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
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
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.
I have not, I really like Safari for the most part and don't even have Firefox
set up. I might have Chrome, I'm not sure, and I'll give that a try. Downloads
usually go well, but when an unstable connection is involved, Safari seems to
have more trouble than Firefox on Windows does.
On Aug 8,
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
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
