Safari - can't download pdf files

In the past few days I have used Safari to go to a number of websites that I use on a weekly basis. I have normally downloaded pdf files of documents. But at present I can't get the pdf file to download.
Jim

Hi James,
As Yang suggests, 'cannot create file' normally suggests that the download folder you have selected is not somewhere you have permissions to write files to. Try changing it to somewhere that should be writable, such as your Desktop and retry the link.
I tried the directions you provided and it works fine here.

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