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Pasting a download link into Google Chrome for OS X

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Mar 15, 20267352 views
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Problem

When I want to download something in Safari, like , all I have to do is paste that link into the Downloads window. Is there a way to do this in Chrome? I've gotten used to Safari, hitting ⌥⌘L (Downloads window), and then pasting. It's quick, neat, and saves me from going to File » Save As…. I like …

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http://foo.com/bar.zip

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Fix for: Pasting a download link into Google Chrome for OS X

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Paste it into the URL bar and press . You can reach it using . While Safari allows you to to download any URL this way, Chrome does not support that, so will download, won't.

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