View Full Version : Browser - Stop putting files on my desktop
meseptiamus
10-09-2008, 05:17 PM
I use a Mac for much of my day to day web browsing and for my job I look at a lot of spec sheets which are usually in PDF format. For some reason the Mac thinks I need a copy of these files on my desktop; I don't. I am not talking about files I download specifically but links to files that open for example in Preview. If I want that specific PDF I will save it to the location of my choice, I don't want every PDF to land on my desktop.
How can I make the Mac stop cluttering up my desktop with all these files?
Thanks
Mesept
tokenuser
10-09-2008, 05:26 PM
It would help if yo actually said which browser you are using.
Safari? Firefox? Opera? Chrome? ObscureBranchOfTheMozillaProject?
xcorvis
10-09-2008, 09:27 PM
It's just PDF files, isn't it? It's because Apple/Adobe/Mozilla/whoever has been slow on making inline PDF browsing work properly. Try this PDF viewing plugin for Firefox to display them inline without downloading.
http://code.google.com/p/firefox-mac-pdf/
versions
10-10-2008, 04:59 AM
I use a Mac for much of my day to day web browsing and for my job I look at a lot of spec sheets which are usually in PDF format. For some reason the Mac thinks I need a copy of these files on my desktop; I don't. I am not talking about files I download specifically but links to files that open for example in Preview. If I want that specific PDF I will save it to the location of my choice, I don't want every PDF to land on my desktop.
How can I make the Mac stop cluttering up my desktop with all these files?
Thanks
Mesept
What browser are you using? In Firefox 3 you can change the setting at Edit -> Preferences -> Main
meseptiamus
10-10-2008, 07:42 PM
Every browser I have used does this (Safari, Firefox) doesn't matter.
xcorvis
10-12-2008, 03:02 AM
Most of those browsers are just defaulting to save on the desktop and that can be changed in the browser settings. Just choose a different folder.
meseptiamus
10-13-2008, 09:20 PM
Most of those browsers are just defaulting to save on the desktop and that can be changed in the browser settings. Just choose a different folder.
I have my default download folder changed away from the desktop. I am not talking about files I download such as the latest ISO of Suse.
I am talking about PDFs, XLS, DOC files that are linked to on a web page. These are files that open another program to be viewed. They all end up on my desktop and I don't like it. Like I said after one day of looking for the right part for my project I can have dozens of PDFs on my desktop cluttering things up.
Thanks for the try though.
xcorvis
10-14-2008, 02:30 AM
Did you try the inline PDF viewer I mentioned earlier? That may not help with word files, but it might work on the pdfs.
errratic
10-17-2008, 08:13 PM
Thanks xcorvis. I had the same problem and found this site while looking for solution. The plug-in you linked works perfect. Peace
Oh man, thanks xcorvis. The non-inline PDF stuff has been bugging me for ages!