Hi Esther, Unfortunately, that didn't work either. Thanks for the tip, though, I'll remember to try it if this ever happens again.. Best, Donna On Jun 1, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Esther wrote:
> 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. > -- 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.
