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How to resume downloads in Safari 5.1

I recently upgraded to Lion, and am in the process of downloading a game, however my download was interrupted when i needed to shut down my computer for the night. When I logged on this morning I assumed I could resume the download from the night before, and to my surprise I found out that I couldnt. In the old version of Safari there was a resume button in the downloads window - that seems to have disappeared in the new version. Any thoughts? Drives me mad when apple remove features when they add others.

Lion Safari-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 31, 2011 2:44 AM

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Jul 26, 2012 4:24 PM in response to andrewdski

Yep worked for me too. Thanks!

Aug 20, 2013 4:34 PM in response to jefffromredmond

Clearing the list and doubleclicking the .download file did not resume the download; it download from the begining. I tried it several times with several files with no luck. 😠 ... btw, I'm not angry at you jefffromredmond, just angry.

Nov 10, 2013 12:45 AM in response to cambrell

jefffromredmond's solution worked like a charm. I don't know how you figured it out but I'm grateful. Thanks a lot! 🙂

Jul 10, 2015 7:23 PM in response to cambrell

Quit Safari (right click in the dock, >Quit), confirm quit at the prompt, then double click on the Safari download file in the Download folder. The download should be resumed.

It worked for me.

Jul 22, 2016 10:01 AM in response to cambrell

Two ways I can think to try for on a mac

1. Sometimes due to the interruption there is an, "!" , at the top right of the iTunes window. Click it and it will allow you to restart the download, sometimes telling you what the error was e.g "err - 012" or something.

2. If you try to redownload it through normally going through the buying process, it should say you have already bought it but it hasn't downloaded.

At this stage it will ask you to go to downloads to restart/resume the downloading of the game, click okay and you will be brought to the downloads page and can restart/resume your download from there!

How to resume downloads in Safari 5.1