Downloaded files on mac says is broken

If it opens then we know the problem is limited to your account. Back in your account boot into Safe Mode Use Safe Mode to isolate issues with your Mac and repeat the download and open test. Reboot normally try opening the files again. Thanks for the reply, I ended doing a clean installed of the system and apps, then I moved my files manually. This is extremely frustrating, this is the second time I run into this issue since installing Catalina, never had this issue with previous Mac OS versions.

Doing a search of the community I can see that many user have the same problem, but I can find a solution that revolves the issue without having to do a clean install again. Dec 13, AM. Dec 13, AM in response to wgrahame In response to wgrahame. Such software make your make act in mischievous ways Technically.

So, scan with it and then remove what is found. Once removed, uninstall MalwareBytes for Mac. Then restart the Mac. On those apps that are being reported check their permissions to make sure you have read and write. Also go to the Applications folder and try to launch them directly.

Thanks for the reply, is nota an APP problem, all of them work fine, the problems is with all the files in all the user accounts, I am unable to open any file, on any folder.. Try the fixes described in this Apple document: Resolve issues caused by changing the permissions of items in your home folder - Apple Support.

Dec 14, AM. Thanks for the reply, tried the reset permission tutorial, it completed successfully, sadly did not resolve the issue. Dec 14, AM in response to wgrahame In response to wgrahame. Whatever the application is, contact the developer for a new download — either it is incomparable with your Mac, or it is a corrupt download. Thanks for the suggestion, but the issue is not related to one specific app, it's affecting all my my files on the computer, including documents and download, in all user accounts.

The installed applications open and work fine. It is extremely frustrating dealing with this issue, in my thirty years that I have been using Apple I have never encounter anything like this. As I mention before this the second time this has happen in less than a month and the only solution that fix the issue the first time was doing a clean install, I am not too keen on repeating the process, it was tedious and long.

Thank you very much for your reply. The archive is not protected. However this did not allows me to extract one of the files inside the archive. Do you think this is due to some kind of corruption? It updated in the original post now. Another suggestion is to make sure that both the file name and the path i. Tom : Thanks for the tip! The only thing is… you are mentioning your end-result is a Flash file… does it work for RAR-compressed Flash-files only?

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This will show what is running on your computer. No personal information is shown. Etrecheck — System Information. Feb 12, AM. I created another admin account but the issue still remains the same. Then I booted in Safe Mode but no difference. Feb 12, PM. Feb 13, AM in response to torbjorn In response to torbjorn Feb 13, AM. I found a web page that describes exactly my issue, only that my issue also includes downloaded files like PDF etc. Feb 13, PM. Feb 13, PM in response to torbjorn In response to torbjorn No matter how many times I change it and lock the pad lock, the next time I open system preferences it's reverted to that setting.

Feb 15, AM. Feb 15, AM in response to torbjorn In response to torbjorn Select Library. Move the. Restart the computer, open the application, and test. If it works okay, delete the plist from the desktop. If Safari is still downloading the item, wait for it to finish. If the download is paused, resume it. Show the downloads list by clicking the Show Downloads button , then click the Resume button for the paused download. Make sure you have the app needed to open the file.

If you do, the file may have been corrupted during the download. Delete it, then try downloading it again.