How to Stop Mac From Opening All Downloads
The Safari browser contains a default feature that open all files it considers safe when the download is finished. Although it is convenient while enabled, this feature may adversely affect your online security. Safari considers the following file types to be safe files:
Pictures Movies Sounds PDF files Text documents Disc images, such as DMG files Some other archive types
It’s safer to manually open downloaded files and scan them with antivirus software, but you must first disable the Open Safe Files setting in Safari.
Disable Safari’s ‘Open Safe Files’ Setting on MacOS
To disable the “Open Safe Files” setting on a Mac through Safari’s preferences on a macOS computer:
Disable Safari’s ‘Open Safe Files’ Setting on Windows
Apple discontinued its Windows version of Safari in 2012. Windows 10 does not support any version of Safari, but Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, and Windows XP SP2 and SP3 support the last version, which was 5.1.7. Unlike the setting in macOS Safari, the Windows option does not open the file automatically. Still, you can adjust a similar setting to prompt Windows to ask you before it downloads a file. This option inserts an extra step to consider if you want a file on your computer.
