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Safari not downloading .rar files

Everytime i try to download a .rar file using safari the floating icon goes to the downloads button but it only downloads around 5kb of the .rar file, i have tried restarting and deleting the cache/cookies but the problem still persists, it started doing this randomly yesterday so i have no idea why it is happening,

Other OS, Mac OS X Lion Version 10.7.2

Posted on Oct 10, 2011 6:46 AM

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Posted on Oct 10, 2011 8:04 AM

If you're running a pre-release version of 10.7.2 as your profile says, ask your question in the closed beta-test forum.

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Oct 25, 2011 1:44 AM in response to ninjagothype

that idea almost works for me. my downloads work, but ten times slower than before, and there are things that the protection needs to be enabled for, otherwise what is the use of having it. we, as users, should not have to disable our protection to make our computer work, and that means that this isn't a fix, it is a band-aid. Apple needs to fix this, period.

Safari not downloading .rar files

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