You can choose a specific folder in your Documents folder. So you can select Other here and choose any folder you want. The default is the Downloads folder which is in your Home folder and is a folder unto itself.īut you can also switch it to something else. Now if you go into Safari, Preferences under General you can look here and there's File download location. So when you see a link like this you can click it and it will just download. The first you've got the default location. So online I notice a lot of people ask the question when I download a file using Safari how can I control where the file goes to. You can find out how to become part of that at /patreon. MacMost is brought to you by the more than 300 people that support it through the MacMost Patreon Campaign. Video Transcript: Hi, this is Gary with. Check out How To Choose Where Downloaded Files Are Saved at YouTube for closed captioning and more options.