icarusi Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Just tried to d/l the Motif manuals form Yamaha and while they would open in Opera & Chrome, I could only actually save them with Firefox. Anyone else experiencing this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Chrome handles downloads differently than Explorer and Firefox. I first downloads to its cache before asking if you want to open or save them. If you're on a computer that's locked down with security may not have accessed to the cache folder. Have you tried right clicking and choosing save target as rather than just clicking? This should allow you to specify where you want the file saved to. Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icarusi Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Chrome handles downloads differently than Explorer and Firefox. I first downloads to its cache before asking if you want to open or save them. If you're on a computer that's locked down with security may not have accessed to the cache folder. Have you tried right clicking and choosing save target as rather than just clicking? This should allow you to specify where you want the file saved to. Tried the 'save as' in Opera/Chrome and it saved the 'download' file 14kb but not the actual file. The browser bottom panel inset wasn't showing the correct filename either. It's the only file Opera *and* Chrome have failed to d/l. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Interesting it must be how Yamaha have the link to the file written in their archive. I'll take a look at it later on and see if I find what's the culprit here. Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 I download a lot of Yamaha manuals and what I've noticed is that different Yamaha sites handle this differently. The UK site does seem to open the document in the browser and then you can save it if desired. On the other hand, the US site downloads the file rather than opens it. My suggestion is to try going to Yamaha's US site to download the manuals you want and see if that helps. Michael Rideout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElmerJFudd Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 OK, the Yamaha US is not designed to allow right click and save target as. Yamaha US Motif ES8 downloads When you right-click on a manual/PDF link and attempt to save target as, it gives you only the HTML. If you directly left click it, it downloads with the browser's default method for handling file download. Here is a quick tutorial on how to change the default downloads folder in Chrome: http://www.howtogeek.com/231002/how-to-change-the-chrome-download-folder-location/ Yamaha CP88, Casio PX-560 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaGtGruff Posted July 16, 2016 Share Posted July 16, 2016 Yeah, I have my browser set to download rather than open a file, and that works as it's supposed to (in my opinion) with Yamaha's US site. But with the same settings and same browser, clicking on a link to download a manual from their UK site will pop up the "download" bar as expected, but when the download ends the document opens up in Adobe Reader and I must save it, as it was apparently just a temp file. To me, the US site is working the way I'd prefer, since it doesn't require an extra step (saving the document after it's been opened). As for right-clicking, you can tell whether that will work by hovering your mouse over the link and seeing if the target URL ends in "html" or "pdf," since that's what will be saved. Michael Rideout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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