Can't drag URL to desktop anymore.

Safari 6.0.4
Mac OS X 10.8.3

jstonge2,
thanks for your suggestion. I never consider rebooting a "solution" though, at most a "daily microsoft chore".
I did find the root to the problem last night however. It seems to be "Finder" that has a bug which causes it to temporarily confuse the MIME types of dropped items. Quitting Finder and restarting it again will temporarily remind it of the correct settings. I don't know exactly what causes Finder to be confused though, but the problem most certainly will reappear in the future – probably after installing a new app or so (they sometimes mess with mimes and file extensions).

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