Here are almost a dozen completely free download managers and music downloaders that we think you'll like:. Your antivirus program might identify the software as malicious and block it from installing or being used correctly. This free download manager is called It can monitor and intercept downloads from web browsers, but can also work independently of them. You can create batch downloads, download torrents, preview ZIP files before they're downloaded and even deselect files you don't want from the compressed folder, download entire websites, resume broken downloads, download all links from the clipboard, and quickly control the bandwidth allocation for all downloads.
Downloads are performed in order of how they're listed in FDM, but you can move files up or down the list to set their priority. In addition to the above, you can preview and convert audio and video files before they're finished downloading, as well as set traffic limits and schedule downloads to occur on certain days only.
Free Download Manager runs on Windows and Mac. The browser integration works with Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox. FDM Lite can also be downloaded, which requires less disk space than the regular version by removing things like the torrent client. If a download manager is all you're after, this is the better choice.
One antivirus program has identified FDM as containing malware, but many others have not. It might be a fluke or it might be real, but either way, please be sure to be running an antivirus program while you use FDM just in case. Another free download manager is Internet Download Accelerator IDA , which can integrate a toolbar with Firefox to make downloading files really easy.
IDA has a live monitor for other browsers so files can be downloaded with IDA and placed in proper file categories for easy organization. Internet Download Accelerator can grab a group of downloads via URL variables, automatically scan for viruses, use hotkeys, change the user-agent information, and auto-download files with certain file extensions of your choosing.
There are a few plugins available for download that expand the functionality of the entire IDA program. An advanced scheduling function is one particularly useful example. IDA runs on Windows computers only. Browser, and Vivaldi. Probably the coolest feature in JDownloader is its remote management ability.
Use either the mobile app or the My JDownloader website to start, stop, and monitor your downloads from anywhere. The LinkGrabber in JDownloader adds any download link from the clipboard directly into the program so you can start a download nearly immediately after copying the link. This download manager can also save a list of download links as a password protected encrypted file so you can easily import them again later.
A play , pause , and stop button are at the top of the program, which makes controlling all pending downloads really simple. It's also really easy to control the download speed and maximum number of simultaneous connections and downloads from the bottom of the JDownloader program at any time. This program might download inside a RAR archive, in which case a program like 7-Zip is needed in order to open it. When you install the software it is automatically integrated with Firefox but you can check that everything is enabled correctly.
Download and install the latest version of the Internet Download Manager software link in Resources. Click the "Enable" button and restart your Firefox browser if it is disabled. Virtually growing up in a computer repair shop, Naomi Bolton has held a passion for as long as she can remember. They have the same name, but a different number at the end.
Please look carefully at the following:. If you selected the right version, the FireFox would show a dialog confirming setup. Depending on the version of your browser, you can see the following dialog where you need to press on "Install" button:.
If you do not know your version of FireFox , please read here how to check it. What should I do? Download panel for video is not shown or shown in some wrong place. IDM does not take over downloads from FireFox anymore. What can I do to fix it? FireFox said it had disabled the IDM extension because it wasn't compatible. How do I resolve the problem? Then press "Enable" button: Maybe you did not pay attention to this dialog during FireFox restart and did not enable "IDM integration" add-on.
New and old versions of IDM extensions 4. Press FireFox options button arrow 1 on the image and then on "Add-ons" menu item arrow 2 on the image Click on "Extensions" tab arrow 1 on the image.
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