Hi, I'd agree, a failed download. I'm wondering, though, if this is a Safari issue or something else. Did you try downloading with Chrome or Firefox to see if it's a browser or web-site issue?
You have a great day as well. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-08-08, at 11:45 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just tried that, and the same thing happened. I saw the progress, followed > by "the network connection was lost", and a reload button, which I activated. > It now shows the file, which is nearly 60mb, as having successfully > downloaded even though it is only 15k in size, clearly a failed download. > On Aug 8, 2013, at 12:28 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Try quitting Safari then restarting it. Then go into the Downloads window >> with cmd-option-l and see if Safari has automatically reconnected or if it >> will allow you to start the process again manually. Normally, safari >> handles what you were mentioning just fine but I'm not sure why it behaved >> in the manner you've outlined. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On 2013-08-08, at 8:40 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Perhaps there are things I don't know about the default manager then. >>> Here's an example: when it rains, our internet tends to go out a lot, and I >>> was downloading some large files yesterday. The download would either slow >>> to a crawl and then stop, or stop immediately, and in both cases there was >>> a "reload" button. That, however, only grabbed 16k of the file before >>> stopping as though the whole thing were complete. In Firefox, the manager >>> is smart enough to let you resume such a failed download, or restart it, or >>> go to the website from where you downloaded the file, but Safari seems >>> unable to handle interrupted or partial downloads at all. >>> On Aug 8, 2013, at 12:52 AM, Tim Kilburn <kilbur...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Not sure if I'm just missing something, but I'm fairly sure that Safari >>>> has these features built right in as well. When you begin downloading a >>>> file, press cmd-option-l to open the Downloads window. When you Interact >>>> with the Table, you can then Interact with each download to determine its >>>> status. When within a given download, you can Stop/Pause it, Resume it >>>> once again etc. Once a download has been Stop/Paused, you can clear it if >>>> you wish. You also can set how long items remain in the downloads manager >>>> from within the General pane of Safari Preferences. They can stay there >>>> until you manually delete them, be removed when you Quit Safari or be >>>> removed upon successful download. Safari used to automatically pop up the >>>> Downloads window when you started a download but stopped this behaviour in >>>> Lion, I believe. Pressing cmd-option-l brings up the window anyway so >>>> it's no matter to me. >>>> >>>> If this isn't what you were looking for, sorry. >>>> >>>> Later... >>>> >>>> Tim Kilburn >>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>>> >>>> On 2013-08-07, at 9:16 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I like Safari overall, but I really miss Firefox's download manager. It >>>>> lets you pause downloads, retry them if the connection is lost, clear old >>>>> downloads, and more, and it's built right in. Is there a third-party >>>>> download manager for Safari that lets you do all that, specifically pause >>>>> downloads and retry them if necessary? I'm asking on here because, of >>>>> course, I need it to be very friendly with VO. Any ideas? Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> mehg...@gmail.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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