Safari has a bug that means your work will be downloaded as an un-named file. Please rename it to something ending in .hex. Alternatively, use a browser such as Firefox or Chrome. They do not suffer from this bug : Help & Support

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Safari has a bug that means your work will be downloaded as an un-named file. Please rename it to something ending in .hex. Alternatively, use a browser such as Firefox or Chrome. They do not suffer from this bug Print

Modified on: Mon, 11 Mar, 2019 at 1:04 PM

Description

This error message will appear in the python.microbit.org editor when you try to download a .Hex file using Safari on MacOS. The file will download, but will not have the .hex extension that the micro:bit needs to process the file and run the program.

Resolution

Rename the file, giving it the appropriate .hex extension or if you are able, use an alternative browser such as Firefox or Chrome that do not exhibit the bug.

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Safari has a bug that means your work will be downloaded as an un-named file. Please rename it to something ending in .hex. Alternatively, use a browser such as Firefox or Chrome. They do not suffer from this bug Print

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