When you download any files from the Safari browser on your Mac, the default download location is the Downloads folder. Most users are just fine with it, but some of you might want to change the download location in Safari.
Pause a download: Click the Stop button to the right of the filename in the downloads list. To resume, click the Resume button. Find a downloaded item on your Mac: Click the magnifying glass next to the filename in the downloads list. If you move a file or change the download location after downloading it, Safari can’t find the file. Jul 13, 2020.
Safari sets a default download location on your Mac and you can see all your downloaded files in the Download folder in the Finder, however, this directory can be changed from the Safari Preferences. Want to know? Here’s how.
How To Change Download Location In Safari
To change the download location in Safari to a different one, follow these steps.
- Head to the Safari Preferences by launching the Safari browser and click on theSafari in the menu bar.
- Click on the General tab and locate the File download location. You have two options – ‘Ask for each download’, or ‘Other…’.
- Choose the ‘Other…’ to change the directory by selecting a folder in the next window.
You can also choose ‘Ask for each download’ so that you can choose the download location each time you download the files, however, if you want to keep a fixed download location path, choose the ‘Other…’.
Changing the download location in Safari will only apply to the files you download after you have made the change, any files you have downloaded before that won’t change its location, they will stay in the Downloads folder.
If you can’t find the files that you have downloaded on your Mac, you can make use of the Spotlight search and type the name of the file to find it instantly. If you like the Spotlight search tool, also check out these 6 Spotlight shortcuts for Mac power users.
That’s all for now. If you like this tutorial, here are some more tutorials, guides, tips, and tricks on Mac as well as Windows.
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Change Download Location Mac Safari Browser
When using the Chrome or Safari browser to download files to your Mac, they by default go to the “Downloads” folder, which can be found in your user Home directory. However, due to disk space issues, or just by personal preference, you may wish to tell your browser to save your download files in another location. Here’s how.
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How to Change the Default Download Folder Location in Chrome
- Open the Chrome browser on your Mac and go to Chrome’s Settings, either by choosing “Preferences…” from the Chrome menu or by entering “chrome://settings/” in the address bar
- Scroll down until you see the “Show advanced settings…” link. Click the link
- Again, scroll down a bit until you see the “Downloads” section. Click on the “Change…” button found to the right of the “Download location:” field
- Select the new location you where you want Chrome to save downloaded files to by default
- Exit Settings by closing the tab, and return to using Chrome as normal
How to Change the Default Download Folder Location in Safari
- Open the Safari browser on your Mac and go to Safari’s Settings by choosing “Preferences…” from the Safari menu
- Click the “General” tab in the Preferences window that appears. (It’s the first tab on the left)
- Look for the “File download location” option. Click the pull-down menu to the right of the option
- Now, you can either click “Ask for each download,” which means Safari will prompt you for a save location each time you download a file, or you can click the “Other…” option, which will open a file browser you can use to select a new location you where you want Safari to save downloaded files to by default. Click “Select” to set the new location.
- Close the Settings dialog by clicking the red “X” in the upper left-hand corner, and return to using Safari as normal
Now, whenever you download a file using either browser, the file will be downloaded by default to the drive and folder you selected. I use a directory I made on an external hard drive. This keeps my main hard drive from filling up with downloaded files.
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Change Download Location Mac
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