# About downloading files

When you download a file to your computer, Microsoft Internet Explorer tracks the progress of the download. You can continue browsing Web pages while you download a file, and you can download multiple files at the same time.

In the Download Manager, you can view a list of the files you’ve downloaded. For each file, this list includes download time and status, and the amount of information transferred. The Download Complete icon appears next to files that have been downloaded successfully. The Alert icon appears next to files that couldn’t be downloaded because an error occurred. To get more information about a downloaded file, double-click the file.

You can set up multiple connections so Internet Explorer can download multiple Web pages and their linked files, such as picture files, at the same time. By default, the maximum number of connections is four, but you can choose up to eight connections.

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Downloading a file to your computer

Viewing the list of downloaded files

Finding out where a downloaded file was saved

Changing download settings

Setting up multiple connections

Download a file to your computer

- Do one of the following:
  - To download a file by following a link on a Web page, point to the link, hold down the mouse button, and then click Download Link to Disk on the contextual menu.
  - To download a file by typing its address, in the Address box, type the address of the file you want to download, and then press OPTION+RETURN.

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Stopping a file download

Resuming a file download

Finding out where a downloaded file was saved

Changing download settings

Saving the destination file of a link

Assigning a helper application to a file type

View the list of downloaded files

1. On the Window menu, click Download Manager.
2. To get more information about a downloaded file, double-click the file.

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About downloading files

Stopping a file download

Finding out where a downloaded file was saved

Finding out why a file couldn’t be downloaded

Changing download settings

Stop downloading a file

1. On the Window menu, click Download Manager.
2. Click the file.
3. On the View menu, click Stop Loading.

| After you stop a file download, the status of the file is Cancelled. To resume downloading the file, double-click the file, and then click Reload.

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Checking the Internet address of a downloaded file

Changing download settings

Resume downloading a file

1. On the Window menu, click Download Manager.
2. Double-click the file.
3. In the Status area, click Reload.

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Finding out why a file couldn’t be downloaded

Checking the Internet address of a downloaded file

Changing download settings

Find out where a downloaded file was saved

1. On the Window menu, click Download Manager.
2. Double-click the file.
3. If you want Microsoft Internet Explorer to help you find the file, click Reveal in Finder.

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Checking the Internet address of a downloaded file

Finding out why a file couldn’t be downloaded

Changing download settings

Check the Internet address of a downloaded file

1. On the Window menu, click Download Manager.
2. Double-click the file.

   The Address box displays the Internet address of the file.

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Finding out where a downloaded file was saved

Find out why a file couldn’t be downloaded

1. On the Window menu, click Download Manager.
2. Double-click the file.

   In the Status area, Microsoft Internet Explorer reports any errors it encountered while downloading the file.

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Resuming a file download

Checking the Internet address of a downloaded file

Changing download settings

Change download settings

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Receiving Files, click Download Options.
3. Select the options you want.

   For help on an option, click .

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Setting up multiple connections

Assigning a helper application to a file type

Set up multiple connections

1. On the Explorer menu, click Preferences.
2. Under Web Browser, click Advanced.
3. In the Connections area, select the Support multiple connections check box.
4. On the Max connections pop-up menu, click the maximum number of connections you want.

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