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- Safari shows a blank page, downloads it as a file, and auto-displays the content in TextEdit

• dzek69 7y ago
  > auto-displays the content in TextEdit wow, that's kind of "brave" thing to do for a file marked as `application/binary` mime type. it has `.txt` extension however as filename of course I have no idea how TextEdit behaves with big binary files, but such apps on Windows/Linux can't handle it well (usually hangs forever/for a long time)
  • ambentzen 7y ago
    MacOS/Safari has an option to automatically open "safe" files, like text files and other media.
    • Nextgrid 7y ago
      PDFs and ZIPs are also considered as safe despite the format being very complex and huge chances there's an exploitable bug in there. That's one of the very first things I disable on any Mac.