Rapidshare

There are a couple of utilities for OSX that allow you to decompress and combine .rar files (i.e. UnrarX)but I have seen none that'll do in on the iPad. you'll have to do it on your Mac first, add the merged video file in iTunes, then sync with our iPad.

There is DownloadHD.
Some programs like Goodreader and Stash Pro can download and unzip or unrar for you as well.

Seems like when using Installous, once I input my username and pass into Hotfile acc once it automatically downloads now. 😀

As long as iPad doesn't have an open filesystem, you can't save the downloaded files to it. (well actually you can, but it requires some special software and is really complicated)

Have a look at the posts above. There is an app for downloading from Rapidshare, Megaupload, etc. It's called 'Downloads HD' and it works really well.
I guess Apple aren't so moral after all!

Like yours for example. 🙂

Sorry couldn't resist.

To go back to the original question. I think the issue is that rapidshare is used for both innocent genuine reasons but also for illegally distributing and sharing copyrighted material. For that reason Apple most likely would approve any app or method of downloading from it.

Excellent recommendation! (It's actually Downloads HD)
I hope the OP sees your post.

rapidshare is not a torrent site. rapidshare is like yousendit, torrents are a completely different thing.

with that said, i know of no app that will allow downloading from rapidshare let alone that can unrar files.

Tamara wrote:
It is a way to share copyrighted material though but in a slightly different format.

ftp, email, idisk, etc, etc are all ways to share copyrighted materials BUT the original poster said nothing about copyrighted materials and rapidshare is a filesharing service for all kinds of files... AND it still has nothing to do with torrents.

Tamara, i know you are a very helpful person on these forums but have had absolutely nothing to add to this entire thread. it makes me wonder why you even bothered posting other than trying to insert your opinion on copyrighted material when the thread has nothing to do with copyrighted material. we all know sharing copyrighted material is bad/wrong... people are looking for help/answers to their questions, they aren't looking for a mom.

Mr.C UK wrote:
I think the issue is that rapidshare is used for both innocent genuine reasons but also for illegally distributing and sharing copyrighted material. For that reason Apple most likely would approve any app or method of downloading from it.

i think the issue is that rapidshare hasn't made an app yet. if your reasoning held true then there wouldn't be email, idisk or dropbox for the iphone since those all could be used to share/distribute copyrighted material.

I would think it has more to do with the general size of files being distributed then anything else. You couldn't exactly distribute or share movies with files sizes of 1.5 or 2GB using email. Whilst I'm not sure of the file size limitations of Drop Box and iDisk or how they work it's possible the same applies to them. File sharing sites like Rapidshare are designed to allow you to download large file sizes and like I said one of the uses for this is illegally sharing otherwise copyrighted material.

I still believe this is something Apple is not willing to allow and would not approve any method or app that allows someone to obtain such material. Also things like Rapidshare are in far more common use then iDisk or Drop Box. Not to mention iDisk and Drop Box are mainly for personal use and accessing ones own material on several devices.

If I misunderstood the way Drop Box and iDisk works then fair enough. If I'm barking up the wrong tree when it comes to the use of Rapidshare then fair enough. I'm just responding to the way as I understand these all work and what they are supposed to allow you to do.

Mr.C UK wrote:
I still believe this is something Apple is not willing to allow and would not approve any method or app that allows someone to obtain such material.

Oh come on! Since when have Apple had the right to become the Internet police?
If we used your logic, no-one could use a browser on a Mac. In fact, we couldn't use the web at all - except for the sites that Apple would allow!

igmackenzie wrote:

Mr.C UK wrote:

Oh come on! Since when have Apple had the right to become the Internet police?

Apple is not the Internet police. However, they do tightly control what they sell in the App Store. You may not agree with their choices but seems to me that, as it is their store, they can do as they wish, as long as it's legal.

Meg St._Clair wrote:
Apple is not the Internet police. However, they do tightly control what they sell in the App Store. You may not agree with their choices but seems to me that, as it is their store, they can do as they wish, as long as it's legal.

Sorry Meg, I think you've missed the point. We are talking about Rapidshare and not the App store.
Couldn't agree more with you about the App Store!

Sorry but the point is not being missed. The issue is not whether rapidshare should exist and people should be allowed to use it. That is entirely another discussion. Apple owns and runs the iTunes store and they are well within their rights as to what they approve for availability on it. I do agree some things they have not approved in the past are baffling but when it comes to an app that gives people the ability to download otherwise copyrighted material there is nothing wrong with that. As a major company in the public eye it's not in their interest or their share holders to be condoning and supporting the use of such things. It has nothing what so ever to do with being the internet police and controlling what people use the internet for. I think if anyone is missing the point it's you.

I am not missing the point at all. There is no disagreement about the App Store. Apple can do what they like with that.
Rapidshare and it's principles are what is being discussed in most of this thread.
My point is that you are suggesting that Apple wouldn't be party to any system that allows (amongst other things) the downloading of copyrighted material. I extended that to suggest in that case Apple shouldn't have developed Safari as it allows access to Rapidshare et al from any laptop/desktop.