Saving files "as" in Safari

Hi,
How can I download files in Safari in a way that I can choose a filename before saving them to my Mac? As far as I know I can only choose where I want to save a file, but there is no way to rename the file before saving it. Any ideas?

Cmd-Click the link to bring up a contextual menu. One of the options, will be 'Download Linked File'. If you then press [Option] with the contextual menu still displayed, the option will change to 'Download Linked File As...' Selecting that will bring up a normal Save As window.

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