Simple download question

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  1. boynigel, May 18, 2013

    boynigel macrumors regular

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    i'm running 10.6.8 on my imac. when i save online videos using safari, the download automatically goes into my downloads folder. i'd like to have the option of being prompted WHERE i want to save it, as well as being able to name the file, right then and there. how can i make this happen?
     
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  2. Bear, May 18, 2013

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    Unfortunatly Safari only lets you set a folder. Other web browsers have different download options. I know for a fact that in Firefox you can set it to ask where you want to go and you can set the name.
     
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  3. simsaladimbamba, May 18, 2013

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    How do you save them, as right clicking on downloadable items and selecting "Download linked file as" gives you the option to name the file and select the destination.
     
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  4. boynigel, May 18, 2013

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    i save it by opening the Activity window then i cut and paste the selected file to my Downloads window. firefox is my browser of choice but it won't download the videos.
     
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  5. opinio, May 18, 2013

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    "save target as" when you right click on the hyperlink?
     
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  6. simsaladimbamba, May 18, 2013

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    As posted in the post above yours, the OP uses Activity window to downloaded streamed video. It will not work for that, and since the Firefox add-on VideoDownloadHelper does not seem to work for the OP, where you can set name and target folder, I do not know of another way, maybe there is for Opera or Chrome or via the ClickToFlash plugin.
     
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