Unable to download any files in safari despite having 18.5 GB available

Help! When I try and download any file from Safari I get the following message;
"Safari could not download the file "File name" because there is not enough free disk space"
with the following advice,
"Try deleting documents or downloading to another disk."
It does not allow me to download to another disk. Surely there is something amiss? Please help...

You normally need admin rights to be able to install/copy things into the Applications folder - I'm guessing the current user you are using isn't an admin?
Most people set a specific downloads folder somewhere on their drive to keep all the 'clutter' together, but each to their own

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