Whenever I want to save files like .csv files that were open in a safari tab, it forces me to either name it as .csv.webarchive or .webarchive. Is there a way to disable this?
MacOS – How to prevent files from being saved as .webarchive
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If AutoFill is disabled, Safari won't ask to save passwords either.
find . -iname '*.webarchive' -print0 | xargs -0 xattr -d com.apple.quarantine
- will remove (xattr -d) the com.apple.quarantine extended attribute
- from all files with an extension of .webarchive (-iname '*.webarchive')
- located in the current directory and its subdirectories (. -depth, where the -depth is implied)
- going through xargs (-print0 | xargs -0) to avoid problems with filenames containing spaces and other special characters (a similiar goal can be accomplished with slightly reduced efficiency by using
find . -iname '*.webarchive' -exec xattr -d '{}' \;).
Explanation of the efficiency difference:
Whenever the syntax allows for it such as in this case, xargs assembles one or more command lines such as xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/file1.webarchive /path/to/fileN.webarchive
while the in-my-opinion easier to remember find-only version repeats the command every time: xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/file1.webarchive ; xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /path/to/fileN.webarchive
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Best Answer
To answer the question about Saving in Safari:
When you are about to save a page you are viewing in Safari, you will find a Select option in the saving dialogue, that will let you choose the format you want to save the page.
By default it will be set as Web Archive. But you can change it to Page Source, so it will save on the source of the page, which in the csv case, it will save the csv file.
Next time, Safari will remember your last choice.