diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Sidebar.tsx b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
index 1b67d8cb51..70659a67ff 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/components/Sidebar.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import {
 import log from "ente-base/log";
 import { savedLogs } from "ente-base/log-web";
 import { customAPIHost } from "ente-base/origins";
-import { downloadString } from "ente-base/utils/web";
+import { saveStringAsFile } from "ente-base/utils/web";
 import {
     isHLSGenerationSupported,
     toggleHLSGeneration,
@@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ const Help: React.FC<NestedSidebarDrawerVisibilityProps> = ({
         log.info("Viewing logs");
         const electron = globalThis.electron;
         if (electron) electron.openLogDirectory();
-        else downloadString(savedLogs(), `ente-web-logs-${Date.now()}.txt`);
+        else saveStringAsFile(savedLogs(), `ente-web-logs-${Date.now()}.txt`);
     };
 
     return (
diff --git a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
index d53d9ac652..ae687d0c77 100644
--- a/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
+++ b/web/apps/photos/src/utils/file/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { User } from "ente-accounts/services/user";
 import { joinPath } from "ente-base/file-name";
 import log from "ente-base/log";
 import { type Electron } from "ente-base/types/ipc";
-import { downloadAndRevokeObjectURL } from "ente-base/utils/web";
+import { saveAsFileAndRevokeObjectURL } from "ente-base/utils/web";
 import { downloadManager } from "ente-gallery/services/download";
 import { updateFileMagicMetadata } from "ente-gallery/services/file";
 import { updateMagicMetadata } from "ente-gallery/services/magic-metadata";
@@ -48,42 +48,6 @@ export type FileOp =
     | "trash"
     | "deletePermanently";
 
-export async function downloadFile(file: EnteFile) {
-    try {
-        let fileBlob = await downloadManager.fileBlob(file);
-        const fileName = fileFileName(file);
-        if (file.metadata.fileType == FileType.livePhoto) {
-            const { imageFileName, imageData, videoFileName, videoData } =
-                await decodeLivePhoto(fileName, fileBlob);
-            const image = new File([imageData], imageFileName);
-            const imageType = await detectFileTypeInfo(image);
-            const tempImageURL = URL.createObjectURL(
-                new Blob([imageData], { type: imageType.mimeType }),
-            );
-            const video = new File([videoData], videoFileName);
-            const { mimeType } = await detectFileTypeInfo(video);
-            const tempVideoURL = URL.createObjectURL(
-                new Blob([videoData], { type: mimeType }),
-            );
-            downloadAndRevokeObjectURL(tempImageURL, imageFileName);
-            // Downloading multiple works everywhere except, you guessed it,
-            // Safari. Make up for their incompetence by adding a setTimeout.
-            await wait(300) /* arbitrary constant, 300ms */;
-            downloadAndRevokeObjectURL(tempVideoURL, videoFileName);
-        } else {
-            const { mimeType } = await detectFileTypeInfo(
-                new File([fileBlob], fileName),
-            );
-            fileBlob = new Blob([fileBlob], { type: mimeType });
-            const tempURL = URL.createObjectURL(fileBlob);
-            downloadAndRevokeObjectURL(tempURL, fileName);
-        }
-    } catch (e) {
-        log.error("failed to download file", e);
-        throw e;
-    }
-}
-
 function getSelectedFileIds(selectedFiles: SelectedState) {
     const filesIDs: number[] = [];
     for (const [key, val] of Object.entries(selectedFiles)) {
@@ -240,7 +204,7 @@ export async function downloadFiles(
             if (progressBarUpdater?.isCancelled()) {
                 return;
             }
-            await downloadFile(file);
+            await saveAsFile(file);
             progressBarUpdater?.increaseSuccess();
         } catch (e) {
             log.error("download fail for file", e);
@@ -249,6 +213,40 @@ export async function downloadFiles(
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Save the given {@link EnteFile} as a file in the user's download folder.
+ */
+const saveAsFile = async (file: EnteFile) => {
+    const fileBlob = await downloadManager.fileBlob(file);
+    const fileName = fileFileName(file);
+    if (file.metadata.fileType == FileType.livePhoto) {
+        const { imageFileName, imageData, videoFileName, videoData } =
+            await decodeLivePhoto(fileName, fileBlob);
+
+        await saveBlobPartAsFile(imageData, imageFileName);
+
+        // Downloading multiple works everywhere except, you guessed it,
+        // Safari. Make up for their incompetence by adding a setTimeout.
+        await wait(300) /* arbitrary constant, 300ms */;
+        await saveBlobPartAsFile(videoData, videoFileName);
+    } else {
+        await saveBlobPartAsFile(fileBlob, fileName);
+    }
+};
+
+/**
+ * Save the given {@link blob} as a file in the user's download folder.
+ */
+const saveBlobPartAsFile = async (blobPart: BlobPart, fileName: string) => {
+    const { mimeType } = await detectFileTypeInfo(
+        new File([blobPart], fileName),
+    );
+    saveAsFileAndRevokeObjectURL(
+        URL.createObjectURL(new Blob([blobPart], { type: mimeType })),
+        fileName,
+    );
+};
+
 async function downloadFilesDesktop(
     electron: Electron,
     files: EnteFile[],
diff --git a/web/packages/accounts/components/RecoveryKey.tsx b/web/packages/accounts/components/RecoveryKey.tsx
index 525e1bc53c..16c8899736 100644
--- a/web/packages/accounts/components/RecoveryKey.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/accounts/components/RecoveryKey.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import { errorDialogAttributes } from "ente-base/components/utils/dialog";
 import { useIsSmallWidth } from "ente-base/components/utils/hooks";
 import type { ModalVisibilityProps } from "ente-base/components/utils/modal";
 import log from "ente-base/log";
-import { downloadString } from "ente-base/utils/web";
+import { saveStringAsFile } from "ente-base/utils/web";
 import { t } from "i18next";
 import { useCallback, useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import {
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export const RecoveryKey: React.FC<RecoveryKeyProps> = ({
     }, [open, handleLoadError]);
 
     const handleSaveClick = () => {
-        downloadRecoveryKeyMnemonic(recoveryKey!);
+        saveRecoveryKeyMnemonicAsFile(recoveryKey!);
         onClose();
     };
 
@@ -117,5 +117,5 @@ export const RecoveryKey: React.FC<RecoveryKeyProps> = ({
 const getUserRecoveryKeyMnemonic = async () =>
     recoveryKeyToMnemonic(await getUserRecoveryKey());
 
-const downloadRecoveryKeyMnemonic = (key: string) =>
-    downloadString(key, "ente-recovery-key.txt");
+const saveRecoveryKeyMnemonicAsFile = (key: string) =>
+    saveStringAsFile(key, "ente-recovery-key.txt");
diff --git a/web/packages/base/utils/web.ts b/web/packages/base/utils/web.ts
index cb45280990..f0120f4a35 100644
--- a/web/packages/base/utils/web.ts
+++ b/web/packages/base/utils/web.ts
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@
  * Download the asset at the given {@link url} to a file on the user's download
  * folder by appending a temporary <a> element to the DOM.
  *
- * @param url The URL that we want to download. See also
- * {@link downloadAndRevokeObjectURL} and {@link downloadString}. The URL is
- * revoked after initiating the download.
+ * @param url The URL that we want to download. The URL is revoked after
+ * initiating the download.
  *
  * @param fileName The name of downloaded file.
+ *
+ * See also {@link saveStringAsFile}.
  */
-export const downloadAndRevokeObjectURL = (url: string, fileName: string) => {
+export const saveAsFileAndRevokeObjectURL = (url: string, fileName: string) => {
     const a = document.createElement("a");
     a.style.display = "none";
     a.href = url;
@@ -26,8 +27,8 @@ export const downloadAndRevokeObjectURL = (url: string, fileName: string) => {
  *
  * @param fileName The name of the file that gets saved.
  */
-export const downloadString = (s: string, fileName: string) => {
+export const saveStringAsFile = (s: string, fileName: string) => {
     const file = new Blob([s], { type: "text/plain" });
     const fileURL = URL.createObjectURL(file);
-    downloadAndRevokeObjectURL(fileURL, fileName);
+    saveAsFileAndRevokeObjectURL(fileURL, fileName);
 };
diff --git a/web/packages/new/photos/components/ImageEditorOverlay.tsx b/web/packages/new/photos/components/ImageEditorOverlay.tsx
index 1175e8285e..ed0e84f13b 100644
--- a/web/packages/new/photos/components/ImageEditorOverlay.tsx
+++ b/web/packages/new/photos/components/ImageEditorOverlay.tsx
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import type { ModalVisibilityProps } from "ente-base/components/utils/modal";
 import { useBaseContext } from "ente-base/context";
 import { nameAndExtension } from "ente-base/file-name";
 import log from "ente-base/log";
-import { downloadAndRevokeObjectURL } from "ente-base/utils/web";
+import { saveAsFileAndRevokeObjectURL } from "ente-base/utils/web";
 import { downloadManager } from "ente-gallery/services/download";
 import type { Collection } from "ente-media/collection";
 import type { EnteFile } from "ente-media/file";
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ export const ImageEditorOverlay: React.FC<ImageEditorOverlayProps> = ({
         if (!canvasRef.current) return;
 
         const f = await getEditedFile();
-        downloadAndRevokeObjectURL(URL.createObjectURL(f), f.name);
+        saveAsFileAndRevokeObjectURL(URL.createObjectURL(f), f.name);
     };
 
     const saveCopyToEnte = async () => {