Hi Donna, What's likely is that the file you're trying to download doesn't have a file name extension (for example, it could be a PDF file which does not have the ".pdf" extension as part of its name), or perhaps the server from which you are retrieving the file has not set this up for automatic download. If the files you are trying to retrieve are zip- compressed or otherwise use some archived format, then they almost always download. However, depending on how the server machine from which you retrieve the files is set up, if the file extension type is not present, or is one for which a default download action is not set up, it's likely to be treated as a "text" file, and simply displayed in the browaser. This is not something that you control by any settings at your end (called the "client" side); it is a "server" side setting. If the source web page was designed by someone who is not aware of these issues, then whether the file is downloaded or displayed depends on default settings of the browser version/operating system being used.
Could you download the file (that was being displayed as "code" in Safari), by pressing Command-L to highlight the address of the downloaded file, and then pressing "Return"? That usually works for me if I don't want to fiddle with the link options and Control-click on the link. HTH. Cheers, Esther On Jun 1, 7:20 am, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > Did that, no dice. What's weirder is that I was able to download it using > Chrome. > Donna > On Jun 1, 2012, at 1:16 PM, Ricardo Walker wrote: > > > > > nope. > > > I can't say I have. At least, not that I can remember. try pressing > > option enter on the link to download instead. > > > Ricardo Walker > > [email protected] > > Twitter:@apple2thecore > >www.appletothecore.info > > > On Jun 1, 2012, at 1:06 PM, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Hey all, > > >> Has anyone every seen this? I'm clicking on the link to a file I want to > >> download, but instead of downloading it, Safari is opening it and > >> displaying the code. Anyone know what's up? > >> TIA, > >> Donna > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group > >> athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
