Why can't I drag files from my downloads window to my Desktop to move/copy file there on my Macbook?
On my work computer (Windows), when I download a file, and the Firefox downloads window pops up, I have the option to drag-and-drop the file onto my Desktop for easy reference. When I attempt to do the same on my Macbook (OS 10.7.5), I just get a weird shortcut file ("File Internet Location"). Why can't I drag files from my downloads window to my Desktop to move/copy file there on my Macbook? It's kind of a pain to have to initiate the "Show in Finder" sequence in order to then drag-and-drop the file to the Desktop when I know there is a faster way!
Additional System Details
Installed Plug-ins
- Shockwave Flash 11.6 r602
- Displays Java applet content, or a placeholder if Java is not installed.
- Version 3.13.2.11592
- Google Talk Plugin Video Accelerator version:0.1.44.23
- Microsoft Office for Mac SharePoint Browser Plug-in
- The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
- Amazon MP3 Downloader Plugin 1.0.17
- Office Live Update v1.0
- 5.1.10411.0
- Musicnotes Viewer plugin 1.17.3 http://www.musicnotes.com
- npmnqmp 071303000006
- iPhoto6
- RealPlayer Plugin
- DivX Content Upload Plug-In: Uploads DivX video in your browser!
- The Flip4Mac WMV Plugin allows you to view Windows Media content using QuickTime.
Application
- Firefox 19.0
- User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.7; rv:19.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/19.0
- Support URL: http://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/19.0/Darwin/en-US/
Extensions
- Troubleshooter 1.0a
- Zotero 3.0.14
Javascript
- incrementalGCEnabled: True
Graphics
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- webglRenderer: Intel Inc. -- Intel GMA 950 OpenGL Engine
- windowLayerManagerType: OpenGL
Modified Preferences
- accessibility.typeaheadfind.flashBar: 0
- browser.cache.disk.capacity: 358400
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run: False
- browser.cache.disk.smart_size.use_old_max: False
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- browser.places.importDefaults: False
- browser.places.leftPaneFolderId: -1
- browser.places.migratePostDataAnnotations: False
- browser.places.smartBookmarksVersion: 4
- browser.places.updateRecentTagsUri: False
- browser.startup.homepage: https://www.google.com/
- browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID: 20130215130331
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- browser.tabs.onTop: False
- browser.tabs.warnOnClose: False
- dom.mozApps.used: True
- extensions.lastAppVersion: 19.0
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- network.cookie.prefsMigrated: True
- places.database.lastMaintenance: 1361500786
- places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages: 53688
- places.history.expiration.transient_optimal_database_size: 85899344
- places.last_vacuum: 1320376570
- plugin.disable_full_page_plugin_for_types: application/pdf
- privacy.sanitize.migrateFx3Prefs: True
- security.warn_viewing_mixed: False
Misc
- User JS: No
- Accessibility: No
Hi there,
This seems like a bug! I searched Bugzilla but couldn't find a previous bug for this, so I went ahead and filed one: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=846765
Thanks for reporting this, please copy yourself to the bug if you want to stay up to date and get a notification when it's fixed.
Cheers, David
Question owner
Thanks David, I did just that! I was frustrated that I couldn't find much chatter about this in my searches, so it must be a bug. - Charity