Video Automatic download in Safari

Before the last automatic update for my iMac, when I watched a video it was displayed automatically in the download folder. I could decide whether to download or not. Now all this does not happen again. What happened? I can not download the videos. What should I do?

There was never such thing as a built-in automatic video downloader for Safari.

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Hi,
Why does Safari automatically download files?
That's what Apple decided it should do. It's not my preferred option either to be honest.
I didn't think it used to automatically download.
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Can you please tell which version are you using and on which platform? Please Also tell, if the video files are visible in the advanced dialog of downloader?
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Opera (from Opera)
Safari (from Apple)
Chrome (from Google)
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Make sure your Flash Player is up to date.
The latest version of Adobe FlashPlayer can be obtained from here:
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You should first uninstall any previous version of Flash Player, using the uninstaller from here (make sure you use the correct one!):
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i guess i said all in the topic:
had an automatic update to safari 5.1, since than it doesn't work anymore, can't open any website.
i'm using win7 64bit as OS.
does someone know how to get safari 5.1 to work at win7/64bit
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