Downloading Photos in Safari

[ftaok]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there was a way to change the way Safari downloads photos off the web. Here's what I mean.

In IE, when a web page loads, the photos will come up. I right click the photo and choose (Download to Disk) and whammo, I'm done.

In Safari, the web page will load and the photo will come up. I can right click and choose (Download to Disk), but then I have to wait for the photo to download again.

Why can't Safari just grab the image from the cache? On a broadband connection, it doesn't matter. But I'm on 56k dial-up and it's a pain.

Are there any settings I need to change? Thanks.

[Stevil15]

Doesn't seem so, but to speed it up if you're pressed for time on a slow internet connection, do a screen capture:

Shift + Command + 4

Then highlight the pic/screen area you want to save with the crosshairs!

You get a generic PDF called Picture1.pdf on your desktop (or 2, or 3, the number after "Picture" depends on how many you do in a session).

Using Photoshop you can then save the PDF as a .jpeg for the net.

[FredAkbar]

You don't need Photoshop to change the format. Just open the pic in Preview, go to File --> Export... and you can choose from a list of file types to convert it to, including jpeg.

[Stevil15]

True but you may also want to crop it a bit more, fix things on it like lighting, contrast, or colours...or maybe resize it, spin it, tweak it, put a shadow on it, lable it...and Preview ain't gonna do any of that!

:)

[Balin64]

Originally posted by ftaok
Hi all,

I was wondering if there was a way to change the way Safari downloads photos off the web. Here's what I mean.

In IE, when a web page loads, the photos will come up. I right click the photo and choose (Download to Disk) and whammo, I'm done.

In Safari, the web page will load and the photo will come up. I can right click and choose (Download to Disk), but then I have to wait for the photo to download again.

Why can't Safari just grab the image from the cache? On a broadband connection, it doesn't matter. But I'm on 56k dial-up and it's a pain.

Are there any settings I need to change? Thanks.

All you need to do is click and drag the image to your desktop from the Safari Window. How easier can it be?

[edesignuk]

Originally posted by Balin64
All you need to do is click and drag the image to your desktop from the Safari Window. How easier can it be?
I think that still re-downloads the image again, it opens up the DL manager and you see the progress bar move as it acquires the image.

[ftaok]

Wow,

I thought this thread was dead.

I guess there aren't any settings to switch or anything. Maybe I'll suggest this to Apple and they can incorporate it into future revisions of Safari.

[zim]

If I recall, even in ie, downloads, such as images, show up in the download manager too. The only difference that I see is that Safari opens the download manager by default, of which I find a little annoying sometimes, but then I always had to go get ie's manager so I don't know what the happy area is.

I am on a broadband connection so I am not noticing anything.

[ftaok]

Originally posted by zim
If I recall, even in ie, downloads, such as images, show up in the download manager too. The only difference that I see is that Safari opens the download manager by default, of which I find a little annoying sometimes, but then I always had to go get ie's manager so I don't know what the happy area is.

I am on a broadband connection so I am not noticing anything. Yeah, if you're on broadband, you probably wouldn't notice anything. But on dial-up, it's a pain to have to sit through 2 downloads to get one item.

And to answer the question up top. Safari will re-download the photo if you "drag-n-drop" or "right-click download".

Seems like an easy thing for Apple to fix. Just grab the image from the cache.