This seems pretty obvious, but some Mac + Firefox users may appreciate it. I recently upgraded to OS X Leopard, and one of the things I really like is the stacks feature. This isn’t a mind blowing feature, but as someone who doesn’t like a lot of files on the desktop, but does like quick, easy access, it works quite nicely.

Safari automatically downloads files to the downloads stack, and I was irritated that by default FireFox downloads files to the desktop. As someone who tries out a lot of software, I download a lot of files. The solution is simple, but some folks may not have thought of it, I hadn’t until today.

• Open FireFox preferences and choose the “Main” tab
• In the downloads section, set the “save files to” to “/Users/userName/Downloads”

Now, all the downloaded files will wind up in the downloads stack in the dock. Quick and simple way to make the ‘Fox work more seamlessly with Mac.