I need a fix for downloads on Mac. Currently only downloading .part files and can't find the problem.

Is that with Firefox? Have you tried another browser?

Stay away from Applejack.

The first thing to do is to determine if the problem is restricted to your own user account, which indicates a 3rd party software conflict, or is system wide. To determine that, create a new Standared user account by going into

 > System Preferences > Users & Groups

and clicking the little '+' sign at the bottom of the window. Choose 'Standard', a name, and a simple password (like 123456; you're going to delete the account later anyway, or you can change the password to something more secure if you decide to keep the account).

With the account created, log out of your admin account and into the new account. Fire up Safari and try to download a .pdf. Report back here with the result.

The first step is to disable or remove that download manager entirely. That in itself is a likely cause of your problem.

The following can be tried in any order:

— disable all the other extensions in your browsers and try again.

— are you running any AV software or using Little Snitch? If so, disable those. You'll probably also have to kill those in Activity monitor, as both run background helper processes that run when the main app isn't and can interfere with network connections.

— look in your Login Items in

 > System Preferences > Users & Groups | Login Items

and remove any 3rd party apps that are there. Restart the computer and test again.

If you've tried all those and still have the problem, report back.

Here's another source of common problems, at least with pdf in Safari. Look for and remove this plugin, if you find it:

/Library/Internet Plug-ins/AdobePDFViewer.plugin

Why not? Right-clicking should give you this option, unless you're using some alternative 3rd party s/w instead of Finder. What happens when you right-click?

Sorry, I'm not sure I'm following you. Do you mean if you hold down 'control' and click on a link you don't get something like this?

Firefox 12:

OK, now I'm with you!

Have you tried this, in Firefox menubar

Help > Restart with Add Ons Disabled...

Does it work after doing that?

A couple of questions, then:

1. Does the same problem occur in Safari?

2. If yes, what 3rd party apps are listed in here:

 > System Preferences > Users & Groups | Login Items

If tbe answer to 1 is 'no', work through the procedures here:

Troubleshooting Firefox