Re: download managers.

[Esther]

Hi Dónal,

My response would also be to use wget or curl from the command line, but the 
Sitesucker interface might be easier for your friend to use, and it's easy 
enough to get this as a free app from the Mac App Store.  It won't work to pull 
down content on sites where you have to dynamically generate the downloadable 
content by activating a pop up menu button, of course.  

There's also a free app called Maria that is described as being a simple Cocoa 
implementation (with GUI) of wget.  It was built under Snow Leopard (late 2011 
release), and is also well rated in reviews at the MacUpdate site, which gives 
links to both the developer site and the download:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/34207/maria

The only comment was that it has fewer options for specifying the file types to 
download -- so if you want to pull down all files of a given type, and it isn't 
in the specified list of most common files (like MP3, PDF, etc.), then you have 
to pull down the whole site.  Whereas Sitesucker may have a few more specific 
file types listed.  (I haven't tried downloading Maria, since there's a limit 
to how many of these other apps I want to try out without knowing more about 
the specifics behind the original question.  It seems likely to be accessible.)

HTH. Cheers,

Esther


On Sep 9, 2012, at 11:32 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick wrote:

> Hi Esther,
> 
> wget or curl are the ones I'd use for this myself.  Thanks for the feedback 
> my rather blunt suggestion is that my friend is just going to have to bite 
> the bullet and learn terminal.
> 
> Dónal

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Re: download managers.

[Dónal Fitzpatrick]

Hi Esther,

wget or curl are the ones I'd use for this myself.  Thanks for the feedback my 
rather blunt suggestion is that my friend is just going to have to bite the 
bullet and learn terminal.

Dónal
On 10 Sep 2012, at 00:47, Esther wrote:

> Hi Sarah and Dónal,
> 
> I've used Wget from command line, which a techie, unix/linux sort of response 
> that doesn't answer the question of having a GUI interface. A quick search of 
> the web and the macupdate site brought up references to a donationware tool 
> called "SiteSucker":
> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11634/sitesucker
> 
> This is also available in the Mac App Store as a free app:
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sitesucker/id442168834?mt=12
> 
> It seems accessible, though I set my VoiceOver navigation for Mouse pointer 
> to "follows VoiceOver cursor" (VO-F8 for VO utility, Command-4 for the 
> navigation tab, then navigate to the pop up menu option for "Mouse pointer" 
> to change the setting) so I could click on the "Settings" with VO-Shift-Space 
> to bring up the menu options.  On a tip from the MacUpdate site, if you just 
> want the files the target site, choose: Settings->General->Download 
> Option->Get All Files in Same Directory for the pop up menu.  The default is 
> set to "Get All Files on Same Server", which pulls down a huge number.  There 
> are also "File Types" that let you specify only downloading certain types of 
> files, and more "Advanced" menu setttings.
> 
> Sarah or somebody else might like to explore this and report back -- I 
> checked it out on her site.  I think Dónal may want to explore the settings 
> to use before handing this to his friend.
> 
> There's also supposed to be an iOS SiteSucker app for $1.99.
> 
> HTH.  Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> On Sep 9, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> I believe there is a guy version of WGet but it's so confusing to use I 
>> dunno. I would also like to know if there is a safari download manager ad my 
>> connection is so slow I can only do 1 file at a time. I want to be able to 
>> queue stuff up  or like your friend access let's say all .ogg files on a 
>> certain page with out using WGet.
>> 
>> Tc all.
>> On Sep 9, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick  
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> hi all,
>>> 
>>> Was asked this by a friend and I've no answer.
>>> 
>>> He is on a website where files are ordered in /folder/folder/file(s).  What 
>>> he wants to do is point the browser at the folder and have it download all 
>>> contents.  Note FTP is not an option.
>>> 
>>> I have recommended some command line methods to do this, but he wants a GUI 
>>> based solution if one exists.  If FTP access were possible it would be a 
>>> no-brainer and I'd just say use transmit, but I've tried it on this 
>>> particular server and it doesn't work.  Any thoughts?
>>> 
>>> Dónal
>>> Dónal Fitzpatrick
>>> dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: download managers.

[Sarah Alawami]

I believe I saw something in the mac gems articles I sent some time ago but I 
can't remember.  I will give this a try.

Take care and be blessed.
On Sep 9, 2012, at 4:47 PM, Esther  wrote:

> Hi Sarah and Dónal,
> 
> I've used Wget from command line, which a techie, unix/linux sort of response 
> that doesn't answer the question of having a GUI interface. A quick search of 
> the web and the macupdate site brought up references to a donationware tool 
> called "SiteSucker":
> http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11634/sitesucker
> 
> This is also available in the Mac App Store as a free app:
> http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sitesucker/id442168834?mt=12
> 
> It seems accessible, though I set my VoiceOver navigation for Mouse pointer 
> to "follows VoiceOver cursor" (VO-F8 for VO utility, Command-4 for the 
> navigation tab, then navigate to the pop up menu option for "Mouse pointer" 
> to change the setting) so I could click on the "Settings" with VO-Shift-Space 
> to bring up the menu options.  On a tip from the MacUpdate site, if you just 
> want the files the target site, choose: Settings->General->Download 
> Option->Get All Files in Same Directory for the pop up menu.  The default is 
> set to "Get All Files on Same Server", which pulls down a huge number.  There 
> are also "File Types" that let you specify only downloading certain types of 
> files, and more "Advanced" menu setttings.
> 
> Sarah or somebody else might like to explore this and report back -- I 
> checked it out on her site.  I think Dónal may want to explore the settings 
> to use before handing this to his friend.
> 
> There's also supposed to be an iOS SiteSucker app for $1.99.
> 
> HTH.  Cheers,
> 
> Esther
> 
> On Sep 9, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:
> 
>> I believe there is a guy version of WGet but it's so confusing to use I 
>> dunno. I would also like to know if there is a safari download manager ad my 
>> connection is so slow I can only do 1 file at a time. I want to be able to 
>> queue stuff up  or like your friend access let's say all .ogg files on a 
>> certain page with out using WGet.
>> 
>> Tc all.
>> On Sep 9, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick  
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> hi all,
>>> 
>>> Was asked this by a friend and I've no answer.
>>> 
>>> He is on a website where files are ordered in /folder/folder/file(s).  What 
>>> he wants to do is point the browser at the folder and have it download all 
>>> contents.  Note FTP is not an option.
>>> 
>>> I have recommended some command line methods to do this, but he wants a GUI 
>>> based solution if one exists.  If FTP access were possible it would be a 
>>> no-brainer and I'd just say use transmit, but I've tried it on this 
>>> particular server and it doesn't work.  Any thoughts?
>>> 
>>> Dónal
>>> Dónal Fitzpatrick
>>> dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: download managers.

[Esther]

Hi Sarah and Dónal,

I've used Wget from command line, which a techie, unix/linux sort of response 
that doesn't answer the question of having a GUI interface. A quick search of 
the web and the macupdate site brought up references to a donationware tool 
called "SiteSucker":
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/11634/sitesucker

This is also available in the Mac App Store as a free app:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sitesucker/id442168834?mt=12

It seems accessible, though I set my VoiceOver navigation for Mouse pointer to 
"follows VoiceOver cursor" (VO-F8 for VO utility, Command-4 for the navigation 
tab, then navigate to the pop up menu option for "Mouse pointer" to change the 
setting) so I could click on the "Settings" with VO-Shift-Space to bring up the 
menu options.  On a tip from the MacUpdate site, if you just want the files the 
target site, choose: Settings->General->Download Option->Get All Files in Same 
Directory for the pop up menu.  The default is set to "Get All Files on Same 
Server", which pulls down a huge number.  There are also "File Types" that let 
you specify only downloading certain types of files, and more "Advanced" menu 
setttings.

Sarah or somebody else might like to explore this and report back -- I checked 
it out on her site.  I think Dónal may want to explore the settings to use 
before handing this to his friend.

There's also supposed to be an iOS SiteSucker app for $1.99.

HTH.  Cheers,

Esther

On Sep 9, 2012, at 11:31 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote:

> I believe there is a guy version of WGet but it's so confusing to use I 
> dunno. I would also like to know if there is a safari download manager ad my 
> connection is so slow I can only do 1 file at a time. I want to be able to 
> queue stuff up  or like your friend access let's say all .ogg files on a 
> certain page with out using WGet.
> 
> Tc all.
> On Sep 9, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick  
> wrote:
> 
>> hi all,
>> 
>> Was asked this by a friend and I've no answer.
>> 
>> He is on a website where files are ordered in /folder/folder/file(s).  What 
>> he wants to do is point the browser at the folder and have it download all 
>> contents.  Note FTP is not an option.
>> 
>> I have recommended some command line methods to do this, but he wants a GUI 
>> based solution if one exists.  If FTP access were possible it would be a 
>> no-brainer and I'd just say use transmit, but I've tried it on this 
>> particular server and it doesn't work.  Any thoughts?
>> 
>> Dónal
>> Dónal Fitzpatrick
>> dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
>> 
>> 
>> 

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Re: download managers.

[Sarah Alawami]

I believe there is a guy version of WGet but it's so confusing to use I dunno. 
I would also like to know if there is a safari download manager ad my 
connection is so slow I can only do 1 file at a time. I want to be able to 
queue stuff up  or like your friend access let's say all .ogg files on a 
certain page with out using WGet.

Tc all.
On Sep 9, 2012, at 1:41 PM, Dónal Fitzpatrick  wrote:

> hi all,
> 
> Was asked this by a friend and I've no answer.
> 
> He is on a website where files are ordered in /folder/folder/file(s).  What 
> he wants to do is point the browser at the folder and have it download all 
> contents.  Note FTP is not an option.
> 
> I have recommended some command line methods to do this, but he wants a GUI 
> based solution if one exists.  If FTP access were possible it would be a 
> no-brainer and I'd just say use transmit, but I've tried it on this 
> particular server and it doesn't work.  Any thoughts?
> 
> Dónal
> Dónal Fitzpatrick
> dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie
> 
> 
> 
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download managers.

[Dónal Fitzpatrick]

hi all,

Was asked this by a friend and I've no answer.

He is on a website where files are ordered in /folder/folder/file(s).  What he 
wants to do is point the browser at the folder and have it download all 
contents.  Note FTP is not an option.

I have recommended some command line methods to do this, but he wants a GUI 
based solution if one exists.  If FTP access were possible it would be a 
no-brainer and I'd just say use transmit, but I've tried it on this particular 
server and it doesn't work.  Any thoughts?

Dónal
Dónal Fitzpatrick
dfitz...@computing.dcu.ie



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