2.1 Features

Speed Download is a file download tool. Features include :

• Multithreading: download as many files as you want, simultaneously
• Open up to 32 connections per file
• Support for both ftp and http protocols
• Support for both http and ftp proxies
• Resumable downloads
• Applescriptable
• a Contextual menu plugin ensures integration with browsers or other applications
• Interrupt driven: Speed Download continues to function even if another application (a game for example) hogs the CPU

Speed Download only works with servers that allow restarting. The current version of Speed Download (version 0.9b) has the following limitations:

• Potentially buggy: remember, this is beta quality software
• http authentication is not supported
• proxy authentication not supported