It can help if you know that the file resides in that particular folder. If no folder is open, then Finder will search the entire Mac. Once you have located the file, you can open it by double-clicking on the file icon. On your Mac screen, there is a magnifying glass on the upper right corner. Please click on that to open the Spotlight search. Spotlight search will give you a list of the most relevant results on your system.
It will also give you web results related to your search. Read more to fix and rebuild the Spotlight Index on Mac. Finder and Spotlight features can help you find almost any file on your Mac. Nevertheless, there might be instances where you would be unable to locate the files. It might be due to some incompatibility issues with the file or something else. Here you can perform a deep search in your Mac OS, including system files, etc.
This process is time-consuming and quite cluttered. Type cd and then drag the folder location to the terminal window. Now, you are in the folder which you just dragged in. Enter the command find. Your recent downloads are often found on the right side of the Dock in a stack. Hover over it to preview the contents or click to expand it. As we already mentioned, you can also find your Safari downloads using Finder. This is a valuable utility to locate items on our Mac. Simply click the magnifying button on your menu bar and type "downloads," or go to your Dock and click Finder to open the Finder window.
There are several ways to manage your in-progress or completed downloads in Safari. Michael says:. October 15, at pm. May 15, at pm. Paul says:. RM says:. James Ludtke says:. May 15, at am. May 14, at pm.
Dan says:. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Shop on Amazon. Subscribe to OSXDaily. Mail downloads, also known as attachments, are a big feature in busy inboxes, either taking up space in the cloud - if you use a cloud-based email client - on your phone, and if you use a desktop-based email client, on your Mac too. Apart from inside your inbox, mail attachments are found in one of two - or both - places within your Mac.
You may also have some on your iPhone or iPad if you have email on another device. The common way to view, save or delete email attachments in Mail the built-in Mac OS email client one by one:. Select a message that includes attachments. Look for the Attachment icon next to the sender's name in the message list. In the message, do one of the following: Open an attachment in an app: Double-click the attachment. To delete Mail downloads saved in this folder just delete the files you don't need and then close the folder.
In some cases, you may have a duplicate of the same downloads in both folders, which means these will be taking up even more space. One way to save space and stop mail download overload is to use an email client that makes it easier to find, organize and delete attachments. Take Unibox, for example, which groups emails by sender, making it far more intuitive and easy-to-use compared to Mail or other email services.
All of these features make it significantly easier to find and delete attachments, no matter which email service you use. This app will work with every popular and self-hosted email provider, with one simple download and setup process.
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