[X Newbies] Where do downloads go?

[Jon Warms]

There are two questions here: Where do downloads go? Where did THAT 
download go?

If you're looking for your last download, and your browser is Safari or 
IE, it's fairly easy to find the download.

Safari: Go to the Window menu and select Downloads (or type 
option-command-small L). The last item in the downloads window will be 
the most recent download. If the download is completed, there is a 
magnifying glass icon to the right of the download item. Clicking on 
the magnifying class will open the finder window that contains the 
downloaded file.

IE: Go to the Window menu and select Download Manager (or type 
command-4). The last item in the download manager window will be the 
most recent download. If the download is completed, double-click on its 
name or the @ icon. In the dialog that appears, clicking on "Reveal in 
Finder" will open the finder window that contains the downloaded file.

AOL X: Go to Download Manager in the FIle menu. Select the item you're 
interested in and click "open", or double-click.

Navigator 7.1: Tools>Download Manager. Select the item you're 
interested in and click on "Show FIle Location" from the window's menu. 
The path to the file will be shown on the bottom of the Download 
Manager window, and the finder window that contains the file will open.

As far as where do downloads go, Safari, AOL, and IE allow you to 
change the download location from the Preferences panels. You can find 
the Preferences item in the menu next to the blue apple. Within 
Preferences, you can specify the download location from the General 
panel in Safari, the Download panel in AOL, or the Download Options 
panel from IE.

Navigator's approach is different (AFAIK). You specify the download 
location in the dialog box that comes up for each download. Or you can 
specify the helper application from Preferences and choose the default 
download handling from there.

Finding downloaded files is a recurring problem for even-not-so-newby 
users in both MacOS and Windows. It doesn't help that the problem's 
solution is browser- (and browser version-) dependent. Hope this helps 
a little.

Jon
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On Friday, August 8, 2003, at 08:48 AM, Mac OS X Newbies wrote:

> Message-Id: <F908A8FA-C8DD-11D7-81B8-0030657BC948 at pacbell.net>
> From: David Flory <daflory at pacbell.net>
> Subject: Re: [X Newbies] Where do downloads go?
> Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 06:49:32 -0700
>
> Clive Read wrote:
>
>> I don't know that the file was called. Any idea where I will find it?
>
> Wherever it is..    :-)    If what others said doesn't help then get
> into the Finder and type Command-F and then use Date Created and enter
> the date you downloaded the file. That should get you a short list
> which includes what you want. As I keep telling my wife, the Find
> utility should be one of your most used utilities.
>
> Fair winds and happy bytes, Dave Flory
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