Retriever

Retriever is a neat application that you could use in order to safely download all sort of content from the internet.

It supports multiple file formats and it comes with many neat tools and features. It sports a really intuitive graphical interface with lots of neat options.

The application doesn't take long to install and it doesn't come with a complicated setup that you would need to complete before you can use it. The first thing that you need to do after launching the application is to add a source for the download file and pick a destination folder for the saved files.

A previously exported list of download data or list of urls can be imported here as well.

You will have to specify the number of downloads that you would like to performed at the same time. Note that if if you try to start more downloads than you specified in the "maximum downloads" option, some of the downloads will be put into a queue.

They will automatically start as other downloads are completed.

Retriever will automatically capture download links copied to the clipboard using your web browser's "Copy Link" or "Copy Shortcut" function. You can also drag and drop links onto the download list to capture them.

If a selection of text is dropped, it will be parsed for links, you can use this behavior to add multiple files at once.

You have the option to prioritize downloads and start certain ones immediately, bypassing the wait. All other non-prioritized concurrent downloads are paused until this download is complete or you manually unpause them.

It displays pieces of the file that are currently being received and the data that was transferred before one peer stopped sending. It also shows you the completion progress of the entire download.

Retriever is a very nice software solution for downloading all sort of files from the Internet and adjusting some settings.