Since upgrading to Safari 10 when I click the download link in a Gmail attachment it doesnt work. Other files download just fine.
I tested downloading Gmail attachments with Firefox and it works fine.
How do I fix this?
iMac (Retina 5K, 27-inch, Late 2014), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)
I'm using Safari 10.0.3 on El Capitan 10.11.6.
The right-click and select "Download Linked File" only works for PDFs for me, not for other file types e.g. .xlsx (Excel files) or .fdx (Final Draft files).
On the Gmail Help Forum topic Bradford started, the workaround that does work for me is the one from Dr. Yavuz Samur: https://productforums.google.com/d/msg/gmail/-jn_07jplD8/YfMagfELBQAJ
In case that link doesn't work, the steps are:
- reply to the original email
- select the "More options" drop-down menu by clicking on the small down arrow in the bottom right of your reply window
- select "Include original attachments"
- right-click on the attachment in your reply window
- select "Download Linked File"
and then discard your reply.
Hi,
Me too I had this annoying problem with Gmail attachments and Safari. But I have AdBlock extension active and so I tried to disable AdBlock just for Gmail pages ... Well, this solved this problem.
Yes I already did. Just though it wouldn't hurt to post here as well.
Eric, The gmail support pages just points a user to ensure that they have the latest version of their browser installed.
Unfortunately, it is the latest version of Safari that appears to have broken gmail attachment downloading.
So, Bradley, thanks for reporting what appears to be a genuine issue with Safari. I just hope Apple can sort it out soon, or they will be driving a lot of their users to switch to Chrome.
I think I may have found a solution. If you right click on the attachment and choose Download Linked file As it will download. Ideally they would fix the download button to work as it should. But I guess this is a workaround for now.
Here's a link to my Google forum post
Thanks Bradley,
I had tried that earlier without success. But I was right-clicking on the download arrow, rather than the "body" of the attachment, which works fine. Thanks for the heads-up.
Unfortunately your Google forum post link did not make it into your post.
this works...thank you!!
Thanks Bradford, I'm having this same problem after updating to Safari 10.
I can right click on an attached pdf file but "Download Linked file" does not appear when you right click on an attached docx or xlsx file.
No problem downloading attachments in Chrome, but I prefer using Safari.
Any suggestions … Jeff
It's not a solution but in the gmail box where the files appear, hold down control/click and "download linked file". It works until they get it fixed.
BRAD, ARE YOU ABLE TO DOWNLOAD DOC FILES AS WELL AS PDF...?
No .doc files do not work.
The only thing I have been able to do is save it to Google Drive and then you can download items (all types so far) from there. Can't figure out where to point the finger though ;-)
An Apple Tech Support person advised me to restart my Mac in Safe mode, and then restart it as usual, and that did solve this downloading of gmail attachments issue for me. Try it.
Jeff
safari 10 unable to download Gmail attachments
