Where does my mega limited download file save?

Improve this question. Community Bot 1. The first one worked! Thank you! I added the extension and sure enough the entire file is there. Not sure why it needs to copy it? Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer. Alex Alex Any source for this? This is the correct location for Windows. Helped me a ton as Mega didnt automatically save the file I downloaded so I had to hunt for it myself. Note that it just renames the file to so you might need to use the expected filesize as an indicator — Richard.

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When you download a file from the MEGA service, you are shown a pretty download progress bar within the browser. That is, only once the graphical download is complete, your browser's normal download process is started. What exactly is going on here? It uses the fileSystem API , which basically writes the file to a sandboxed section of your local file system:. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.

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