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I know I could use an addon like RunWith to download files to the Downloads folder without it asking where to save them, but I want files downloaded through Firefox the official way. I have “Always ask where to save files” unchecked in settings, but that doesn’t do anything.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Interesting, I had never enabled that and for me it works as expected. Do you have any other addons installed that mess with downloads, or did you make any about:config changes in regards to downloads?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have a blank copy of Firefox that I just open, I also have the option to always ask turned off there and it asks for the download location when trying to download images.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Are you talking about downloading files or about right clicking on images and pressing "Save Image As..."?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it still asks if the default download location is inaccessible, so check that maybe?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I don't think so, its just the downloads folder on my Mac.