Download items from the web using Safari on Mac
Download music, PDFs, software and other items by clicking links on web pages.
Important: If a download contains software, an alert appears when you open the item. To be safe, donβt open it if you werenβt expecting a software program or if itβs not from a trusted source.
Download an item
Go to the Safari app
on your Mac.Click anything identified as a download link, or Control-click an image or other object on the web page.
Choose Download Linked File. (Some webpage items canβt be downloaded.)
Safari decompresses files such as .zip files after it downloads them.
Note: If you download an item that you previously downloaded, Safari removes the older duplicate so it doesnβt take up space on your Mac. See Optimise storage space.
If you have trouble downloading, try any of the following:
If Safari is still downloading the item, wait for it to finish. You canβt open an item while itβs being downloaded.
If the download is paused, resume it. Show the downloads list by clicking
, then click 
for the paused download.Sometimes a download is incomplete because the file was damaged. Try downloading it again.
Make sure you have the app needed to open the file. If you do, the file may have been corrupted during the download. Delete it, then try downloading it again.
See items you downloaded
Go to the Safari app
on your Mac. Click
near the top-right corner of the Safari window. The button isnβt shown if the downloads list is empty.
Do any of the following:
Pause a download: Click
to the right of the filename in the downloads list. To resume, click .Find a downloaded item on your Mac: Click
next to the filename in the downloads list. If you move a file or change the download location after downloading it, Safari canβt find the file.Tip: To change where downloaded items are saved on your Mac, choose Safari > Settings, click General, then click the βFile download locationβ pop-up menu and choose a location.
Clear the downloads list: In the downloads list, click Clear. To remove one item, Control-click it, then choose Remove From List.
By default, Safari automatically removes an item after one day. To change when items are automatically removed, choose Safari > Settings, click General, then click the βRemove download list itemsβ pop-up menu and choose an option.
The downloaded file may be a compressed archive or disk image that contains the file you want. If the file is from a trusted site, double-click it to decompress it.
If you downloaded an app and you see a message that the app canβt be opened because itβs from an unidentified developer or wasnβt downloaded from the Mac App Store, you can open the app by overriding security settings.