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DESCRIPTION
DownloadComment places the original URL of a downloaded file into the Finder Comments area of that file, allowing you to retrieve the data by using the "Get Info" command. This functionality was part of Netscape on OS 9 but is missing from Safari. DownloadComment brings it back.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 1.2.1 adds support for Safari 3 final release including Leopard support.
REQUIREMENTS
Safari 1.2 or later.

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Developer:Ecamm Network
Downloads:12,449
  - Version d/l:3,782
Internet:Internet Utilities
License:Free
Date:23 Dec 2007
Platform:PPC/Intel
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    Feb 21 2008

    REAL_MACINFO  DownloadComment is great because it also puts the download path in the file comment if you drag&drop some file (e.g. an image) into your finder windows or to the desktop!

    Therefore: Great little helper!  
    (Version 1.2.1)

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    Dec 23 2007

    JOHN SAWYER CJS  Am I the only one who DOESN'T see URLs automatically added to the Get Info window for Safari web archive files that I save, when I don't use DownloadComment? I haven't seen URLs in a Finder Get Info window for any Safari web archive files for as long as I can remember, including Safari 2 and 3. What am I missing?  
    (Version 1.2.1)

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    Dec 25 2007

    ELEGRAPHY  Huh? Of course you won't see URL saved in your Get Info Spotlight Comments if you didn't use DonwloadComment.  
    (Version 1.2.1)

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    Dec 27 2007

    JOHN SAWYER CJS  elegraphy:

    If you'd bothered to read the reviews I was responding to, you would have read things like this:

    shockerspaz:

    "I dont get it. Am I the only one that already has this functionality in Safari 3?

    sjk responds:

    Even Safari 2 already adds that "Where from" (kMDItemWhereFroms) Spotlight metadata without using DownloadComment, but I don't know if Safari 3 adds the download URL to Spotlight comments without DownloadComment (Safari 2 doesn't).

    shockerspaz responds:

    it sure does!

    sjk responds:

    If Safari 3 saves download URLs both as "Where from" (kMDItemWhereFroms) metadata *and* as Spotlight comments then can anyone think of a reason to still use DownloadComment?

    xxxciter says:

    "This is already done automatically in Mac OS X 10.4 (maybe earlier) and Safari 2 !!!"

    So elegraphy, tell me how all that can be interpreted in any other way, than several people saying that what DownloadComment does, is automatically done in OS 10.4? Hence my question.

    Of course, xxxciter clouds the issue by including a link to a utility that does essentially what DownloadComment does, instead of proving that OS 10.4 does it all by itself.  
    (Version 1.2.1)

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    Feb 21 2008

    REAL_MACINFO  One thing that regular Safari 3 on 10.4.x doesn't do:

    If you drag&drop a file (e.g. an image) to your finder it doesn't add the download path to the file comment.

    With DownloadComment Installed it does!

    Hope that helps. ;-)  
    (Version 1.2.1)

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    Feb 21 2008

    JOHN SAWYER CJS  real_macinfo: We already know that Safari doesn't automatically add a web page's URL to a saved copy of that web page, and that DownloadComment's purpose is to add that capability.  
    (Version 1.2.1)

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    Dec 23 2007
    *****

    TICE  Yes!!!! Finally again and on on Leopard! This little pluggy is just a neat add-on. How often does somebody ask "Hey where's that desktop picture from" I I haven't any idea. Thanks! : )  
    (Version 1.2.1)

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    Aug 12 2007

    BILL B  Yes, lets have this for Camino!!  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Aug 15 2007

    LEONCAHUN  Yes, pleaaaaaaase!  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Dec 23 2007

    MRHOOKS  I would love to see this for Camino as well.  
    (Version 1.2.1)

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    Aug 6 2007

    SHOCKERSPAZ  I dont get it. Am I the only one that already has this functionality in Safari 3?  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Aug 7 2007

    SJK  Even Safari 2 already adds that "Where from" (kMDItemWhereFroms) Spotlight metadata without using DownloadComment, but I don't know if Safari 3 adds the download URL to Spotlight comments without DownloadComment (Safari 2 doesn't).  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Aug 7 2007

    SHOCKERSPAZ  it sure does!  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Aug 7 2007

    SJK  If Safari 3 saves download URLs both as "Where from" (kMDItemWhereFroms) metadata *and* as Spotlight comments then can anyone think of a reason to still use DownloadComment? Since it's an Input Manager it'll probably not work with Leopard anyway.  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Aug 8 2007

    KASPESLA  Also, DownloadComment writes the URL in cases where Safari doesn't, like dragging images to the desktop.  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Aug 8 2007

    SJK  > … dragging images to the desktop

    Thanks for reminding me DC is responsible for that. It's the only reason I need to keep using DC until generic Safari does the same thing (if ever).  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Nov 9 2006

    XXXCITER  This is already done automatically in Mac OS X 10.4 (maybe earlier) and Safari 2 !!!

    (see Get Info window: More Info section: "Where From")

    Mac Pro Tip:

    http://www.apple.com/pro/tips/downloadsource.html  
    (Version 1.1.1)

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    Dec 29 2006

    SJK  Copying/moving items across volumes, rebuilding the Spotlight index, and other actions will remove that "Where from" (kMDItemWhereFroms) metadata. Information in the Spotlight (Finder) comment field that DownloadComment uses is stored in .DS_Store files. Both methods are fragile, but kMDItemWhereFroms more than .DS_Store (IMO).  
    (Version 1.1.1)

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    Aug 8 2007

    KASPESLA  Also, DownloadComment writes the URL in cases where Safari doesn't, like dragging images to the desktop.  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Jul 14 2006
    *****

    LORIN RIVERS  This thing is so valuable and when you end up with a bad download, you can find out where it came from.

    I love this thing!  
    (Version 1.1.1)

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    Feb 26 2006

    MAKAI  OK, so how about DownloadComment for Camino?  
    (Version 1.1.1)

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    Feb 26 2006

    SJK  Have you suggested that to the CamiTools developer?  
    (Version 1.1.1)

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    Aug 12 2007

    BILL B  Yes, lets have this for Camino!!  
    (Version 1.2)

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    Feb 25 2006
    *****

    DARTH BROOKS  Thanks for this, Ecamm, I had almost forgotten about that old OS 9 feature.  
    (Version 1.1.1)

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    Oct 18 2005

    ANONYMOUS  Pleasepleaseplease give us a FireFox version as well... It amazes me how 'modern browser' developers manage to turn a blind eye on features that have been around and useful since back in the middle of the 90s.  
    (Version 1.1)

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    Oct 18 2005

    ANONYMOUS  But FF is supposed to be cross-platform, and the file comments in this case are Mac-specific. I know there are features (no, I'm NOT affiliated with the Mozilla team in any way) people want to see in FF/Mozilla on their specific platform, but without getting into Camino, that probably means they'd have to have separate teams working on versions for each platform.

    Okay, enough rambling. :P  
    (Version 1.1)

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    Feb 25 2006

    STRONGMANTIM  This could be done with a plugin for Firefox. There are lots of Windows-only plugins, so surely OS X should have some of its own, too.  
    (Version 1.1.1)

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    Apr 16 2006

    MACCENTRIC  YES, let us have a mac-only extension.

    Pertty please?  
    (Version 1.1.1)

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