{"id":47328,"date":"2019-02-07T20:52:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?p=47328"},"modified":"2019-02-07T20:52:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T02:52:15","slug":"macos-101-how-to-manage-view-downloads-in-safari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/47328-macos-101-how-to-manage-view-downloads-in-safari\/","title":{"rendered":"macOS 101: How to Manage, View Downloads in Safari"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the macOS <a href=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/?s=safari\">Safari web browser<\/a>, you can choose where downloaded files are deposited. By default they\u2019re located in your Downloads folder.<\/p>\n<p>You can find the Downloads folder by going to the Users folder on your Mac\u2019s hard drive and clicking User. You\u2019ll see it listed along with folders for Desktop, Documents, Movies, Music, Pictures, and Public.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47333\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-e1549594114492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-e1549594114492.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-e1549594114492-243x120.jpg 243w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-e1549594114492-284x140.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-e1549594114492-190x94.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-e1549594114492-243x120@2x.jpg 486w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-e1549594114492-284x140@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/1-1-e1549594114492-190x94@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To change where the downloads go, go to Safari\u2019s Preferences and select General. You\u2019ll see a dialog box that allows you to select the file download location, as well as determine how often you want downloaded items automatically removed from your Mac: after one day, when you Mac shuts down, after a successful download, or manually.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47334\" src=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335.jpg 640w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335-182x120.jpg 182w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335-284x187.jpg 284w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335-190x125.jpg 190w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335-100x65.jpg 100w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335-182x120@2x.jpg 364w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335-284x187@2x.jpg 568w, https:\/\/eshop.macsales.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/unnamed-1-e1549594154335-190x125@2x.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can also choose whether to automatically open \u201csafe\u201d files after they\u2019ve downloaded. Safe files include movies, pictures, sounds, PDF and text documents, and archives.<\/p>\n<p>In Safari, you can click on anything identified as a download link, or Control-click an image or other object on the page. To choose to download a linked file (and some webpage items can\u2019t be downloaded, in Safari click the Show Downloads button near the top-right corner of the web browser window.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>If there are no downloads, the button won\u2019t appear. If files are currently being downloaded, you can use the button to pause and resume them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the macOS Safari web browser, you can choose where downloaded files are deposited. By default they\u2019re located in your Downloads folder. You can find the Downloads folder by going to the Users folder on your Mac\u2019s hard drive and clicking User. 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