How to force Safari App to download a file in local machine

You can hold down the control key or click with your right mouse button and select save as... But I must admit that doesn't work always because some downloads aren't clicked on. I personally dislike this solution because you have to click more ( but save as already gives you more to click then needed in my opinion ;) )

You can do this with this workaround using automator:

1. Open the Automator tool

2. Create a new "Folder Action" type document.

3. Assign the Folder Action to the Downloads folder.

4. Add these actions (in order): Move Finder Items, Reveal Finder Items, Name Single Item.

5. Set the "Move Finder Items" action to use the Downloads folder as it's default (or whichever folder you are most likely to move things to - I use Downloads because most of the time I'm moving files into an archive structure and want it to be easy to skip this process by just hitting Return and leaving the file in Downloads when I don't do that.)

6. Open the options for the "Move Finder Items" action and tick the checkbox for "Show this action when the workflow runs."

7. Open the options for the "Name Single Item" action and tick the checkbox for "Show this action when the workflow runs."

As quoted from: https://superuser.com/questions/201298/to-prompt-a-folder-location-when-safari-downloads-a-file

You could create a folder action in Automator, to watch for new files in your Downloads folder and display a notification banner whenever it detects a new file.

1. Open Automator and create a new Folder Action
2. Next to Folder Action receives files and folders added to choose your Downloads folder
3. Search for 'notif' and drag and drop the Display Notification to the right
4. Enter your own text and save

It should look something like this:

It's not the ideal solution, but at least you'll notice something has started downloading. Hope this helps.