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Set google chrome to ask which folder to save it to, then when it is saving there's a check box that says something about changing the extension of unknown file type. I'm not sure the exact wording, but it'll fix it and it's the only check box there :P
Almost everything. For example, if I go to this URL: https://manual.cs50.net/appliance/19/player/ and try to save the *.ova file, the extension turns into .bin. That is just one of many examples.
Chrome saves this as .bin, because the server misdeclares the MIME type as application/octet-stream for what should actually be application/x-virtualbox-ova.
Chrome's behavior is technically correct, the web server providing the file is just misconfigured.
Set google chrome to ask which folder to save it to, then when it is saving there's a check box that says something about changing the extension of unknown file type. I'm not sure the exact wording, but it'll fix it and it's the only check box there :P
Thank you - that was exactly what I needed to fix the problem.
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