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view post Posted on 9/5/2016, 11:28     +7   +1   -1

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For various and probably unknowable reasons, some download hosts are sometimes rather flakey with some files; a trick that not everybody knows about is that firefox has a 'resume' option (the little curved arrow trying to bite its tail when the download fails). If you get it soon enough, it sometimes works with some hosts. We don't have a list, but a recent sucess is:

  • uploaded.net

If others append any success they have, we will have a little database (I think I had a success with either depostfiles or openload recently, but can't remember which).
 
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QUOTE (Sintricate1 @ 9/5/2016, 23:28) 
For various and probably unknowable reasons, some download hosts are sometimes rather flakey with some files; a trick that not everybody knows about is that firefox has a 'resume' option (the little curved arrow trying to bite its tail when the download fails). If you get it soon enough, it sometimes works with some hosts. We don't have a list, but a recent sucess is:

  • uploaded.net

If others append any success they have, we will have a little database (I think I had a success with either depostfiles or openload recently, but can't remember which).

Sometimes successful

Zippyshare (rare - usually requires restart)
Mega
Userscloud
4shared

Always successful

Mediafire
Sendspace
 
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view post Posted on 13/5/2016, 07:41     +2   +1   -1
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Usually "download managers" offer such option. They may exist as an addon for FireFox, like the popular DownThemAll, FlasgGet, Download Manager Tweek, etc.

-https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?sort=users&q=Download+Manager+&appver=46.0&platform=windows&_pjax=true
 
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Thank you very much flowerspower, always useful and good advice, everybody should use a download manager.

flowerspower, The devil seems to have caught up with you :D
 
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QUOTE (Angus McDonald @ 15/5/2016, 13:17) 
Thank you very much flowerspower, always useful and good advice, everybody should use a download manager.

flowerspower, The devil seems to have caught up with you :D

Can't get rid of that bloody 666, damn ! :D
 
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