[Buck_W]

On one of my websites, I have a link to an audio file (AAC format - m4a). The purpose of the link is to enable people to ("right click") download the file. The link works fine with IE, Firefox, Opera, but not with Safari.

When I right click and choose to download the linked file in Safari, I get a document with filename.m4a.html

Why? Anybody have any suggestions or work arounds?

[Chuckit]

It sounds like the server is sending the wrong MIME type, and Safari is following the Apple guideline of giving the file the correct file extension for its type. Do you have a type set up for AAC?

[Buck_W]

Originally Posted by Chuckit

It sounds like the server is sending the wrong MIME type, and Safari is following the Apple guideline of giving the file the correct file extension for its type. Do you have a type set up for AAC?

Thanks for the response, Chuck. . . could you please elaborate? Is there something specific my web host needs to do?

[osxrules]

I get the same thing with some custom program files. Safari always adds .txt on the end. Unlike Firefox, Safari doesn't seem to have a way of setting mime-types.

[CaptainHaddock]

When a web server sends a file to a web browser, its header includes information on what kind of data the file is, so the browser knows what to do with it. Your web server is errantly telling Safari that the AAC file is text/html data.

Your web host needs to look at its settings for Apache (or whatever web server is being used) and add the correct MIME type for AAC/M4A files. This sort of thing should really be properly configured to start with!