MacOS – Extracting files from partial downloads on Mac

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I was trying to download my images from a website but got disconnected. Now I have few files sitting on my mac with names as:

Camera Roll.zip-2.download (150 MB)
OneDrive-2018-06-07.zip.download (875 MB)

The file kind showing on the File Finder is Safari Download.

  • I tried moving them to windows and removing the .download extension but it ain't working.

  • I am unable to change the extensions on the mac. When I hit enter, unlike other files which allow you to edit the name of the file or the extension, these .download files have no impact. Entering enter doesn't allow edit. I then did Get Info. But the field wherein the name is mentioned is uneditable.

Is there anyway I can extract images that were downloaded (if not all) from the above partial downloads ?

Best Answer

You can't just change the extension on a .download 'file' & expect it to be seen as anything else, because it's not a file, it's a folder - or strictly, Package, like an app or your Photos library etc.

If you right click it & select "Show Package Contents" then you can see inside it - though if it'a a partial file there may simply be nothing to see. tbh, I don't know how it handles the contents internally, but they're not even visible with 'show hidden' switched on.

If you double-click it, or right click, Open, it will attempt to complete the download.

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