Xtreme Download Manager

Heavy downloaders know better than to rely on their browser in order to grab content from the Internet, what with all the perils and annoyances they are exposed to. Download managers should put all their troubles to an end and they can ensure high speeds, preview capabilities, and overall convenience.

Xtreme Download Manager is a piece of software that should provide you with all these benefits, helping you take the reins of the download process so that you save time and get your hands on the files you are trying to download in no time.

First off, let’s take a look at the program’s user interface, whose minimalism is in good taste. Its grey-and-black design is embellished with various tabs letting you easily access your downloaded items. You need to start by clicking the + button in order to initiate a new download task, with the URL being automatically grabbed from your clipboard.

The file name is displayed for further transparency, and selecting a suitable output directory should raise no difficulty whatsoever. In case you don’t want to download your file right away, you can rest assured that an integrated scheduler should offer more flexibility since it allows you to carry out either recurring or unique download tasks.

Once started, a download is automatically classified according to its content type, which means browsing through your documents, compressed files, music, videos, or applications is possible. Moreover, the app groups your items based on whether on not the download is complete.

And this brings us to another milestone feature, namely that allowing you to pause and resume your download using buttons in the main window. What’s more, deleting all downloads on the list is possible using this toolbar.

Needless to say, the software utility can take over downloads and capture streams from your browser, provided that you allow it to do so using the toggle in the main window, but for this, installing the necessary addon is a must.

Other than that, you may want to know that the “Settings” section opens the door to a multitude of configurations you could try your hand at and meant to streamline the download process and increase your productivity.

To name a few, you can specify whether the app can overwrite existing files, if a download progress window should be displayed, you can limit the number of simultaneous downloads, select a default output folder along with a temporary directory, change network settings, manage credentials for websites, increase your security by having your downloaded files scanned by the antivirus, and much more.

Being the feature-packed application that it is, Xtreme Download Manager should meet most of - if not all of - your needs when grabbing content from the Internet. The app’s GUI is designed in such a way that it allows novices to see only the surface and not get intimidated, but the truth is an impressive array of functionality lies beyond that, and the speed, ease of navigation, and overall impeccable performance we have noticed during our tests should be a given if you turn to this program.