Why different results when right clicking on Jpeg image files.

[Nurgle2024]

Hi I keep folders of small images i see on the internet for both reference, and also to help me search for public domain larger/better quality images of such, across many archives and internet resources.

and it is strange that going a long a line of images, right-clicking and downloading, that I often get results. many come though as Jpegs, a few as PNG, and severa as .webp files, and occasionally as .html text files. that later two I can often edet the postfix to Jpeg and on occasionas that will work and change the file to Jpeg.

but occasional NOT. and all the more curiouser, is that when I go back and look at the HTML code it is linked to an actual Jpeg file. (the Armstrong image one was the same file downloaded twice, when I got distracted and forget where i was up to. distracted by shiney things.)

so one of life great .. and mysteries of what goes on inside a mac.

regards, Sandy

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello,

It would depend on where you are viewing the images in Safari. Some of them are downloading as web archives instead of the JPG image.

Next time it downloads files other than JPG/PNG, try right-clicking and choose Open Image in a New Window, then try downloading it.

C

 

[Nurgle2024]

just one of the man mysteries of the Mac... hahhaha.
regards, Sandy.