Cannot download files to SSD using Safari on macOS Sequoia

I'm facing the same issue after last OS update. Files downloaded in download folder can be opened but files downloaded on external drives are not opening.

richmondsim wrote:

Anyone else having the same issue? How'd you resolve it?

A few people who use network volumes are reporting the same problem. I can see how it would fail on a network volume. But I would think an external should work. Do you have another drive you could erase and test with?

I'm interested if you would see the same problem with a different drive, or a drive formatted in APFS, or a drive with ownership enabled.

It seems like I've found a temporary workaround. After it downloads all the way and you get that 'Cannot move file' message, if you right click on the download file and go to 'show package', it seems like the full file is actually in there. You can drag that file out of the download package and into the folder you want it in. That has worked for me on several files so far.

I have had exactly the same problem with multiple drives.

Did you by any chance figure out how to fix it?

I have the same problem, I hope they solve that soon.

Today I installed 15.0.1 (24A348) on my M1 MacBook Air and no fix yet. ☹️

Another solution I've found is to download on Google Chrome, which does not seem to have that problem.