HT4550: Mac Basics: Safari 5.1
Learn about Mac Basics: Safari 5.1
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Jun 2, 2012 10:49 AM in response to kweku100by Carolyn Samit,Hi...
See if this helps...
From your Safari menu bar top of your screen click Safari > Preferences then select the General tab.
At the bottom of the General tab deslect: Open "safe" files after downloading
Quit then relaunch Safari to test.
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Jun 2, 2012 11:01 AM in response to Carolyn Samitby kweku100,i get what you are saying. thank you but i do not want safari to download files without my permission.
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Jun 2, 2012 12:23 PM in response to kweku100by Linc Davis,What kind of files are these? Do they download when you click a link to them?
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Jun 2, 2012 1:00 PM in response to kweku100by Linc Davis,It would be normal for a Word document to download when you click on a link to it. A PDF might open in the browser or download as a file, depending on the type of link.
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Jun 2, 2012 1:11 PM in response to Linc Davisby kweku100,so my issue is how to prevent it from downloading every single time i open it
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Jun 2, 2012 1:41 PM in response to kweku100by Linc Davis,Every time you open what? The page? If a file downloads automatically when you merely open a page, without clicking anything, that's a misuse of JavaScript. Disable it before loading, or install a Safari extension such as JavaScript Blacklist that blocks it selectively.
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Aug 19, 2012 4:18 PM in response to kweku100by usercc,I am a former Windows user too, and I agree -- I'm tired of having to sift through millions of files in my downloads folder every time I simply want to view a file from online. I'd rather just *open* up a word/pdf file (to view and manually save, if I choose) without having Safari download it automatically.
Did you ever figure out how to do this? I don't use IE, but Firefox has this option too.