I just tried that, and the same thing happened. I saw the progress, followed by "the network connection was lost", and a reload button, which I activated. It now shows the file, which is nearly 60mb, as having successfully downloaded even though it is only 15k in size, clearly a failed download. On Aug 8, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > Try quitting Safari then restarting it. Then go into the Downloads window > with cmd-option-l and see if Safari has automatically reconnected or if it > will allow you to start the process again manually. Normally, safari handles > what you were mentioning just fine but I'm not sure why it behaved in the > manner you've outlined. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-08-08, at 8:40 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Perhaps there are things I don't know about the default manager then. Here's >> an example: when it rains, our internet tends to go out a lot, and I was >> downloading some large files yesterday. The download would either slow to a >> crawl and then stop, or stop immediately, and in both cases there was a >> "reload" button. That, however, only grabbed 16k of the file before stopping >> as though the whole thing were complete. In Firefox, the manager is smart >> enough to let you resume such a failed download, or restart it, or go to the >> website from where you downloaded the file, but Safari seems unable to >> handle interrupted or partial downloads at all. >> On Aug 8, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Not sure if I'm just missing something, but I'm fairly sure that Safari has >>> these features built right in as well. When you begin downloading a file, >>> press cmd-option-l to open the Downloads window. When you Interact with >>> the Table, you can then Interact with each download to determine its >>> status. When within a given download, you can Stop/Pause it, Resume it >>> once again etc. Once a download has been Stop/Paused, you can clear it if >>> you wish. You also can set how long items remain in the downloads manager >>> from within the General pane of Safari Preferences. They can stay there >>> until you manually delete them, be removed when you Quit Safari or be >>> removed upon successful download. Safari used to automatically pop up the >>> Downloads window when you started a download but stopped this behaviour in >>> Lion, I believe. Pressing cmd-option-l brings up the window anyway so it's >>> no matter to me. >>> >>> If this isn't what you were looking for, sorry. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2013-08-07, at 9:16 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I like Safari overall, but I really miss Firefox's download manager. It >>>> lets you pause downloads, retry them if the connection is lost, clear old >>>> downloads, and more, and it's built right in. Is there a third-party >>>> download manager for Safari that lets you do all that, specifically pause >>>> downloads and retry them if necessary? I'm asking on here because, of >>>> course, I need it to be very friendly with VO. Any ideas? Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> Have a great day, >> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. 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