How to find IE-downloaded files

Nov 30, '00 03:57:22PM

Contributed by: robg

[This is one of the most basic of OS X tips, but I neglected to publish it earlier...most everyone is familiar with it, but I figured it was at least worth having in the system! -rob.]

There's a bug (feature?) in the PB in which new downloads from IE do not immediately show up in the finder.

There are a couple of ways to make them show immediately. The easy way is to go to the Download Manager window within IE, double-click the filename, and then click the Reveal in Finder button.

Alternatively, if you do something to the finder, the new files will show up. For example, create a new folder and drag it to the trash, and you should then see your newly downloaded files.

I assume this bug will be squashed before OS X 1.0 ships.

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