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Speed Download combines four amazing products into one small and easy to use application:
- A turbo-charged download manager with auto-resuming downloads
- A fully featured secure FTP client
- A file sharing utility with full encryption
- And complete .Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity.
What's New
Version 5.3.0:
- New: Speed Download Extension to restore CMM functionality.
- New: Speed Download is now Intel only.
- Updated: Many performance tweaks.
Requirements
- Intel
- OS X 10.6.8 - 10.7.x
- Not officially supported in OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion or later
Speed Download User Discussion (Write a Review)
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| Downloads:466,816 |
| Version Downloads:93,153 |
| Type:Internet : Internet Utilities |
| License:Shareware |
| Date:24 Jan 2012 |
| Platform:Intel 32 / OS X |
| Price: $25.00 |
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Speed Download combines four amazing products into one small and easy to use application:
Key features:
- A turbo-charged download manager with auto-resuming downloads
- A fully featured secure FTP client
- A file sharing utility with full encryption
- And complete .Mac/iDisk/WEBDAV connectivity.
Key features:
- Turbo-charged downloads
- Auto-resuming downloads
- Browser Integration
- RSS newsreader integration
- MobileMe integration
- Built-in FTP client
- Encrypted file sharing
- Download YouTube videos!
- Full Rapidshare integration
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Bottacco reviewed on 06 Mar 2014
I will continue to use it until it stops working, because I have searched for a replacement and there is nothing that comes close to its features and integration.
I am sad the developer closed shop because it had several really good apps.
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Sam-A. reviewed on 24 Feb 2014
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What I don't like though is that they removed all their links to the software for those that want to download a copy for their archive. I was able to get a download from archive.org while traversing the Yazsoft site.
What I also don't like are the comments of some of those below. Perhaps they are some of the reasons that Yaz decided to just throw in the towel.
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Larcenous reviewed on 08 Feb 2014
Right now, the current version stands at 5.3, which SD was update to on January 24, 2012! That's nearly two YEARS ago as of this writing. Yes, there are some people who say it works for them in Mavericks or ML - and others who say it doesn't. My question for you, prospective buyer, is: do you want to shell out $25 for a "brand-new" piece of software that in reality hasn't been update in two years?
I loved SD for years; it was the most flexible (and prettiest) downloader around. But now the pretty interface just looks like a nice polish job on a three-week-old apple: shiny...but way past its prime. The Safari plugin doesn't work correctly anymore, there's probably at least one memory leak, and perhaps problems we're not even aware of - but which caused the developer, Yazsoft, to issue (in a footnote on their website) the disclaimer that SD does not work in ML or higher.
Skip this one, folks, unless and until Yazsoft decides to get off the dime and update their product.
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I've found two decent alternatives: Leech and iGetter.
Each has it's quirks and neither integrates into Safari like SD did.
I've licensed both and prefer Leech.
I searched for other products and tried what I found, including Folx and Jdownload. I'm using Leech (hoping for an update from ManyTricks) until something better comes along or Leech becomes incompatible with some future release of Safari.
Your milage may vary.
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Offline reviewed on 15 Nov 2013
It's a shame Yazsoft has abandoned it.
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I really loved this application.
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(and no, I don't work for them or know anyone who does. I'm just pissed at having been strung along for so long by Yazsoft).
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Anyone tried and liked anything else?
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That's a shame. I paid for this software twice over the years. I sang it's praises online at MacUpdate and elsewhere and told all my fellow Mac geek friends to purchase it as well.
I know all good things come to an end, I'm just bummed.
I've uninstalled SD for good. If you're looking for an alternative, the only one worth trying, in my opinion, is iGetter. I used that for years before SD and it was always faster. I just thought SD was prettier.
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http://yazsoft.com/products/speed-download/downloads/
Yet in our (and many users) unofficial usafe, it still seems to work fine. So a lot of users do still benefit from it, esp. those that don't necessarily always update to the latest version of Mac OS X. There is no false advertising or facts posted on our website. If SD does not work for you, then simply don't use it. No one is forcing you to.
Thank you for your understanding.
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Thank you once again for your understanding.
While is may work fine, SD is NOT officially supported in Mountain Lion or later. TRY it out for FREE FIRST before deciding on whether you want to keep it or not.
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BTW SD latest works fine on Mavericks. Only the Safari extension gives troubles !
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I've licensed igetter as a replacement for the functionality Speed Download provided to me in the past.
I liked your product and understand you make business decisions based upon the criteria you've determined to be important.
Good luck with your other products in the future (unless there's something coming out that you haven't mentioned on your site, I don't see myself retaining a relationship with you).
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Oirudleahcim reviewed on 18 Oct 2013
Many basic features have quit functioning, such as revealing the downloaded file in the Finder, available both as a button and as a right-click option.
I paid a decent chunk of change for this app not long ago and am miffed to see that it's not being supported, developed or improved any more. I'm not even sure if it actually does what it's supposed to do.
If I'm not using Safari, I use DownThemAll for speedy browser downloads. Plus DownThemAll handles a vast number of file types and can even ferret out parts of web pages that are supposedly un-downloadable and download them.
I think Speed Download's developers took the money and ran or just never made enough to keep the product going. But they've never made any announcements and you wouldn't know from their website that this is half-assware.
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flash1296gmailcom8977 reviewed on 14 Oct 2013
It is now "orphan ware"
I am running OS X 10.9 "Mavericks"
This is why I despise paying good money
for software, as so often they are abandoned !
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Pugwash reviewed on 11 Sep 2013
1/From Speed Download help: "Resume Safari downloaded files with Speed Download! If you have downloaded a file with Safari partially, you can resume its download reliably with Speed Download. Simply drag and drop the Safari .download file onto the Speed Download icon in the dock, or into the 'My Downloads' section, and watch your file complete 100%." Neither of these methods work.
2/ Downloading from the right click contextual menu doesn't work. I appreciate that this the help says this may not work with some sites but I've had Speed Download 5.3 for a while now and it has never worked.
Hopefully these browser integration issues will work in version 6.
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I meant to say "WAS" great.
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http://yazsoft.com/products/speed-download/
Towards the bottom of the page. Please let us know what you think by EMAIL to info@yazsoft.com
You're also welcome to comment on the forum:
http://www.yazsoft.com/f/
Thanks for your support and input.
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Mountain Lion came out about a month later, and that was it: SD5 was no longer supported. So, this software I'd been so pleased to get in a bundle was now junked, and the evidence strongly suggested it was no longer supported or under development.
Now, the dev has the gall to step forward and magnanimously declare SD6, which will undoubtedly be a paid upgrade? It doesn't make me trust the dev, and it certainly puts me off the Bundle culture.
*shrug* Support and input is a two-way street, Yazsoft…
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Stop the world I want to get off!Hehehe!!!
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Speed Download 5.2.29 is Intel only. 5.2.28 is the last universal build.
System Requirements:
------>>>>Mac OS X 10.6.8 - 10.7.x
Not supported in Mountain Lion.< < < < < < -----
A popular Mac OS X internet browser.
Any Internet connection.
SD 5 is OS X Lion compatible.
Yazsoft, explain that statement in a public forum, please. And when Mountain Lion was introduced, if you were professional at all, not to mention simply POLITE, you would have emailed registered users to let them know SD wouldn't work correctly under Mountain Lion and if and/or when you were going to correct the situation.
You skipped fixing SD under Mountain Lion because you were already working on the Mavericks version? PUH-LEEEZ!
Blatant fraudsters!
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As I've said in several reviews on MU, SD is still the best download manager, the Gold Standard, for mac even though it's not officially supported. Take that as you will - damning for new download managers, but sad for mac users in need of a download manager.
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I've emailed support about this, hopefully this'll be resolved soon.
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I had some trouble with Speeddownload crashing every time it's launched for the first time when I initiate a download with Safari. Since I updated to Safari 5.1.7 with Lion 10.7.4 everything went back to normal. Allelulia
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Despite choosing Assign to > All Desktops from the Dock menu, it stays on the desktop it was launched on and ONLY that desktop. Clicking on a download link then results in the active desktop being switched to wherever SD has its window. It's a total pain.
Would be nice if it could have an option to start up in mini-mode, too.
(Also, the bandwidth throttle goes up to 1000K/s. I wish I could download that fast — my connection tops out at 180K on a good day! It would be better if we could set our maximum download speed, then have the slider set options between 0 and that speed…)
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Further, the forums at Yazsoft have been locked precluding any user feedback or community interaction on this or other issues.
From a customer relations standpoint, would be great to hear from the developer about the SD programming challenges posed by Safari 5.1.
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Crashes on launch on my Leopard install, which is odd, because usually, versions of apps for Snow Leopard and later have an icon with a translucent "No symbol" overlaid, and display a compatibility message when one tries to launch them.
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Tried iGetter before, it worked for it. But because of today's promo, bought Speed Download.
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Ochre rated on 16 Sep 2013
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Lebeis rated on 29 Nov 2012
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