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Hello.

Yes, I finally upgraded again to X 3.9.

But if I right click an image to save to a folder or such, I have to click the Option key to get the Contextual box to change from Save to Desktop to Save As.

Just wondering if there is a workaround for this? Like in Terminal or something. So the contextual box has Save As as it's default.

Thanks in advance for any ideas,
Dan

eMacs 700MHz 10.3.8 1GB Ram
1GHz 10.3.9 1GB Ram

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Quick note tying the replies together and offering a practical Safari-side workaround.

As pointed out, switching browsers is the simplest route. If sticking with Safari on 10.3.9 is required, there is no user-preference or simple defaults write key to flip the context-menu wording — Safari’s menu is hard-coded — so the remaining safe, supported option is to automate the “Save to Desktop” -> “ask where to move it” step. A Folder Action can watch the Desktop and, when a new file appears, prompt for a destination and move the file. That effectively reproduces a Save As dialog without third‑party input‑manager hacks.

Save the following AppleScript as a Folder Action (put it in ~/Library/Scripts/Folder Action Scripts/), then attach it to the Desktop using the Folder Actions Setup utility:

on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
    set fileNames to {}
    repeat with aFile in added_items
        try
            set end of fileNames to (name of (info for (aFile as alias)))
        end try
    end repeat

    if (count of fileNames) > 0 then
        set destFolder to choose folder with prompt "Move newly saved file(s) from Desktop to:"
        tell application "Finder"
            repeat with aFile in added_items
                try
                    move (aFile as alias) to destFolder
                end try
            end repeat
        end tell
    end if
end adding folder items to

Notes and cautions: this script will prompt for every batch of new Desktop items (you can choose to move multiple files at once). It’s quick to enable/disable if it gets noisy. If desired, the script can be tightened to act only on image extensions (jpg, png, gif, etc.) — that’s a small tweak if anyone wants it. This approach avoids unsupported SIMBL/InputManager hacks and keeps the change reversible while giving a practical “Save As” experience in Safari.

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As far as I know, the only workaround for saving images to a directory you choose in Safari is by holding down the option key.

Another choice is to use Mozilla's Firefox, which allows you to choose "Save As..." directly from the right-click contextual menu.

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Thanks Joe.
I kind of figured that, but thought there might be some way to change it to the opposite function.
I am familiar with Firefox's ability. Opera works the same way.

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