Speed Download
Developed exclusively for Mac OS X Tiger and later, Speed Download 4 marks the next generation of powerful and reliable, time-saving download managers. Faster and more secure, more features, easier to use and sporting a new look, this latest Speed Download release sets a new standard for download manager innovation, and is designed to be your central, unified hub for almost all the downloading and file transfer activities you do online.
Some of the new features include the following:
- a gorgeous new interface, thanks to the great job done by IconDrawer.
- a re-engineered 'universal' download engine optimized for maximum performance,
- a powerful database to manage all your downloads, uploads, and file transfers,
- a FTP client (with SSL) that satisfies the basic FTP needs of most users,
- a secure, high performance P2P file sharing utility (with encryption),
- a high performance utility for downloading web content for offline viewing,
- .Mac iDisk integration,
- auto-resuming file transfers all the time,
- unlimited UNDOs throughout the entire application,
- smart folder technology,
- and much more!
Required OS: not specified
Tags:
download
, internet
, downloads
, ftp
25 Opinions
Speed Download 5 is, in my opinion, the best download manager for the Macintosh
Well I seem to have no problems with it and it sped up my downloads a lot. I told the app to not upgrade itself, so I have been fine so far, I got version five and I love it! By the way, look at the other comments before buying!
this didn't seem to do anything for my machine...
I used this for several years, but the thing that finally killed it for me was that you can't have 2 copies running on 2 different computers at the same time, even if each is exclusively your computer; iGetter is similar in that regard. If you go out somewhere with your laptop, you'd better make sure you don't have Speed Download still open on your desktop unit or it will refuse to launch on the laptop.
As far as the non-free upgrades go, I wouldn't mind paying for one again if they finally gave the interface a major streamlining. SD5 seems to have a "simple" mini-iTunes controller mode now, but I'm more concerned about the clutter and relative lack of intuitiveness of the main queue window: some things that take one step in browser download windows take several in SD, and the list of suggested apps to open files with never seems to jive with what appears in the Finder or Path Finder (I'm talking about 4, but 5's regular window seems to be fairly similar to 4's in screenshots?).
Right now I'm trying out CocoaWget (free) for longer downloads, but I miss having a browser-independent app that can grab downloads from browsers via an internet plugin.
I wouldn't buy products from this company, because they screwed some users, changed their upgrade policies and charge for almost every minor upgrade (they say it's minor, but one of the biggest changes is the version number).
Yazsoft screwed MacHeist users, AND changed their upgrade policy without notice. They state anyone who bought Speed Download 4 within Jan and Feb would get a free upgrade to Speed Download 5.
Later, they added a sentence stating the upgrade doesn't apply to MacHeist users, who were told they got "FULL LICENSES", and they purchased them within that time period. This is stupid.
Yazsoft is a shady company, and I wouldn't buy anything from them. Oh, and Speed Download seems a bit overpriced.
If you've installed Speed Download and would like to remove it, consider using the Speed Download Uninstaller (by Yazsoft), on iusethis: http://osx.iusethis.com/app/speeddownloaduninstaller
Don't buy YazSoft products without thinking about it VERY carefully.
They have changed their upgrade policy AFTER many customers purchased their software.
I encourage you to be very wary of YazSoft and if there is another company that produces a similar package to a YazSoft package, go there. YazSoft has proven they have no problem with adjusting their agreements after the fact. This is bad news for the customer.
My copy of SD seems to have updated to 5 without confirmation! I'm not ready to upgrade and now have to uninstall this DEMO and reinstall v4 (Not sure if i like this kind of behavior, maybe I should just uninstall it and leave it at that).
Please be aware of the current problems surrounding Yazsoft's upgrade policy before deciding to do business with them.
They have used a "bait and switch" scam tactic to try and extract money from MacHeist customers.
http://www.macmerc.com/news/shareware/4401
Yazsoft is really appearing like a shady company to me now. I can understand charging users for an upgrade, but not when you just received 10,000 pretty tech savvy new users. If they would have waited to upgrade for maybe even one more month, they could have gotten away with it. But because all of the MacHeist users fall into the "free upgrade" window, they were stupid to try and charge us. They should have waited until that free window was past us if they had any business intelligence at all.
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