[toledo79]

hhow can i download a quicktime file, i've tried download link to disk but it only downlads the page, not the movie. is there another way to do it?

thanks

chris

[alien]

Do you have QuickTime Pro? If not, I don't think you can save a movie directly from the browser. Even if you have Pro, some movies won't be allowed to get saved.

But I think this trick should work in any case. Open the Terminal application (inside /Applications/Utilities). Then type (assuming the QuickTime movie is in the browser window):

Code:
cd /tmp/501/TemporaryItems
ls -la

The 501 number would be correct if you're using the first (and admin) account that was created on the Mac. Else it would be 502 and so on. You should see a listing of files in there. The file name will be QTPluginTemp<some number>. Copy this file to the desktop. Like this:

Code:
cp QTPluginTemp1362695 ~/Desktop/harry_potter.mov

Now you can double-click the file to open it in QuickTime Player.

[vvedge]

Originally posted by toledo79:
hhow can i download a quicktime file, i've tried download link to disk but it only downlads the page, not the movie. is there another way to do it?

Easier way than digging through the cache, if the file is fully downloaded (not a stream or reference file), you can go into the source of the page and pull out the direct URL to the movie.

Another easy way is in Safari, load the Activity Viewer, and go through the downloaded eleemnts of the page, and double click on the URL of the movie when you find it.

When it loads again, just hit File > Save.