I had a similar problem earlier this month with the PDF files I downloaded from Best Buy. One thing different from what Esther suggested was once the URL was obtained from the header with Command-L, I tried Option-Enter and that actually downloaded the file for me. In my case these were PDF's and they were named properly; not sure about your situation though.
On 6/1/12, Donna Goodin <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
