper bar on iMac

It is unclear what you mean by "a small folder in the top bar"... you mean the menu bar? Or the toolbar of a window?

By default, downloaded files go to your Downloads folder.

In the Finder, you can have your Downloads folder in the Sidebar of your windows, for easy access; you can open it immediately by pressing Command-Option-L; and it can also be accessed from the Dock - it is usually on the right, close to where the trash can is.

So many ways...

Maybe you can clarify exactly what you were used to doing, and it can be made to work, too.

dialabrain wrote:

FWIW, I reset the download location on all my Macs in all the browsers to the Desktop. Makes files really easy to find. 😎

That is provided that you then organize them; a lot of people already have hundreds of files on their desktop, and that does not make them easy to find 😎

It is similar to having all e-mail in the Inbox (yes, there are plenty of people who do that!)

FWIW, I reset the download location on all my Macs in all the browsers to the Desktop. Makes files really easy to find. 😎

Is the use referring to the " small folder " that would appear in Safari Menu Bar

As Learned Colleague @ Luis Sequeira1 mentioned, the default Download is normally directed to the Download Folder and can be accessed by those direction

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True. Although in my case, I don't keep any files on the Desktop and when I'm finished with the download, I delete it. :)

Edit: or move it.

Although we may have digressed somewhat - the overall focus is still on your computer issue and hope some of the information and suggestions prove fruitful .