Hi Kelly, If you don't want to delve into terminal, I have used a shareware program called DeepVacuum which offers lots of options for downloading - including "Single File (Resumable)" which lets you continue where you left off downloading if the download gets interrupted or cut off. As per James' method below, you need to obtain the URL for the file first.
I found it worked well and it let me download 100MB+ Apple combo updates via dial-up when Bigpond's 5 hour limit used to time me out! It's a while since I downloaded it now but Version Tracker should point you in the right direction and it lets you try it out before you buy it. Hope that helps Neil on 27/5/06 8:49 AM, James Devenish at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Kelly, > > Much more likely the problem is with the remote host or your web > proxy, but fortunately there are some ways of downloading without > Safari. Firstly, obtain the URL of the file. > > (Most websites are incredibly annoying and try to automatically start > the download for you when you aren't necessarily expecting it, which > is no good if you want to choose the download location or use a > different downloader. Neverthelesss, they *should* provide you with > the link. If they don't, you'll have to View Source of the web page > and extract the link yourself.) > > Once you have the link, you can run the following commands in Terminal: > > cd Desktop > curl -O http://your.url > > If this cuts out at 1 Mb, try resuming it like this: > > curl -C - -O http://your.url > > Maybe it will download 1 Mb at a time. > > James > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Unsubscribe - <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Neil R. Houghton Albany, Western Australia Tel: +61 8 9841 6063 Fax: +61 8 9841 6137 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
