- This tip is for Safari users : (if you're not using Safari, click here)
- You can easily turn Speed Download 5 ON and OFF, or automatically bypass Speed Download for certain sites.
- Right click (control-click) anywhere on Safari page, and select 'Disable Speed Download'. This action happens immediately; you do not have to restart Safari. (To enable SD again, simply right click and select 'Enable Speed Download'); or
- Simply go into the SD 5 preferences, and into the 'Safari Integration' section:
- Once in there, you can check 'Completely disable browser plug-in in Safari'. This will do exactly that. Or, you can add the specific server you are having issues with, in which case, Safari's default download manager will attempt to download the file for you.
- These settings take effect right away. There is no need to quit or restart Safari.
- If you're not using Safari:
- Because Speed Download uses a plug-in that's loaded each time your browser is launched, the browser needs to be quit and relaunched each time you want to enable/disable any plug-in.
- You can temporarily workaround Speed Download by right-clicking on the URL in question and select 'Download Link to Disk'; (Note: this command might vary depending on the browser you are using. The picture below is from Safari)
- or go into the 'Plug-ins' section of the SD preferences and manually uncheck all the 'File types to be handled by Speed Download and 'Save'.
- Quit and relaunch your browser.
- When you want to re-enable Speed Download, simply go back to the 'Plug-ins' preference and click on 'Defaults for this Section' and then 'Save'.
- Quit and relaunch your browser.
System Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later.- A popular Mac OS X internet browser.
- Any Internet connection.
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