#FIREFOX DOWNLOAD FAIL MAC OS#

Note: In older Firefox versions you could set Firefox 'Privacy' options under ' Tools -> Options -> Privacy / 'Firefox will:' -> 'Use custom settings for history' to not save a download history (by clearing the 'Remember download history' checkbox) or to set Firefox to clear the download history at exit (by selecting 'Clear history when Firefox closes', clicking the 'Settings.' button and selecting 'Download History' in the 'Settings for Clearing History' window). The file 'downloads.json' is used for paused downloads. The downloads.sqlite file was removed in Firefox 26. (This file no longer exists in current Firefox versions.)Дownload history is now stored in the Places database, in the same file as browsing history.

Delete (or rename) the downloads.sqlite file.

Open the Firefox profile folder (see the linked article for details).

If clearing the list doesn't help or it causes Firefox to hang or crash (or if the Downloads window is already empty), you can manually clear the download history in older Firefox versions, as follows: This will remove the stored history of downloaded files in Firefox, not the actual files that are stored on your computer. In the Firefox (Tools) menu, go 'Downloads' and click 'Clear Downloads'. You can clear the download history to see if this resolves download issues.

See Resetting preferences for more information. If you'd rather just reset all Firefox preferences to the default values, you can delete (or rename) the prefs.js file in your Firefox profile folder or use the Safe Mode option, 'Reset all user preferences to Firefox defaults'. You can then change back to your preferred download folder settings, if you wish, in your Firefox options/preferences. Scroll through the list ( or type browser.download in the Filter box) and reset any of the following preferences that have a user set status (right-click on the preference and click 'Reset'): If you still have problems you can restore the default Firefox download folder settings as follows:Д®nter about:config in the address bar. For example, if 'Always ask me where to save files' is selected, select 'Save files to' and choose a download folder, then go back and re-select 'Always ask me where to save files'. The solution may be as simple as choosing a different download folder, then going back and re-selecting your preferred download settings in Firefox Tools -> Options under 'General / Downloads' ('Main / Downloads' in Firefox 3.5). Symptoms would include 'File - > Save Page As' and the 'Save Image As' and 'Save Link As' right-click context menu options not functioning or nothing downloading when you select the 'Save' option in the Firefox 'Opening' dialog box Instead of choosing a download folder you can try resetting the preference in about:config (see below).ДЇirefox may have lost track of which folder to use for the download directory. Note: In cases where the 'Ask me where to save files' option has been selected, the problem may be related to the last-selected download folder.

#FIREFOX DOWNLOAD FAIL MAC OS#

To choose a different download folder, go to ' Tools -> Options' and under 'General / Downloads' ('Main / Downloads' in Firefox 3.5), select 'Save files to' (if not already selected) and click the 'Browse' button ('Choose' button on Mac OS X).

If downloads fail or if Firefox hangs downloading files it may be related to the download location for example, the download folder may contain a lot of images, may be corrupt or inaccessible or the folder may no longer exist. I also tried running Firefox from the command line, hoping that it would spit out some kind of useful error when the download failed, but there's no output whatsoever.Choose a different download folderДЇirefox will automatically download files to a default location (e.g., to the Desktop or, depending on your operating system, to a special 'Downloads' folder) unless you've selected a different download folder or you've set Firefox to ask where to save every file. I also checked the assorted download properties in about:config, and nothing in there looks amiss (plus the fact that the defaults aren't working for a new profile and/or -safe-mode).

The only thing that works is attempting the download while running Firefox as the root user, which is obviously not a solution, or even a real work around. I've tried a completely new Firefox profile, that doesn't help either. I've tried -safe-mode, and that doesn't help. Any time I attempt to download any files at all, they all download ok, and then immediately get marked as 'failed'. I'm running 43.0.3 on a Fedora Linux system (using the official Fedora package).

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