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upgraded download instructions to use "save as"

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@ -10,14 +10,7 @@ The basic steps are:
1. Connect your micro:bit to your computer via USB
2. Click **Download** and download the `.hex` file
3. Copy the `.hex` file from your computer onto the micro:bit drive
### ~hint
You can use the [micro:bit uploader](/uploader) to automatically deploy ``.hex`` files to your micro:bit!
![](/static/uploader/tooltip.png)
### ~
3. Click the **Save As** button and save the `.hex` file into the MICROBIT drive
## Requirements
@ -50,31 +43,16 @@ it appears as a new drive under Devices.
whether you are using a Windows computer or a Mac
A window will appear asking whether you want to save or open the `.hex` file.
Select **Save File** and then select **OK**.
Select **Save As** and save it to the MICROBIT drive.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-firefox-1.png)
The file will then appear in your downloads in the top right of your browser.
Click the **folder icon** next to the filename to open it in Windows Explorer.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-firefox-2.jpg)
Drag and drop the `.hex` file from the download folder onto the `MICROBIT` drive.
## Step 3: Transfer the file to your micro:bit
* Once you've found the folder containing your `.hex` file, drag and drop it
onto your `MICROBIT` drive
* If you're using Windows, you can use **Send to** as described below
* The LED on the back of your micro:bit flashes during the transfer (which
should only take a few seconds).
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your micro:bit. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your micro:bit. The reset
* Once transferred, the code will run automatically on your @boardname@. To rerun
your program, press the reset button on the back of your @boardname@. The reset
button automatically runs the newest file on the micro:bit.
In File Explorer, right-click on the hex file (created in Step 2 above), choose **Send to**, and then **MICROBIT**.
![](/static/mb/device/usb-windows-sendto.jpg)
By copying the script onto the `MICROBIT` drive, you have programmed it into the
flash memory on the micro:bit, which means even after you unplug the micro:bit,
your program will still run if the micro:bit is powered by battery.