How To Download Apps On Mac

Safari User Guide

Download music, PDFs, software, and other items by clicking links on webpages.

Important: If a download contains software, an alert appears when you open the item. To be safe, don't open it if you weren't expecting a software program or if it's not from a trusted source.

Download an item

Open the App Store app from the Dock, Launch Pad, or using Spotlight Search. Find an app you want to download. You can look at featured apps and different app categories by clicking one of the tabs at the left of the Mac App Store window. Click on either Get or the price to download. Feb 26, 2018 Last Updated: February 26, 2018 To allow apps to be downloaded on a Mac, click on the Apple menu → Click on 'System Preferences' → Click on 'Security & Privacy' → Click on 'General' → Click on the Padlock icon → Enter admin credentials → Click on the radio button next to 'App store and identified developers.'

1. In the Safari app on your Mac, click anything identified as a download link, or Control-click an image or other object on the page.

2. Choose Download Linked File. (Some webpage items can't be downloaded.)

   Safari decompresses files such as .zip files after it downloads them.

   Note: If you download an item that you previously downloaded, Safari removes the older duplicate so it doesn't take up space on your Mac. See Optimize storage space on your Mac.

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See items you downloaded

1. In the Safari app on your Mac, click the Show Downloads button near the top-right corner of the Safari window.

   The button isn't shown if the downloads list is empty.

2. Do any of the following:

   • Pause a download: Click the Stop button to the right of the filename in the downloads list. To resume, click the Resume button .

   • Find a downloaded item on your Mac: Click the magnifying glass next to the filename in the downloads list. If you move a file or change the download location after downloading it, Safari can't find the file.

     Tip: To change where downloaded items are saved on your Mac, choose Safari > Preferences, click General, then click the 'File download location' pop-up menu and choose a location.

   • Clear the downloads list: In the downloads list, click Clear. To remove one item, Control-click it, then choose Remove From List.

     By default, Safari automatically removes an item after one day. To change when items are automatically removed, choose Safari > Preferences, click General, then click the 'Remove download list items' pop-up menu and choose an option.

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