How can I make PNG files be automatically opened after being downloaded from Safari?
MacOS – Preview auto-open of PNG files after being downloaded from Safari
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Related Solutions
In the menu bar, go Safari -> Preferences. In the "General" tab, uncheck "Open 'safe' files after downloading". This will stop Safari from automatically unzipping the files.
If you hold down alt/option when you click the format dropdown in the export menu, you can still select GIF in Mountain Lion. Once you have done this, you can continue with the normal animated gif creation process:
- Save your image as a GIF
- Show the sidebar
- Drag additional frames on top of the thumbnail
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Best Answer
This might be related to a preference in Safari rather than Preview.
Open Safari, then Preferences, then go to the General tab. If the option to 'Open "safe" files after downloading' is checked, uncheck it and that may stop Preview opening the downloaded image automatically.