DownloadComment

Name: DownloadComment
Rating: 4.9583 (5 reviews)

1.2.1

23 December 2007

Place d/l URL in archive Get Info window.

Overview

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 in DownloadComment

Version 1.2.1

Adds support for Safari 3 final release including Leopard support.

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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?

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Version 1.2.1

Hmm, DC has mysteriously disappeared from the developer's site; currently only Movie Tools is listed on the Mac Freeware from Ecamm Network page.

Version 1.2.1

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!

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Version 1.2.1

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Version 1.2.1

3 answer(s)

Elegraphy

26 December 2007

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

John-Sawyer-CJS

28 December 2007

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.

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Version 1.2.1

John-Sawyer-CJS

21 February 2008

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

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

Yes, lets have this for Camino!!

Version 1.2

2 answer(s)

Leoncahun

15 August 2007

Yes, pleaaaaaaase!

Version 1.2

Mrhooks

23 December 2007

I would love to see this for Camino as well.

Version 1.2.1

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

Version 1.2

5 answer(s)

sjk

07 August 2007

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

Shockerspaz

07 August 2007

it sure does!

Version 1.2

sjk

07 August 2007

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

Kaspesla

08 August 2007

Also, DownloadComment writes the URL in cases where Safari doesn't, like dragging images to the desktop.

Version 1.2

sjk

08 August 2007

> … 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

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

2 answer(s)

sjk

30 December 2006

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

Kaspesla

08 August 2007

Also, DownloadComment writes the URL in cases where Safari doesn't, like dragging images to the desktop.

Version 1.2

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

OK, so how about DownloadComment for Camino?

Version 1.1.1

1 answer(s)

Bill-B

12 August 2007

Yes, lets have this for Camino!!

Version 1.2