Howto: Download files from the web via the OS X command line
Isn't it frustrating if you can't restart your browser when you're in the middle of a download ?
Well here's a solution. Just use the terminal with the 'curl' command to download your (big) files.
Let's download Colloquy for example (http://colloquy.info/downloads/colloquy-latest.zip).
Open up terminal, and browse to the prefered download folder, IE:
Initiate the download:
Screenshot:

Well here's a solution. Just use the terminal with the 'curl' command to download your (big) files.
Let's download Colloquy for example (http://colloquy.info/downloads/colloquy-latest.zip).
Open up terminal, and browse to the prefered download folder, IE:
cd ~/Desktop
Initiate the download:
curl -o http://colloquy.info/downloads/colloquy-latest.zip
Screenshot:

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