Firefox 2 - change download location....

[DeltaMac]

Originally Posted by g3ski

Files that are opened in another application through the "Open with Choose..." option, end up going to the folder specified by Safari.

I know how you started this thread, but this is all default operation. And the Open with Choose... is to provide you with a choice for the save location. The default seems to be set by Safari (probably the webkit, but anyway...) and is your choice for the actual save location, when you need to choose. This seems more of a FireFox design decision.
I suppose I should ask - What do you want FireFox to do at this point - Read your mind?
Here's an app that might help you out.
http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/

[g3ski]

I've seen the comment "What do you want FireFox to do at this point - Read your mind?" in other posts, and I don't believe it applies here at all.

What I was trying to figure out is the way to control firefox (ie preference settings) that is transparent and consistent. I would be nice if Firefox was able to put all download files into the same folder.

"Open with Choose..." is there to save steps. It allows the user to open the file directly in an application without downloading to a folder first and forcing the user to find the folder and double-click the file to open it in an application. The mystery of "Oopen with Choose..." is determining where that file will end up after it's viewed within the file.

A friend was opening word docs in Yahoo email and everything would end up on the desktop. He wanted them to go somewhere else. ie a folder. Changing the download folder location in Firefox didn't help. At least I figured out that Safari is the controller of this location. Much like Safari and Mail (not a pref pane) controls the default apps for web and mail. Since the friend won't use Safari at all, Safari basically a really big preference pane for him now ;-0

Thanks for the link to that pref pane, looks like a nice tool.

-JD

[deram_scholzara]

I'm having pretty much the same problem, except that it's for Leopard.

I have two hard drives, and I want my downloaded files to go to a Downloads folder on the second hard drive, called Pino. In Firefox, I set the default downloads folder to /Volumes/Pino/Downloads. Additionally, I opened Safari and set Safari's default download location to the same directory. When I choose "Save to Disk" the file is saved to that specified directory, but when I choose "Open with" and choose a program, it ALWAYS saves to the Downloads folder on the Macintosh HD (my system volume) and then opens it.

I really would like all downloaded files to go to the directory I specified - there is no need to read my mind, since I told Firefox exactly what I want.