{"id":10414,"date":"2020-12-03T11:49:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T19:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/?p=10414"},"modified":"2022-05-05T12:56:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-05T19:56:36","slug":"vernier-video-analysis-does-not-prompt-for-a-file-name-and-location-when-saving-a-file","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/10414","title":{"rendered":"Vernier Video Analysis does not prompt for a file name and location when saving a file"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whether or not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/product\/video-analysis\/\">Vernier Video Analysis<\/a> prompts for a file name and location when saving a file depends on your particular browser settings.<\/p>\n<p>Vernier Video Analysis has a Save As.. option in the file menu. What happens at this point is dependent on your browser settings. If you have set your browser to automatically download files to a certain location (often a Downloads folder), then you will not have the option to give the file a descriptive name; a file named using the pattern Untitled_1234.vmbl will be saved. <\/p>\n<p>If you prefer to give Vernier Video Analysis files a descriptive name or specify a location, you must set your browser download preferences to &#8220;ask every time&#8221; (or the equivalent). Go to your browser preferences, and search for download settings. <\/p>\n<p>If the browser is configured to ask for file locations, you will be prompted each time for a file name and location. <\/p>\n<p>The option is called &#8220;Always ask you where to save files&#8221; on Firefox.<br \/>The option is called &#8220;Ask where to save each file before downloading&#8221; on Chrome. Find this setting at <a href=\"chrome:\/\/settings\/downloads\"><a href=\"chrome:\/\/settings\/downloads\">chrome:\/\/settings\/downloads<\/a><\/a>\u00a0, even on a Chromebook. <br \/>The option is called &#8220;File download location&#8221; on Safari.<\/p>\n<p>Also see <a href=\"\/til\/7090\/\">How do I save and open files from Vernier Video Analysis, Graphical Analysis, and Spectral Analysis  on iPadOS or iOS?<\/a> for iOS-specific instructions. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether or not Vernier Video Analysis prompts for a file name and location when saving a file depends on your particular browser settings. Vernier Video&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8976,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8976"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vernier.com\/til\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}