Folx downloader wont open in safari - help pls

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Folx downloader wont open in safari - help pls

Hi
After recently updating to snow leopard folx wont automatically start downloading any links as it used to with leopard, i have the same settings as before and sometimes even without folx nothing downloads i have to do a secondary click and choose save as for the download to start. Anyone know what is going wrong?
many thanks

MBP 13 late 2009, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jan 2, 2010 3:00 PM

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Answer 1

Klaus1

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Jan 2, 2010 3:38 PM in response to Cypriot Maca

Welcome to the forums!

Folx is not an Apple product, and is still in beta.

I would suggest you ask the developers:

http://mac.eltima.com/download-manager.html

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Answer 2

Cypriot Maca Author

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Jan 2, 2010 4:01 PM in response to Klaus1

Hi
Folx is the best downloader i've used recently shame it doesnt work for me - could well be because its still in beta. can you suggest any other download managers for mac?
regards

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Answer 3

Klaus1

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Jan 2, 2010 4:06 PM in response to Cypriot Maca

Nope, don't use one, but

Two good places to look for software:

http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/

http://www.macupdate.com/

And for free alternatives to some popular software packages:

http://alternativeto.net/

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Answer 4

Jan 14, 2010 5:18 AM in response to Cypriot Maca

1. Please, make sure that you've enabled "Use Folx to catch download links in browsers" option in Folx Preferences ( http://wiki.eltima.com/user-guides/downloader-macos/download-settings.html)
2. Please, make sure that Folx plug-ins are installed. See, if you have the following files on your disk:
~/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/FolxNetscapePlugIn.plugin
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/FolxNetscapePlugIn.plugin
~/Library/ScriptingAdditions/FolxScriptAddition.osax
3. Check whether "Folx Downloader Netscape plug-in" is listed in Installed Plug-ins in Safari (Safari->Help->Installed Plug-ins).
4. If you use another browser (not Safari), please, let us know the exact name and version of the browser that you use.

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