Disabling "Auto-play" when downloading MP3s?

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(solved) Disabling "Auto-play" when downloading MP3s?

I work on amateur design projects and am a little irritated at my Macbook Pro constantly booting up a media player every time I download an MP3 file from a friend or from the internet (music or sound clips) :Grimmace:. It clogs up my computer's processing, which is very inconvenient when I'm also in the middle of creating a model in Blender.

Is there a way to disable this auto-play feature?
I uninstalled iTunes because it takes up way too much processor when I'm working on stuff, but now my Macbook is trying to forcibly load Windows Media Player on Parallels :\
 

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It sounds as if you've set your browser to open downloaded files. What browser are you using?
 
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....I didn't even think to look at the browser. x-x
*bangs head on desk* xD;

I'm using Safari.
I just looked under Preferences but am not seeing an option...
 

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Safari > Preferences > General > uncheck "Open 'safe' files after downloading" (you should uncheck this anyway - it's a terrible "feature" from a security standpoint).
 
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ah...thanks.
I was looking too hard for specific music or file options, not just a general option like that. ^^;
 

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