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Safari’s hidden secret

Listen up Mac users. You may already know this, but I didn’t until the other day, and it really comes in handy. Safari has a little tool called the Activity Window, which can be accessed by going to going to “Window > Activity” (shortcut: alt + apple + a). In here you can see every file that the website you are viewing is calling upon. The brilliant thing is that by double clicking any one of these files, it will download straight to your desktop.

Where is the activity window

Considering you would most likely want to download a file containing video or audio, look in the column on the right to see its size. By process of elimination you will see that the biggest file will be the one you want.

The activity window

So if you happened to be on YouTube, you could download any video you wanted. Similarly, if you were on MySpace, and had no respect for copyright law, you could download anything you wanted.

This, if you didn’t know it already, could save a lot of people a lot of time (and money).

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  1. 1

    Joel Laumans said,

    May 20, 2007 at 20:32 ()

    Whoa! Good to know.. never knew that existed.. but then again, I use FFox on the mac...
    thanks for the tip though!
    ++recommend

  2. 2

    elmimmo said,

    May 21, 2007 at 12:13 ()

    No QuickTime files, though. Apparently, the plug-in hides info to the browser…

  3. 3

    Mam said,

    May 21, 2007 at 12:47 ()

    Similar method with Firefox => http://www.korben.info/telecharger-nimporte-quel-contenu-sur-les-sites-de-diffusions-de-videos-et-mp3.html

  4. 4

    Big Joe said,

    May 21, 2007 at 12:48 ()

    Big deal. This is older than dirt news.

    Also, you didn't write what to do with the file once it's downloaded. You can't just double click and watch it. Doesn't work that way.

  5. 5

    Penter said,

    May 21, 2007 at 12:51 ()

    That's really handy and helpful!! Cheers!

  6. 6

    JeffMills said,

    May 21, 2007 at 12:54 ()

    "...and had no respect for copywrite law, you could download anything you wanted."

    Just so you know ... you already downloaded it in the first place. All you have to do is move/copy it to another directory. I don't see any copyright issues there.

  7. 7

    MarFan said,

    May 21, 2007 at 13:29 ()

    FF has "Page Info" under the tools menu that does the same thing. Thanks for the Safari hint!

  8. 8

    D Cootey said,

    May 21, 2007 at 13:45 ()

    Double clicking didn't work for me, but holding down the option key, then double clicking, DID work.

    Out of curiosity. Once you have a YouTube vid on your desktop, what program do you use to watch it?

    ~Douglas
    The Splintered Mind - Overcoming Neurological Disabilities With Lots Of Humor And Attitude

  9. 9

    Sovok said,

    May 21, 2007 at 14:23 ()

    Nice screenshots :>

  10. 10

    R031E5 said,

    May 21, 2007 at 14:25 ()

    You can do this in Firefox too without any extension, just right click the page and go to View Page Info, then click the Media tab and select an element, finally hit the Save As button and voilà!

  11. 11

    stephen said,

    May 21, 2007 at 17:59 ()

    files from youtube can be dropped onto the iSquint window and converted to mp4 or other formats. iSquint is a free app. Go to their website to read about it. You can also buy professional versions. Works quite well!

  12. 12

    themacthinker said,

    May 21, 2007 at 18:37 ()

    Great tip. I have used it quite a few times.
    I actually helps download some file that some websites think that they have hidden...
    ---------
    http://www.mostofmymac.com

  13. 13

    Richard said,

    May 21, 2007 at 20:58 ()

    in firefox:
    TOOLS>PAGE INFO> MEADIA

    this is old, who cares

  14. 14

    Paul said,

    May 21, 2007 at 21:04 ()

    I wouldn't exactly say "ANY" file.. PHP is still processed server-side. ;-P

  15. 15

    Chris said,

    May 21, 2007 at 21:32 ()

    Actually, with the right plug-in for quicktime (Perian from perian.org), you can just double click a .flv file (flash video, a.k.a. the format youtube uses) or any of quite a few other file types.

  16. 16

    Matty said,

    May 21, 2007 at 22:49 ()

    I had trouble downloading a song from peoples myspace pages.

  17. 17

    mc said,

    May 21, 2007 at 22:00 ()

    Big Joe is a real bitch.

  18. 18

    Chris said,

    May 21, 2007 at 23:15 ()

    Yo, nice article, but-- it's not "alt-apple," it's option-command. The "alt" label is provided for Windows compatibility, and the Apple logo is a holdover from the old Apple II. In the Mac world, these keys are called "option" and "command" respectively. Welcome to Macintosh!

  19. 19

    Jason G said,

    May 21, 2007 at 23:40 ()

    I was just looking for a solution like this over the weekend, but ran into a bit of a snag, perhaps someone here can help...

    I'm trying to grab the FLV of an NBC video and I can't quite figure out where the heck it's being served from. I found a SMIL file in the network requests:

    http://video.nbcuni.com/wtvj/smil/64_30158CC3_3705D_C118D_C1000_3BA864ADF.smil


    That SMIL has these FLV file references:



    But any URL combo I use doesn't see to result in the FLV, for example you would think this would work:

    http://video.nbcuni.com/nbcu/wtvj/64_30158CC3_3705D_C118D_C1000_3BA864ADF_0500.flv

    But no such luck. Any ideas?

    I've looked around online and read some things about RTMP protocol and not being able to rip FLV's served that way. Know anything about that?


    Source page of video for reference: http://video.nbc6.net/player/?id=105414

  20. 20

    Vinod said,

    May 22, 2007 at 06:37 ()

    Can u suggest similar thing for IE.

  21. 21

    Corralejo Casique said,

    May 22, 2007 at 08:30 ()

    Then,you need to dowload the free media player Wimpy FLV Player,is free, and welcome new videos."VIVA CORRALEJO DURANGO"

    by Oscar Lopez(gordito)

  22. 22

    Thomas Swift said,

    May 22, 2007 at 08:52 ()

    double clicking it, will make it open in a new window if it's something safari will understang, like graphics etc.

  23. 23

    subcorpus said,

    May 22, 2007 at 10:00 ()

    useful tip ...
    thanks for sharing ...

  24. 24

    IanTheTall said,

    May 22, 2007 at 19:14 ()

    How funny that I would find something so useful, while looking for information about someone who has the same stage name as your actual name.

  25. 25

    Motorcycle Guy said,

    May 24, 2007 at 23:41 ()

    That's awesome that this is built in.

  26. 26

    Mitch said,

    May 28, 2007 at 13:32 ()

    Nice tip, but it does not seem to work for .swf (Flash) files. Double-clicking on a .swf file only creates a new window for the Flash file to play in.

  27. 27

    Joe said,

    May 29, 2007 at 22:41 ()

    Didn't work for Myspace music.

  28. 28

    medications said,

    June 5, 2007 at 12:56 ()

    VERY GOOD WEBSITE!I LIKE IT.

  29. 29

    Ramzi said,

    June 18, 2007 at 17:54 ()

    Useless, You just play the downloaded files again, once you close the site you loose the files!!

  30. 30

    wohoo said,

    June 21, 2007 at 14:04 ()

    Thanx alot mate now i`m going to save both seasons of Prison Break FLV files, much better than frigging torrents.

  31. 31

    Brian said,

    July 1, 2007 at 15:09 ()

    Option (Alt) double click works for Quicktime files.
    You can view most file types with VCL at the following
    http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

  32. 32

    x141 said,

    July 7, 2007 at 06:58 ()

    Does anyone know any way to do this in IE?

  33. 33

    liquidicity said,

    July 7, 2007 at 13:54 ()

    x141, I don't use IE, I'm not sure if anyy one here does, hopefully they can help you ;-)

    One recommendation, though - Firefox?

  34. 34

    Klimtone said,

    July 15, 2007 at 07:16 ()

    For those who had trouble copying from Myspace remember that one has to double-click the "large file" (in the activity window) while it is loading, and then when the loading has just begun, One will then see another window appear. After seeing that the file has loaded, save as "song name.mp3". Double click on that file and it loads into iTunes.

    This is usually a crappy mp3 file though. An AIFF or AAC is superior.

    I hope this helps.

  35. 35

    Dave said,

    July 20, 2007 at 02:09 ()

    Thats good information, thanks

  36. 36

    Dinks said,

    July 20, 2007 at 14:19 ()

    Firebug to firefox !!

  37. 37

    Vardis said,

    July 20, 2007 at 16:45 ()

    Cool!

  38. 38

    chic said,

    August 5, 2007 at 21:30 ()

    thanks for all!
    I was looking for something to rip myspace music

  39. 39

    gastroboy said,

    August 14, 2007 at 22:54 ()

    You forgot to say that it will turn up on your desktop with no extension. You will need to add .flv if it is a flash file and then get Perian to be able to play it in QuickTime.

  40. 40

    gastroboy said,

    August 14, 2007 at 22:58 ()

    btw If you can't tell which file is the movie it is usually the largest and yes you do need to hold down the option key whilst you double click on the file name.

    Keep in mind that it will be DLing for a second time.

    ie it takes twice the DL to get the file. Once in Safari then again for this DL.

  41. 41

    Johnny B said,

    August 29, 2007 at 13:57 ()

    I am trying to save an MSN Concert - Crowded House to be exact. They just placed it on their site - I was at the show. Any suggestions?

  42. 42

    file2hd said,

    August 31, 2007 at 12:07 ()

    Download any file from any url with file2hd.com

    http://file2hd.com

  43. 43

    KDY said,

    September 2, 2007 at 19:55 ()

    Extremely helpful information.
    Thank you for sharing!

  44. 44

    francisco said,

    September 4, 2007 at 04:18 ()

    hey, now when i download a video from youtuve using that active thing... how do i open that file cuz i cant, someone tell me, it doesnt have an .exe thing... help

  45. 45

    booclan00 said,

    September 5, 2007 at 17:01 ()

    I've tried using all the techniques mentioned but I'm still having no luck downloading. The one I found to be the easiest was the option click technique but the results were a text file instead of video. Please help.

    Thanks

    Booclan00

  46. 46

    michael thomas said,

    September 26, 2007 at 18:43 ()

    i am trying to get this video from this link and i have tried everyway i can think of and nothing is working

    http://268generation.com/videoplayer/player.php?videoid=p072&quality=hi

  47. 47

    WaltTrombone said,

    October 4, 2007 at 14:39 ()

    Thanks! Great tip! Even though it's old hat to some, it was still new to me. The other comments that pointed me to Perian.org were also great, now I can ditch flvThing, and just use Quicktime Player.

    Thanks, all!

  48. 48

    Astralis said,

    October 4, 2007 at 22:26 ()

    Impossible to work with the RMTP protocol. Don't waste your time.

  49. 49

    donkyk said,

    October 7, 2007 at 22:11 ()

    All you have to do for quiktime files is drag the like in your downloads window. To open down loads window - Window>downloads

  50. 50

    Erik said,

    October 12, 2007 at 06:00 ()

    Anybody know if obtaining music from Pandora is possible? I'm not sure what the method is.

    Thanks!

  51. 51

    JT said,

    October 12, 2007 at 19:14 ()

    By the way, for anyone having problems with this method on YouTube videos, an alternative is http://vixy.net.

    It can convert FLV and SWF to AVI, MPEG4 or MP3 audio, and process YouTube videos without you having to find the .flv file.

    Very useful.

  52. 52

    echo said,

    October 12, 2007 at 22:23 ()

    @Erik: I think there used to be a firefox addon (or maybe still is) that could download directly from Pandora, although I'm not aware of any definite methods enabling downloads from Pandora.

  53. 53

    Blake Brannon said,

    October 30, 2007 at 03:43 ()

    This is an excellent find. Thanks for the help.

  54. 54

    sdsd said,

    January 13, 2008 at 18:08 ()

    now want to try

  55. 55

    Chris L said,

    January 28, 2008 at 16:06 ()

    Awesome, this is a great tip and certainly new to me and I'm sure many others too! Thanks a million

  56. 56

    Jones said,

    February 4, 2008 at 05:46 ()

    this is great, thanks a lotttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt

  57. 57

    david said,

    March 13, 2008 at 00:30 ()

    doesnt seem to work w/ downloading myspace songs .. using firefox or safari
    did they change security or something??

    followed instructions in comment #44.. but "save as" is ghosted

  58. 58

    My space freind id=197312674 said,

    March 14, 2008 at 00:28 ()

    Hrrrmmm
    how old is this, doesnt seem to work on mine
    i think il just stick to WwW,file2hd,c0m
    fix it when you put it into your url

  59. 59

    Arif said,

    March 29, 2008 at 09:04 ()

    Hey, Hey, now that's handy. Thanks so much for the tip. It helped me download audio discussion of David Allen with his team of the new Getting Starting Module from GTD Connect site.

    Cheers!
    Arif

    Ps. Way-cool screenshots!

  60. 60

    Plastonick said,

    April 1, 2008 at 10:35 ()

    To anyone wondering:

    To veiw the video, simply put it in your movies folder and open up Front Row.

    -Plastonick

  61. 61

    Plastonick said,

    April 1, 2008 at 10:36 ()

    Addition:

    Obviously you will have to navigate to that folder from Front Row ;)

    -Plastonick

  62. 62

    Nykki said,

    April 26, 2008 at 22:17 ()

    I have been trying to save a video from the internet. Now I have tired a few suggestions from here, but nothing works. I used the Safari method, but I have Safari on a PC not Mac. Assuming you MUST have a Mac. I looked at the file2 dot com site. Nada. Any suggestions for a PC user?

  63. 63

    MDC said,

    April 28, 2008 at 01:16 ()



    it works for me on safari but on firefox i cannot find the video file. How do i do it?

  64. 64

    kiko said,

    May 15, 2008 at 02:36 ()

    nice soft ware

  65. 65

    SamThor said,

    June 4, 2008 at 10:43 ()

    How did I miss that? Simple, efficient... Thanks for the tip.

    For those who use FireFox, I just found an extension on Mozilla Addons that does a cool job: it's called outwit (see outwit.com). It downloads files and images automatically, you can grab all sorts of data and media very easily. In Google Images, for example it finds the HiRes pictures. Worth trying. http://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7271

    Hope this helps.

  66. 66

    k06a said,

    June 7, 2008 at 11:18 ()

    Respect!))) Enough helpful))

  67. 67

    Thurana said,

    June 17, 2008 at 18:09 ()

    I just found out that Safari user under PC should use Ctrl+DoubleClick on the file they want to download.

    Hope this will help.

    P.S: Question for the admin --> about the screenshots, do you use any software (if so, may I know the software) or just edited from ordinary screenshot? Thx.

  68. 68

    G said,

    June 18, 2008 at 19:18 ()

    Hi there Thurana,

    The screenshots were taken using Grab on OS X, and then edited and aligned using Adobe Illustrator.

    We use a consistent in house template to create the indented design that you see on all liquidicity posts.

    Thanks ;-)

  69. 69

    Sylvie said,

    August 8, 2008 at 09:38 ()

    Interesting for SAFARI users. As I'm a Firefox user, I use OutWit Hub, a new and powerful Web collection engine. It helps you download files (pictures, avi video, documents), data table, etc in very few cicks. very simple to use and to grab tons of your favorite pictures.
    Hope you will enjoy it

  70. 70

    Derick said,

    August 15, 2008 at 17:43 ()

    I'll love to watch live tv online thanks

  71. 71

    Mo0m0oSaZn said,

    August 31, 2008 at 19:38 ()

    It didn't work. All it does is open the page a new browser.

  72. 72

    Nigel Brock said,

    September 4, 2008 at 21:24 ()

    Copy-write does not usually relate to personal use (UK). Only if you intend to deprive the artist of his just reward. Graphics on the web has usually already been paid for unlike music piracy.

  73. 73

    G said,

    September 4, 2008 at 23:26 ()

    Nigel, downloading something for your own use (such as a music video uploaded to YouTube without the artist's permission) can still be in breach of copyright laws (even in the UK).

    It is highly likely that no one will ever find out about downloading some files from the web without the copyright owner's permission, but we don't endorse it.

    I always think to myself online - "Does this artist deserve my support?" Being a content producer myself I suppose I have learned to appreciate how much effort some people put in to some of the stuff they distribute online.

  74. 74

    anwar said,

    October 30, 2008 at 21:10 ()

    thakyou ty

  75. 75

    WestIron said,

    November 10, 2008 at 08:48 ()

    For Swf file, press command+option+a, then copy the link to Safari's address box, press return, after it can be played, you then press command+shift+s to save as the swf which you need. Next time if you wanna play the swf file again, just drag it to your Safari.
    cheer

  76. 76

    James said,

    November 10, 2008 at 21:11 ()

    Nice one Westiron, I didn't know that trick. Nice find.

  77. 77

    marcellas said,

    January 4, 2009 at 03:28 ()

    Thankyou

  78. 78

    mike said,

    January 25, 2009 at 10:00 ()

    how would you download a particular video such as using live paint and live trace in the illustrator section from here: http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/video_workshop/

  79. 79

    mike said,

    January 25, 2009 at 10:07 ()

    outwit hub crashes firefox when you try to download video from the adobe site.

  80. 80

    Bammer said,

    January 31, 2009 at 21:24 ()

    Dude.... Ive been trying to do this and I cant ever get it to work. It always says FORBIDDEN 403.
    Any suggestions?

    Thanks.

  81. 81

    saket said,

    February 13, 2009 at 02:02 ()

    i am unable to download visualstudo.net video file in .swf format one with u r procedure

    when ever double click the .swf file it opens the same link in another page

    i am unable download it help

  82. 82

    drunkfinger said,

    February 28, 2009 at 14:21 ()

    I've tried using all the techniques mentioned but I'm still having no luck downloading. I've tried the option click technique as well but the results were a text file instead of video. Could you help me please? www.file2hd is out of order I believe.
    thanx folks!

  83. 83

    PAUL said,

    March 21, 2009 at 05:18 ()

    Thankyou, thankyou, thankyou. You are a complete and utter legend. I was just about to spend who knows how much BUT I read your post and downloaded a big FLV without problems. Cheers.

  84. 84

    Ajtgarber said,

    April 19, 2009 at 14:08 ()

    It only opened it on my computer it never downloaded anything

  85. 85

    BASSBUGG said,

    April 24, 2009 at 16:59 ()

    HELPPP I WANT TO DOWNLOAD FROM PANDORA

  86. 86

    James said,

    April 24, 2009 at 18:03 ()

    OK after a few people complaining here and there I think a few things have changed since the publishing of this post.

    Safari 4 (and later versions of Safari 3) have almost certainly adapted the Activity Window to make it more difficult to download files simply by double clicking. I am not sure it is impossible now, but it is definitely not always as easy as it was when this post was written.

    Also, this does not work on every site - sites like Pandora are obviously paranoid about people like us (and you) downloading the music that they stream for free and don't want to lose any trust that they may have been lucky enough to gain with the record labels. Don't be surprised if sites like Pandora are going out of their way to make it near impossible for anything to be downloaded, and for download-able files to be of a playable format once on your computer.

    I hope you understand, but just remember - where there's a will there's a way. Keep searching! Peace.

  87. 87

    anda said,

    May 29, 2009 at 21:30 ()

    pleaaaaaaasee heeeeeelp....so...i download something from safari in my ipod....and when the download end she said: " you're file is in the download folder....well i don't know where is the download folder in my ipod touch...please help! please please please i'm desperead!!!!!!!!! thanks

  88. 88

    solo said,

    July 30, 2009 at 06:52 ()

    worked for me bro on windows safari 4.0. Thanks I was looking for a plugin to do this

  89. 89

    MiiSan said,

    August 29, 2009 at 02:24 ()

    It dosen't work on imeem T_T

    When I click on the flv file it shows me "404 not found"

    Thanks anyway ^^

  90. 90

    Theo said,

    October 15, 2009 at 16:40 ()

    You might have to hold down the alt and cmd key then double click, thats what worked for me

  91. 91

    lewis said,

    October 24, 2009 at 03:58 ()

    Thanks thanks! works great in safari 4.0.3! Thanks again!

  92. 92

    thisis9 said,

    October 24, 2009 at 04:55 ()

    Question: I can not detect any of those flash video files when they're streamed/played with JW Flash Player in a website in Safari. Because of that, I can not download them. With files played by Adobe Flash Player, you can detect this video files easily (monitoring Activity window in Safari) and just grab them. Solution, any one? Thanks.

  93. 93

    unknown said,

    November 4, 2009 at 16:04 ()

    i want to download this software

  94. 94

    Frankie said,

    December 13, 2009 at 22:57 ()

    To you having trouble downloading things (small files or youtube-concerts): try Realplayer. In IE it installs it self as a plugin giving u the opportunity to save. After that u can convert it to the most used media types ie. mp3.

  95. 95

    vickie MS said,

    January 7, 2010 at 00:12 ()

    my god...i have been having absolutely NO LUCK whatsoever...i really would like to save this vid to show my friend - and i have no idea how to do so...this is the link where the vid is at. (no, my Activity doesnt work either...i cant even find the vid on the list - which is what i always do with youtube vids)

    http://www.jackassworld.com/blog/2010/01/01/happy-new-year/

    yes..i know the vid is silly - but if someone could help with the saving/downloading bit - i"d be very grateful!
    and happy new year!

  96. 96

    Johan Nissen said,

    April 4, 2010 at 02:47 ()

    If you are using safari on windows hold Alt Gr while double clicking this started the download fore me.

  97. 97

    jerome said,

    April 13, 2010 at 00:32 ()

    i tried downloading a video from the basement.com and when i double clicked the mp4 file that was loading it brought up a new window that was loading nothng but endless text/scrpt, any ideas on this sure would be appreciated.

  98. 98

    alexioualexios said,

    May 10, 2010 at 21:37 ()

    on Safari 4.0.5

    works with cmd + alt + double click...

    NOT just a double click or cmd+double click...

    try it in hidden file at http://www.skai.gr/player/Radio/?MMID=113021 if you want it...

    thanks a lot...
    Bye bye...

  99. 99

    hmamn4 said,

    July 30, 2010 at 01:47 ()

    ok does anyone know how to do this on the latest Safari version 5.0.1 ... need help lol ... i know you can click it using option double click but nothing shows up on my activity with enough megs to be a song. help is appreciated.

  100. 100

    Leticia said,

    August 31, 2010 at 21:48 ()

    I've always known about this and used it many times, but one website in particular that I wanted to download videos from (which I have done successfully through this method in the past) now seems to offer some kind of protection because the video is impossible to download. It's easily identifiable in the activities list, but it has no extension. An advertisement plays before it and I can download that (which is an .mp4 file), but the actual video won't download or open in a separate safari window. When you double click it, even when holding the option button or opt+cmd as was suggested, it opens up the safari downloads list but then says "no permissions to read file" and fails. When you try to open the video in another safari window it'll give you a page with the quicktime logo and a question mark. Also, the file name goes something like this:
    http://flashvideo.whatever bla bla bla .mp4? and then a bunch of numbers after the question mark, and it seems, when trying to download, that it only reads up to the .mp4, ignoring the video id after the question mark. Finally, I tried keepvid.com (with the direct link to the video) and file2hd.com (with a link to the page) and both say there are no video files to be found.

    Any ideas on how I could find a way to download the video? I can see that they obviously don't want it downloaded, but it's footage from a local news station and I'm in it!!! So I really wanted to have it.

    I appreciate any ideas. Thanks!

  101. 101

    lily said,

    September 2, 2010 at 12:02 ()

    HMAMN4,

    like ALEXIOUALEXIOS said,

    works with cmd + alt + double click...

    its downloading. im using safari 5 as welll

    thanks ALEXIOUALEXIOS =)

  102. 102

    Jordan Saks said,

    September 14, 2010 at 01:44 ()

    Hi, I was using "Download helper" A Fire fox add on but after updating it to a newer version, it won't let me stream myspace MP3s any more.. Now it asks me to install additional software and then fire fox freezes.. But That worked for me for the longest time.

    with File2HD I can't figure it out. I enter the link to the myspace, and then 4 files come up like this:

    http://myspace.com/Inlets - Bright Orange Air.mp3 Premium download
    http://myspace.com/Inlets - In Which I, Robert.mp3 Premium download
    http://myspace.com/Inlets - Pictures of Trees.mp3 Premium download
    http://myspace.com/Inlets - Your Good Arm.mp3 Premium download

    BUT all of those are not appearing as links where I can right click them and then push save as or download. They are all just regular typing and when I push premium download it directs me to signing up for an account and then asks me for a special code that I do not have. I am realllllly trying to figure this out so I can get downloads from my space music. Any help is greatly appreciated! thanks so much.

    ~Jordan

  103. 103

    Jordan Saks said,

    September 14, 2010 at 01:46 ()

    also when I push the premium download it says File saved to your premium account but I can not get to that.. and When I look for the Biggest file size or .mp3 in the activity window I can not find it.. All of the files that are showing up are just in KB or bytes and there is nothing in MB like mp3 files are supposed to be..

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    Michelle said,

    September 15, 2010 at 08:53 ()

    I tried it, but when I double-click on the biggest file, it safari opens a new tab with all text. Nothing gets downloaded.. What am I doing wrong??
    It's the video: http://www.schooltv.nl/beeldbank/clip/20021104_bloedsomloopmens06 it's dutch.

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    Kate said,

    December 4, 2010 at 12:38 ()

    Thank you so much! I have been going crazy and you just solved my problem. I really appreciate it.

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    Jessica said,

    January 6, 2011 at 08:32 ()

    Hi.

    I need some help here.

    What happen is, it actually download the html file instead.
    Could you help?

    I am using macbook pro, the latest version.


    Thanks alot.
    Jessica.

  107. 107

    Shylock said,

    March 6, 2011 at 22:08 ()

    What about iPhone 4

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    Harry said,

    April 21, 2011 at 00:12 ()

    I don't know if you guys knew this, but once you download the video, it will be in FLV format. If you open it in Quicktime, then click on Share > iTunes > iPod + iPhone it will export and convert the video into m4a and it will open in the Movies section of your iTunes

  109. 109

    ricque said,

    April 30, 2011 at 21:29 ()

    this is handy for media that is meant to be downloaded, but does not work as you state for embedded files, for example you go onto a site that gives you a sample of a song before you buy the entire song, or a film clip which is only meant to be watched on the site you are using at that time, i am under the impression that is what an embedded file is, i can only use this method when the site offers me the source link to the media I am after, I once saw a guy download embedded files onto his browser direct from a page ??? any way i am wasting some serious time trying to figure this out, is there a chance safari is not the most versatile browser for ripping embedded stuff? or can safari do exactly what fire fox does (i hope so because fire fox annoys me for some reason, I think it's the name!)

  110. 110

    matt said,

    July 10, 2011 at 13:01 ()

    This didnt work for me, and Ive now gone to every website that I could telling me how to download these mp3 files. I know there has to be an easy way to do it on a Mac but so far everything Ive read including this site doesnt work


    THis is already an mp3 file so why cant i just download it easily? (I dont want to install any 3rd party software; isnt there something like the youtube mp3 downloader sites?

    http://www.sitcomsonline.com/sounds/thefactsoflife-season2-6.mp3

  111. 111

    mike said,

    September 22, 2011 at 20:09 ()

    how can i download mp3s this way, i see them on the activity page but when i click on it, it just opens a seperate window

  112. 112

    Trackbacks said,

    February 4, 2012 at 01:58 ()


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