Safari activity window downloads not working now

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Safari activity window downloads not working now

When clicking on the relavent file in the activity window -it now simply opens another Safari window and doesn't download.

anyone else having this problem ?

kindest,
becca

Snow Leopard 10.6.4, Macbook 5,2 [early 09],MacMini 3,1 [early 09], Mac OS X (10.4.11), HP c4180 photosmart, HPw20 monitor, Nano 4Gb-now defunkd, nano 3G -now defunkd

Posted on Nov 23, 2010 4:25 AM

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Niel

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Nov 23, 2010 9:57 AM in response to becca jnr

You need to press the Option key while double-clicking to start a download. If you don't, the item may or may not start downloading depending on its type and the server's configuration.

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becca jnr Author

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Nov 26, 2010 12:56 AM in response to Niel

Hi Neil,
Thank you,

I will try that if/the next time this appears again though for some reason unknown to me it is working again without.
kindest,
becca

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