Safari :: Automatically Downloads "Unknown" File?
Jun 10, 2012
In the last few days I have found that Safari automatically downloads files called "Unknown". It sometimes happens when I am using another application so it doesn't seem related to something that I have just done. Also I find that Safari is DEAD slow with some pages or part of the content of some pages. Here's what I have tried so far. I have deleted all the plist files in both the user account and the library folder in the system folder. I have zapped the PRAM, rebuilt permissions and restarted in safe mode. I have Resert Safari and Emptied the Cache under the Safari menu. I have also updated my antivirus and run it. The sites that load slowly do not behave the same way in Firefox, but I would like to use Safari for most of these most of the time. Any suggestions of a cure would be most welcome.
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Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7), 30" cinema display and 23" Samsung
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Nov 10, 2009
In preferences, I set safari to clear my downloads manually but it still clears it automatically. I've already tried reinstalling Safari 4 but the problem just cropped up again a week later.
Is this a virus or something?
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Mar 6, 2012
I would love it if my downloads simply opened using their respective programs (e.g word documents, powerpoint slides, PDFs, etc) after they completely finished downloading in Safari.
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MacBook Pro, iOS 5.0.1
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Jun 21, 2014
I would like to direct my Documents, Pictures, and "Other" to 3 folders in my downloads folder upon downloading them, either with Safari, with Finder, Folder Actions, Automator, or with any other free tool that does not take up too much CPU load.Â
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Jul 5, 2012
I've been unable to download or update any applications or songs on any of my phones, ipads, or imacs. I just keep getting the messages, "Unable to download application." It's been this way for weeks. What can I do?
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iPhone 4S, iOS 5.1.1
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Apr 26, 2012
This problem I've been having started when the latest version of Safari moved from a Downloads window to a Downloads pop-up pane. My expectation as to how the pane should work is this: the 20 most recent downloads are shown in the list, and when a new download begins, the oldest download is removed from the list, thereby keeping the new list updated with the 20 latest downloads. My problem is that while the pane still keeps 20 past downloads listed, they're not always recent downloads. For example, when I download a file, the file will typically remain in the list until I begin a new download, at which point the slightly earlier download will be removed from the list, while even older downloads remain listed. So at the moment, listed are five recent downloads and fifteen downloads from many months ago, while downloads from days or hours ago have been removed from the list.In Preferences I have (and always have) "Remove download list items" set to "Manually." Currently I am running the lasted versions of OSX (10.7.3) and Safari (5.1.5).Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 19, 2012
When I download file in Safari they are deleted automatically. The message I get is: "deleted because it contained a virus". I have uninstalled and installed Safari a couple of times - to no avail. I have no trouble in other navigators.
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Safari
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Jan 9, 2009
Every day I have to manually go to the Applications section and click "Check for Updates" and then click download all if there are any. Is there a way to get iTunes to automatically check for and downloads?
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Jul 12, 2010
A download file that reads:
You have chosen to open "gdoodle.pl"
From [URL]
I always hit cancel, cleaned my chache's and it keeps appearing every hour or so.
could it be a spyware? or malware?
See Attachment of the picture.
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Mar 31, 2012
There appears an unknown file on the desktop. I cannot delete it, cannot open information about it, cannot move it away. When trying to delete it a message appears "This file cannot be moved into trash". I have no idea what it might be, however I want to delete this file. This file might be seen on the desktop only, but not in the finder window.
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MacBook, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Apr 24, 2012
iTunes often tells me it can't save my library file anymore. When I check my itl file in the Finder, it isn't linked to iTunes anymore ("open with") and my permissions are listed as "you have unknown access". If I quit and restart iTunes it says the Library file cannot be found. A simple reboot solves this problem every time, but it shouldn't happen in the first place.
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Oct 22, 2010
Quote:
mbpesktop alexus$ file $$.txt
235.txt: ISO-8859 text, with CRLF line terminators
mbpesktop alexus$
Yet this isn't really ISO-8859 but 8859-5 (Russian). File opens up on Windows just fine (I can see russian characters) and on MAC I get either some unknown symbols or question marks.
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Apr 26, 2012
Everytime I open my iTunes I get one of two errors. The one in this title is the latest and it is annoying.Â
The second I think has to do with Genius, states it cannot connect to the iTunes store at the moment.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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May 3, 2012
I keep getting this same error message regardless if I go through the check available downloads etc or just try to restart the download.
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Jun 4, 2014
I was using Logic Pro X and the program crashed before I could save my project. There is now a file called "untitled" that appears to be a Logic Project file, however I cannot delete, open, rename, and move it anywhere. When I try to click and drag the file icon, it doesn't allow me to move it anywhere.  Â
When right-click on the file, it pops up the window, but there are only a few options available. I went to "get info" and saw that the file permissions are "unknown". I've tried repairing disk permissions in the disk utility, however the file is still unaccessible.It's not a large file (only 578K), but it would still like to remove it.Â
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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Jun 17, 2014
Dialog box keeps opening with message Itunes Library file cannot be saved. An unknown error occured (-54).Â
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iMac, OS X Server
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Jun 4, 2014
got automatically put into the Logic Pro discussions, however it's not really a Logic question or issue, more of a disk permission issue (I think..). Here is the original post: URL.... I'm stuck with this file on my system and how to remove it.Â
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MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5)
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Jun 14, 2012
In the last month, I've been getting "unknown certificate" notices from Safari. I don't see anything wrong with the certificate details, but I'm not sure what to look for. The notices tell me that without the certificate, I won't know if it is a trusted site: the purpose of the certificates I guess. None of the notices were from first time sites. i.e. I was going there on purpose, not through any links, etc. What's up? Should I be concerned? How do I detect if I SHOULD be concerned by information in the details of the certificate?
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Jun 21, 2014
When I turn on the computer, Safari automatically opens to [URL].... I know nothing about this site. I have, previously, set my Safari/Preferences to open to a different site. That used to work.Â
WORSE ... sometimes when turning on the computer, the screen gets stuck on the big wave open background. Only the very top toolbar for Finder opens. But Desktop icons do not appear. And the mouse is inoperable. I have to manually turn off the computer, turn it back on ... and then, sometimes (not sure how consistent this is), it automatically opens to Safari on that Trusteer website (that I have never, to my knowledge, accessed).Â
I took this problem once before to this community. Was given instructions to do a Safe Boot, which I did. It was not supposed to fix the problem. But after I did it, the problem seemed to go away... for a while. It's back now.Â
I also did a Disk Utility Repair of the HD.Â
I have not clicked on anything in that Trusteer page because I don't trust it. It looks legitimate. Is it?Â
This problem, by, the way, only began after I upgraded to Mavericks. I don't recall how long it was before the problem started after upgrading. Probably a couple of weeks.
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Mar 12, 2012
I am running Safari 5.1.4 on a Lion MacBook Pro (latest version of Lion), but for some reason it won't play mp3 files - it always ends up downloading them.However, if I try the same web page with the same mp3 files on, say, Chrome, they play just fine.
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Aug 22, 2009
I've got an issue where I have a bunch of .zip.part files in my downloads stack, which I cannot remove (I do not know how to remove a file directly from the stack, perhaps there's a way?) because when I open the downloads folder in finder, they aren't there.
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May 24, 2012
A friend sent me a RAR file, I unpacked it and nothing appeared in the downloads folder where I unpacked it to? After doing this a couple of times as I thought it might be a blip, I deleted everything in the folder. But the folder states the size of it is 4.5gb for 0 items?
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iMac
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Dec 30, 2009
I have no idea what happened but all of a sudden my SAFARI stopped proceeding downloads. If I try to download for example SAFARI 4.0.4 I won't see any window showing downloading process. Or when I have tried to download anything else there wasn't any window showing download or even warning message, nothing. I don't have a clue. I even reinstalled whole OS but nothing...
I'm running iMac, Leopard,10.5.6, Safari 4.0.2
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May 1, 2009
i have a 1.5 Mbps AT&T DSL connection, and multiple speed tests show a download speed of 1.2 Mbps (and 200 Kbps upload). when i download files, such as software updates from Apple, various podcasts, and even Silverlight from Microshaft, the speed is always between 140 - 160 Kbps. i contacted AT&T, and the rep said it was because of buffering by the servers i was receiving the files from.
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May 19, 2012
How can I tell if my downloads are up to date?
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Mac mini (Mid 2011), os 10.7.3
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May 6, 2012
When I open Safari 5.1.5, it automatically opens all the pages from my previous session. Can I turn off that feature , and how?
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MacBook Air, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
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Aug 9, 2008
Can this be done? Its annoying as hell and makes me want to drop kick the computer when I come across tons of blogger.com images when searching through google images. It pretty much boggles the mind how potentially dangerous this is anyways. I want an option to cancel like all the other browsers that let you choose where to save a file.
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May 25, 2012
Using Safari 5.1.7 on Snow Leopard.I landed on Website today that i had never visited. An .exe file immediately started downloading automatically to my Downloads folder. I was as a little unnerved by this and thought there had to be a simple setting in Safari Preferences to at least pop up a opt-out dialog. Well, if there is one, I couldn't find it.
Info:MacPro, MacBook Pro, G5s, G4, iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.1)
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Nov 8, 2007
so now that i have my dl stack in leopard i dont need the download window to pop up in safari since i can just access the stack. is there a way i can get rid of the downloads window?
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Aug 30, 2010
Recently, safari/chrome have not been able to open downloads. Nothing happens after I click start download for various file types. I have repaired disk permissions and both browsers are up to date.
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