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From: Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>
To: All
Subject: Re: How to stop Safari from app
Date:Thu, July 31, 2008 12:20 AM


In article
<86da0936-4c48-4e59-85dc-1eeed2cdcde1@a3g2000prm.googlegroups.com>,
hotfreaks <fonnesbeck@gmail.com> wrote:

> When you download any text file, even if it has its own appendix
> (e.g. .css, .py), Safari tries to be clever and appends .txt to the
> file before saving it. (I love it when software thinks it knows what's
> good for you!).
>
> Is there a hidden pref somewhere that will stop this forever?

There must be a setting somewhere. I have not turned off any such
feature but the behavior you describe does not occur for me.

Are you sure it's not a quirk of the server from which you're receiving
the file?

--
"Harry?" Ron's voice was a mere whisper. "Do you smell something ... burning?"
- Harry Potter and the Odor of the Phoenix


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