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# Specify how Safari downloads files

You can choose how Safari handles downloaded files.

1. Open Safari if it is not already open.

Open Safari

2. Choose Safari > Preferences, and then click General.

3. Choose options from the “Save downloaded files to” and “Remove download list items” pop-up menus, and select or deselect “Open ‘safe’ files after downloading.”

   For more information about the options in General preferences, click the Help button (looks like a question mark).

Changing your downloading preferences may change where other web browsers on your computer download files.

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