File Downloads Break in FireFox 3. “.part” File Appears. - October 29, 2008
I recently had a problem in FireFox 3 on my MacBook Pro (running 10.5) where I couldn’t save any files. “save link as”, “save image as” or anything that would normally launch an associated program such as Acrobat for a PDF file stopped working. FireFox would save a “.part” file but not the intended file. I solved this problem by the following:
1) close FireFox.
2) Find the “downloads.sqlite” file. Look in your home directory and then Library->Application Support->FireFox->Profiles->xxxxxx.default->downloads.sqlite.
3) Rename this file. Put a “.bak” on the end of it or something.
4) Start FireFox and let it recreate the downloads.sqlite file. Everything should work again.
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