How can I drag an image from a page in Safari to the finder and have it be saved as an actual image instead of a webloc?

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How can I drag an image from a page in Safari to the finder and have it be saved as an actual image instead of a webloc?

Safari used to let me drag an image from a webpage to the finder and have the dragged file be saved as an actual image but now all that's saved is a webloc file. I want the image saved, not a reference to the image's URL - do I now have to always use "save as" to save it?

I can understand Safari creating a webloc file if I dragged the site icon from the location bar to the finder, but to make the default behavior for dragging things that are parts of a page (not the page itself) as webloc files seems like a HUGE step backwards for usability.

Does anyone know if there's, say, a key to hold when dragging to avoid saving a webloc file or a defaults command or something to make Safari revert back to sane draging behavior?

Mac OS X (10.7.3)

Posted on Apr 16, 2012 10:09 AM

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Answer 1

Apr 16, 2012 11:29 AM in response to bubbalumpkis

Hi...

Right or control click then select, "Save Image to Downloads" ...

You can access your Downloads folder from your Finder.

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bubbalumpkis Author

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Apr 16, 2012 11:35 AM in response to Carolyn Samit

Using "Save Image to Downloads" is almost the same as using "Save As" and is not what my question is about - my question is about *dragging* an image from a webpage to a location in the Finder without it becoming a webloc file.

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mcbuffy

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Apr 16, 2012 11:41 AM in response to bubbalumpkis

Hello bubbalumpkis,

Since when do you have that problem ?

Did you try :

- with all the extensions deactivated ?

- to restart the computer ? (if the problem is recent)

- to delete Safari's Preferences in yourusername/Library/Preferences ?

- to repair permissions ? (with Disk Utility in Applications/Utilities)

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bubbalumpkis Author

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Apr 16, 2012 11:57 AM in response to mcbuffy

Good questions... I'll have to try and figure out when the problem first happened - I was thinking it was when I upgraded to Safari 5.1.4 but that might not be the case... I'll try your suggestions to see if any of them eliminate the problem (I have restarted recenlty and that didn't fix it) but I'll try repairing permissions,etc. Thanks!

hmmm... Mcbuffy: are you implying that you *don't* get the webloc when dragging an image out of Safari and that this isn't a caused by change to Safari but is a big/conflict in mine?

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mcbuffy

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Apr 16, 2012 12:02 PM in response to bubbalumpkis

bubbalumpkis wrote: […]

hmmm... Mcbuffy: are you implying that you *don't* get the webloc when dragging an image out of Safari and that this isn't a caused by change to Safari but is a big/conflict in mine?

Yes, I use Safari 5.1.5 and when I drag a picture form Safari to the Finder I see the file from the image not a .webloc.

The .webloc is only when you drag and drop an URL.

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bubbalumpkis Author

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Apr 16, 2012 12:08 PM in response to mcbuffy

Gah!!! Well, I'm a dork - turns out it's a Webkit problem, not a Safari problem. Besides feeling like a dork I'm glad the problem isn't in Safari (proper). I guess I need to go submit a Webkit ticket, then.

mcbuffy and Carolyn: thank you for your time and your help!

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