How do I stop Safari from opening every file I download when done?

I often have to download multiple video and picture files using safari and whenever anything completes downloading it opens each file which is really annoying because I lose track of which files I was hovering over when the file opens over it and I have to close the window to get back to what I was working on.


I see people saying it's in "preferences" but that seems outdated as I am running MacOS 14.2.1 and there is no preferences section - only settings and the option I see they recommend unchecking does not appear to be there anymore and I can't find anything online other than using the preferences method.


Any help is welcome! Thank you.

Mac Studio (2023)

Posted on Jan 2, 2024 11:54 AM

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Posted on Jan 3, 2024 06:54 PM

Ok, so weird... this is probably a bug in the software. I selected "Show features for developers" and the layout changed and magically the option now appears:


I dunno... that was weird. Let me know if it works for you

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