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Safari Can't Open Downloads Directly

I am not sure why but recently when I download PDF, PNG, HTML, Safari prevents me from opening it in the download button to the right of the search bar. I have to go to finder to open it manually. Any ...
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Safari can't save the file. Safari can't save the file "file.jpg" to the downloads folder

Safari on macOS suddenly cannot save common image files on any website. It instead shows the error: Safari can't save the file. Safari can't save the file "file.jpg" to the downloads folder....
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Where Safari 15 store tabs opened in groups?

"Regular" tabs (tabs not opened in groups) are stored in ~/Library/Safari/CloudTabs.db but tabs opened in Tab Groups aren't there, so where are they stored?
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Open .webm files with VLC automatically on Safari

Currently on Safari I can copy the address of a .webm video file and play it in VLC by opening it with the "Open Network" option. If I open a .webm file on a page alone it defaults to downloading the ...
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Fine-tuning "Open safe files after downloading"

Is it possible to fine-tune the "Open safe files after downloading" setting in Safari? For example, to make Safari open files like ".ical" et. al., but not Zip-files. If macOS has no built-in support ...
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Safari downloads files via FTP as Unknown.dms

This is a rather recent issue: when I download a file from my web server via ftp it gets saved as Unknown.dms macOS: 10.12.6 Safari: 11.0 Interestingly, downloading the same file with e.g. Chrome ...
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When trying to save a .jpg or .jpeg, Safari tries to force .dms extension onto end?

Not really the most pressing question, but it's bugged me enough to get an account and try my luck... When I try to save any .jpg or .jpeg, Safari forces a .dms extension onto the end of it, and ...
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How I can force Safari App to download a file in local machine?

just wondering if in Safari 9.0.1 is possible force a file to download. With images is easy, right clock and "Save Image as..." but for files like svg, and other non visualizable files is hard to find ...
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How to manually create a working .webloc file?

So I created a .webloc file using a .vncloc file as a template (standard xml/plist format), but instead of opening in a Safari window, it is downloading the html of the website into a file. My goal ...
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What determines a local file's MIME type?

When a local file is opened in Safari or -- more important to my situation -- a custom application that uses a WebView for display, what decides on the MIME type to associate with the resulting file ...
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Teach Safari to ignore case if necessary when opening local html file

I'm using Safari to read the HTML documentation that came with something. Many of the .html files contain links to others amongst themselves where the case of the URL does not match the name of the ...
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