• Set Download Location Mac Chrome



    The PATH variable helps Chrome find the downloaded ChromeDriver exe. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve updated PATH variables on Windows for years but never on a Mac, until now: System PATH Setup. The following instructions will help you create your own PATH to a unique folder on your Mac or copy the file to an existing PATH directory for ChromeDriver.

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    You can easily change Chrome download Location to desktop, specific folder on the desktop or to any other location on your computer.

    Change Chrome Download Folder Location

    By default, Google’s Chrome browser stores downloaded files to the “Downloads” Folder on your computer.

    This practically means that anything that you download using the Chrome browser on your computer will be available in the downloads folder.

    As mentioned above, Chrome browser makes it easy to change the download location to desktop or any other folder on location on your computer.

    1. Change Chrome Download Location to Desktop

    Follow the steps below, to change Chrome download location to your desktop.

    1. Open Chrome Browser on your Computer.

    2. Click on the 3 dots Menu Icon and select Settings option in the drop-down menu.

    3. On the Settings screen, scroll down to bottom and click on Advanced.

    4. On Advanced screen, scroll down to ‘Downloads’ section and click on the Change button.

    Note: Make sure “Ask Where to Save Each File Before Downloading” option is turned OFF.

    5. On the next screen, select Desktop and click on Select Folder button.

    From now onwards, anything that you download in Chrome browser will be downloaded to the desktop.

    Similarly, you can change Chrome Download Location to USB Drive, Specific Folder or to any other Location on your computer.

    2. Make Chrome Ask Where to Save Downloads

    You can also make Chrome browser to prompt you to select the Location, every time you download anything on your computer.

    1. Open Chrome Browser > click on 3-dots Menu Icon > select Settings option in the drop-down menu.

    2. On the Settings screen, scroll down to bottom and click on Advanced.

    3. On Advanced screen, scroll down to “Downloads” section and move the toggle next to Ask where to save each file before downloading to ON position.

    After this, you will find Chrome browser prompting you to select Location for the File being downloaded on your computer.

    The ChromeDriver getting started guide isn’t super helpful if you are unfamiliar with including the ChromeDriver location in your PATH environment variable. The PATH variable helps Chrome find the downloaded ChromeDriver exe. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve updated PATH variables on Windows for years but never on a Mac, until now:

    System PATH Setup

    The following instructions will help you create your own PATH to a unique folder on your Mac or copy the file to an existing PATH directory for ChromeDriver.

    1. Download the ChromeDriver executable.
    2. Now we need to tell Selenium where it is and for that we have a few choices.To do this:
      1. Open up Terminal
      2. Run sudo nano /etc/paths
      3. Enter your password
      4. Go to the bottom of the file and enter the path you wish to add
      5. My PATH looks like: /Users/myname/Documents/WebDriver
      6. Control-x to quit
      7. Y to save
      8. Press enter to confirm
    3. To double check, quit Terminal and relaunch it. Run echo $PATH. You should see your newly added path in the stream of other paths already there.
    4. Finally, update your tests to run using Chrome and run your tests!

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    After running your tests, if your PATH isn’t set up correctly you get this helpful message:

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