Learn about the .download file extension. Safari adds it to files during download. For example, example.mp4 becomes example.mp4.download. Once complete, it removes the extension.
The .download exten...
Learn about the .download file extension. Safari adds it to files during download. For example, example.mp4 becomes example.mp4.download. Once complete, it removes the extension.
The .download extension is temporarily added or switched with the original. One can sometimes resume unfinished downloads by double-clicking it. Some files like video or ZIP archives can open partially downloaded. Change .download to the original extension first.
You can try resuming the download by double-clicking. Or recover the file by deleting .download and opening it normally. If that fails, delete it and re-download. Some peer-to-peer sites also use .download for active downloads. The proper extension gets added after finishing.
Other download and peer-to-peer programs use .download too. All rename files once fully downloaded. To open, try a few different programs as .download is used differently.
The .download extension signifies a partial download created by browsers lacking a download manager. It contains incomplete content. The file has a compound name like MP4.download then restores the original after. Older Safari versions still use .download but Chrome now uses .CRdownload.
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