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<blockquote data-quote="lancepawl" data-source="post: 1160063" data-attributes="member: 183795">Yes, exactly. I just want the file to display and not have to download it to the computer. That's the way it works on a PC with Internet Explorer. It downloads the file to some temporary location. Then, if I don't want to keep the file, I just close it and the data is gone. But, if I want to save it, I can click a 'save' icon and save it to the folder of my choosing. With the Mac, the file is on my hard drive no matter what. I would hope that there is a setting for the Mac/Firefox that would let me display it without saving it first. Maybe it's not possible since I've checked everywhere and can't find a setting for it.Regarding the reply about selecting the 'Other' option in Safari Preferences. All that does is let you select a single folder that everything goes to. I don't want that. If I want to download a 'subject' file and I have a folder for it, I want to be able to download it to there, not have it go into a bucket folder and then have to select it and move it to my 'subject' folder later. It's ridiculous that Safari doesn't allow that and thankfully Firefox does.Thanks</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lancepawl, post: 1160063, member: 183795"] Yes, exactly. I just want the file to display and not have to download it to the computer. That's the way it works on a PC with Internet Explorer. It downloads the file to some temporary location. Then, if I don't want to keep the file, I just close it and the data is gone. But, if I want to save it, I can click a 'save' icon and save it to the folder of my choosing. With the Mac, the file is on my hard drive no matter what. I would hope that there is a setting for the Mac/Firefox that would let me display it without saving it first. Maybe it's not possible since I've checked everywhere and can't find a setting for it. Regarding the reply about selecting the 'Other' option in Safari Preferences. All that does is let you select a single folder that everything goes to. I don't want that. If I want to download a 'subject' file and I have a folder for it, I want to be able to download it to there, not have it go into a bucket folder and then have to select it and move it to my 'subject' folder later. It's ridiculous that Safari doesn't allow that and thankfully Firefox does. Thanks [/QUOTE]

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