Why does Safari not download files after Sequoia update?

I also get this using Safari 18.0.1 on macOS 14.7 Sonoma, downloading to the built in drive on my M1 MBP.

Interestingly, if I enable my VPN the same downloads complete and are moved successfully.

I solved the problem by creating a sub-folder in the Downloads folder and then designating the sub-folder as destination for downloads. This works for me. I run Safari Version 18.0.1 Sequoia 15.0.1

Solution: It is bull that I need to do this but it works. Copy the download link from safari and open it on google or chrome and then down load it there. If you don't have the google app just download it from the app store for no charge.

It happens to me on any drive, internal, external, Lucid, etc. I learned on another post

that you can right click select "show package contents" and the full file is in there.

Copy and paste to pull it out.

But the work around is becoming a P.I.T.A.

You’ll need to review what 3rd party system modifications you have installed. The most likely candidate is some kind of file-sync system.

> So if you are using a network volume, don't do that.

Thank you. In our setup no files are saved to local disk; all files are saved to NAS. I do not know any reason why this function should be removed in Sequoia, especially since Ask for each download remains a choice in the settings.

I believe this is a bug in Sequoia Safari, not a problem of user practice.

> There are only a handful of people reporting this problem

Sequoia is quite new, and probably most users are defaulting to the Downloads folder.

"show package contents" is a good work around... I just duplicate the file and remove the ".download" from the end. So annoying though.

I'm having the same problem in Safari 18.0 running on Sonoma 14.7. I have no extensions installed in Safari.

When downloading a video file to an SMB share, Safari creates a <file name>.download package. At the end of the download, in the downloads panel of Safari, there's an error "cannot move file".

I can open the SMB share in Finder, then minor click on the <file name>.download package, and then select "Show Package Contents". My video file is in the package. I can drag the video file from the package to the target directory on the SMB share, so it's not a permissions issue on the SMB server.

Same download works fine in Chrome, no problems.

I'm running Safari 18.01 and MacOS 15.01 and have the same issue. All of my downloads saved directly to my NAS are saved with the extension ".download" but saves normally when downloaded locally. I do not have any extensions running at the moment either.

Yes it is clearly a new problem from Safari 18. I can download or save a file from Safari to my NAS, but it finishes as a newfile.pdf.download . The solution for me is to manually rename the file on the NAS as newfile.pdf.down, so I can open that directory and drag the content (newfile.pdf ) next to the newfile.pdf.down directory. As a work-around I can save to NAS, then rename and move the content later... but it is very annoying.

I've seen an other behavior with a README.md file saved on the NAS and opened with Xcode ... during writing, if I save the file, xcode tells me after a few seconds/minutes the file as been changed by an other application on the NAS, and ask me to reload it (but not every time) ... so is there some after saving actions from MacOS that are triggered ? (as for the .download file that is moved when completed...) .

Often, when saving/loading Numbers spreadsheets on Google Drive, Numbers hangs and I have to reboot the pad... It is three different scenarios, but all related to network drives... and Apple applications.

Hope Apple will fix it...

For the record seeing this on downloading to SMB shares and can use the "show package contents" workaround, but it's not efficient.

Forums are for users to help each other, Apple devs are not scouring them for bug reports. If you want to make sure Apple knows about this, send some feedback:

Feedback - Safari - Apple

I also have this issue. It started immediately after updating to Sequia 15.1.1. Other browsers work fine. Downloading to the Mac itself works fine. I connect to a Synology NAS using SMB.

Just to clarify a couple things on what I reported 2 days ago (September 18, 2024):

I'm using SONOMA 14.7, not Sequoia. Was waiting for a bug fix release before I upgrade to Sequoia.

The Sonoma 14.7 upgrade that I applied this week included Safari 18.0.

The issue that I'm experiencing is with Safari 18.0.

Downloads to network drives worked fine with the previous (17.x) version of Safari. They don't work with Safari 18.0.

DuckDuckGo browser creates download packages in a very similar process to what I reported in the problem with Safari 18.0. I have had no issues downloading files with the DuckDuckGo browser -- it completes the download and moves the file from the package to the target location on the network drive.

Generally, users have more than one browser, so they can just switch to a different product. That could explain the low number of reports here.

If privacy is a concern for you, use Firefox instead Chrome ;-) . Saving files to network shares works right in Firefox. I'm pretty sure this is a Safari issue and not macOS one, as Safari is the only application showing this problem.

Yes, getting the same issue as well. Spent hours trying to fix this issue that has been created. I have been downloading pdf files to my NAS Synology server for years - direct from Safari. Now I cannot do it. I must change the download location to a local drive and then copy across to the right folder in the server. So, now I have a few more steps to complete, which I didn't have beforehand. Not happy.

To clarify - I can now only get a xxxx.pdf.download filename to my server, but if I switch it and save it on my desktop for example - it will be xxxx.pdf.

This is very annoying.