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Read this article in Introduction Everyone downloads a lot of stuff from the Internet. Be it software, videos, music, documents or images, you fill your hard drive with all of this. To track and manage all these downloads is a daunting task, and having a clean workspace to organize all these downloadable contents is the need of the hour. This is where a download manager comes to the rescue, also accelerating your downloads all the way. Let's take a look at some download managers rated in this article. All tests were done on Windows 10, 64 bit system with 8GB RAM running the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge, Vivaldi & Opera browsers.

The ratings are comparative, so when a new download manager is reviewed, the corresponding rating of others might change. After testing around 12 download managers, these are my top 5 recommendations from the list. Read also the at the end of this article. Rated Products.

Dated looks, Ads on interface, Limited multi-threading, No multi-queue management, No refresh links support Other Download Managers I've tested these download managers and they fell short of top 5 for various reasons mentioned but you can still try them out as an alternative. Wont Be Reviewed. w on't be reviewed, and users are advised to stay away from it, because not only is the product bundled with all sorts of 3rd party software, it's also classified as malware, as it turns the application into a DDOS tool. More report.

& since they haven't been updated for a long time (2014) Browser Addons. allows you to set your own preferred download manager and integrate it with the Firefox browser for auto download. is another browser extension to add advanced download capabilities to Firefox.

can help you download videos from various streaming media sites on Chrome. Features of Download Managers The major features that makes an external download manager extremely useful are:. Resume broken downloads: Downloads can be paused or resumed at will even after computer shutdowns or unexpected power outages, and it'll resume any unfinished download from the place it left off. Categories: Helps to organize your downloads automatically according to their type (videos, music, documents) in different folders and also define extensions to be included in the type.

Download Acceleration: A single file is split into multiple sections/segments and then using several simultaneous connections to download each segment from a single server. Queueing: Start the downloads instantly or save it for later, setting up the download in a queue, and define the maximum number of concurrent downloads.

Certain download manager allows you to define multiple queues. Scheduler: Start and stop downloads in the queue at a predefined time on a particular day, or synchronize your downloads to run on different days of the week. Additionally you may choose to shut down/hibernate computer after downloading. Browser integration: Integrate your download manager with various browsers and it'll take over the downloads automatically.

Additionally clipboard monitoring, will let you capture copy-pasted direct links. Popular browsers like Firefox, IE, Chrome, Opera support is essential. Media grabber: Download streaming video and audio from various sites and even preview or convert them to different types. Batch downloads: Easy way to download whole ranges of files/links from a particular webpage. Also by adding a group of sequential file names of a particular type you can download multiple files from a website. Other interesting features that I am looking in a download manager are:. Protocol support: Mainly HTTP, HTTPS and FTP support, also support for RTSP, MMS, Metalink, Bittorrent and RTMP would be a bonus.

Export/Import: At times when you want to uninstall/reinstall the program, it's useful to export/import the downloads in the list, so that it'll save you time and extra-work. Inclusion/Exclusion list: Include/exclude various File Types and Websites you want to monitor. Speed limiter: Set maximum download speed for a file and adjust the traffic usage for browsing and other stuff. Proxy/Socks support: Work behind HTTP and FTP proxy-servers. Refresh expired links: Sometimes a download link remains valid for only few hours and if not completed within that time boundary, download fails. Refreshing the link let's you resume these downloads. Multiple mirrors: Search for and download files from multiple mirrors simultaneously.

Sites manager: Certain sites require authentication for download request from internet and proxy servers. Virus checking: Check downloaded files with a scanner you've set up to protect users from harmful virus/spyware. Float windows: Indicator to show the current downloads and its status.

Editor This software category is maintained by volunteer editor George.J. Registered members can contact the editor with any comments or questions they might have. I've used TechSupportAlert and the older Support Alert Newsletter for almost a decade so I have saved hundreds of hours of work and many more dollars by following Gizmo's Freeware recommendations.

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Please rate this article. There has been an update to EagleGet coming after 6 months, which is 2.0.30. For the time being being, I urge the readers to either stick with v2.0.28 or if you are updating it to v2.0.30 please choose the option for Ads (Don't use my resources) part. I'd definitely recommend the latter part because there are some major bugs resolved in this version. All you would see is a small ad about iNewTab (their extension) on the bottom left of the interface. The installer is reported clean according to. It seems that in the latest version they have added Shared VPN feature (Hola VPN) which basically helps to download videos from proxy sites, to remove region restrictions.

To use this feature you need to enable Free (Use my idle resources) part when the pop-up shows up. But with Hola VPN comes the Luminati SDK service. In return for sharing your IP address you get the software witout ads. This is something that I'm not interested in. or to post comments. Am still researching into this.

At the moment it's not a big concern. The software is reported clean by VirusTotal. Moreover i installed Glasswire to see what network connections are being shared if I choose the Free (use my resources) option, and except for the IP sharing I dont see any outbound requests.

Things could have been bad, but since after installation you get a, with clear instructions I wouldn't even call it as bad as OpenCandy. Usually I don't give top picks for adware software, while this is an exception because of it's performance, you can expect some development in the article in a couple of days. Thanks for letting me know about this. or to post comments. You can't be serious about EagleGet.

It lasted about 15 minutes on my machine. For starters, the installer shuts down your browser. When's the last time you saw that? Then, unless you're very careful, it will install, not one, but two unwanted add-ons - something called ByteFence and it will also try to change your search engine to Yahoo. I thought that kind of sneakware was not permitted on Gizmo's site!

So even if you have slow or flaky internet connection, your download will virtually never fail. Idownloader pro free for mac. It always starts download from where it left and keep retrying if connection is lost. This ensures that your internet bandwidth is completely utilised.

An invasive, difficult-to-understand, poorly translated user interface that you can't easily control with options-I just gave up, uninstalled and went back to FDM with a new appreciation for how good it is. You can't be serious. or to post comments. Obviously you did not read the installer warning included with the product details. We include a warning in all our reviews when we are aware of products using wrapped installers or using other potentially unwanted practices. This is such a common occurrence now it is not feasible for us to ban such software from our reviews unless the install process does not have an opt-out for the unwanted items. We also publish information pages to assist users with this process.

MC - Site Manager. or to post comments. I've not delved deeply into this subject but, going by downthemall's Options box, it has features galore, and its out-of-box convenience as part of Firefox is superior to that of separate download managers. Digression: Mozilla are idiots not to build in such functionality instead of relying on third-party add-on. There's just one problem with DTA, that may affect other separate apps too: pop-ups. DTA conflicts with Pop-Up Stopper freeware- the latter blocks the former, thinks that DTA is a pop-up.

Project Management Software Freeware Download

I use a pop-up blocker because most all?! free anti-virus apps often bug one with Upgrade offers etc. and i'm not talking self-closing ones either!. or to post comments.