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Product Description:
Speed Download 5 combines four amazing products; 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; into one small and easy to use application. Speed Download 5 also introduces a stunning new user interface option that feels right at home in Mac OS X and is designed to help you be even more productive with fewer mouse clicks hence, completely redefining what you can do with your time online. Introducing SD Minimized mode; a serious upgrade to the Speed Download floater. Fully supports drag n drop, completely resizable, customizable, and a whole lot more. In minimized mode, SD is even more discrete on your Mac. Save screen space, but not power!
What's new in this version:
- Fixed: Transparency in the floater retained after SD restarts.
- Fixed: SD no longer prompts about a component update after each restart.
- Fixed: SD remembers changes to the toolbar visibility after each restart.
- Fixed: A bug that could potentially cause SD to crash after completing a download.
- Updated: SD Enhancer for better performance and compatibility.
- Updated: Various little oddities in the French version of SD and throughout the application.
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
- Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Additional Requirements:
- none
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 Connected to SD, FTP, iDisks, and more. |
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| Overall Rating: |   (3.0) |
Features: | (4.0) |
Support: | (4.0) |
| Ease of Use: | (4.0) |
Quality / Stability: | (3.0) |
Price: | (5.0) |
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Why - Version: 5.0.2, 4/30/2008 10:19PM PST
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Ancient_Boii_Tribe
One of the best Mac apps - Version: 5.0.2, 4/15/2008 06:41PM PST
brFer
Cannot do without Speed Download.
Used ever since it appears.
Used ever since it appears.
Big lie to users for so long. - Version: 5.0.2, 4/14/2008 05:48PM PST
(2 of 4 users found this comment useful)
littletree76
"Fixed: SD no longer prompts about a component update after each restart."
In Leopard 10.5.2 with all Apple updates applied as of today, this bug has never been fixed from version 4.x to 5.x. I have been reporting this same bug to Yazsoft for so many times through so many update releases to no avail (don't bother to do it again). Either it is a lie or testing has never been done properly before these releases.
In fact the problem is so simple to fix:
- Go to Application/Speed Download 5 folder and access package content of application Speed Download application by right clicking on icon and select option Show Package Contents.
- Copy and paste (so that file will not be moved) SpeedDownload Browser Plugin.plugin from folder Contents to final place in system folder /Library/Internet Plug-Ins.
- Copy and paste folder SpeedDownload Enhancer from folder Contents to final place in system folder /Library/InputManagers.
- Close all finder windows and restart Speed Download, no prompt for component update will ever appear again.
The cause of problem is these system files never been updated even after update has been executed in Speed Download application (check on dates of files to confirm this fact). Yazsoft's developers do not even know how to copy files properly with administrator right in the application code !!
In Leopard 10.5.2 with all Apple updates applied as of today, this bug has never been fixed from version 4.x to 5.x. I have been reporting this same bug to Yazsoft for so many times through so many update releases to no avail (don't bother to do it again). Either it is a lie or testing has never been done properly before these releases.
In fact the problem is so simple to fix:
- Go to Application/Speed Download 5 folder and access package content of application Speed Download application by right clicking on icon and select option Show Package Contents.
- Copy and paste (so that file will not be moved) SpeedDownload Browser Plugin.plugin from folder Contents to final place in system folder /Library/Internet Plug-Ins.
- Copy and paste folder SpeedDownload Enhancer from folder Contents to final place in system folder /Library/InputManagers.
- Close all finder windows and restart Speed Download, no prompt for component update will ever appear again.
The cause of problem is these system files never been updated even after update has been executed in Speed Download application (check on dates of files to confirm this fact). Yazsoft's developers do not even know how to copy files properly with administrator right in the application code !!
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- Big lie to users for so long. (1 replies)
It's a nightmare trying to remove this from your computer. It took me a few hours to track it all down. That was using the uninstaller, AppZapper, Spotlight, and finally opening Safari and it told me what else had to be removed. You still have to wait for this stand alone application to open before you can start to download, so is it really faster, NO not for me, as for FTP, I use SimpleFTP and stopping using the slower Fetch.
I've always hated that red flaming arrow on Speed Download. I feel clean now that it's gone for good. You can even get this version for free on the trackers but I don't even want it for free. You can't give this away.