General Preferences

There are a number of preferences available to customize Download Wizard to your liking. They are available via the "Preferences" item under the application menu.

Progress format

Determines in what format to display Download Wizard's progress column. The "Bar" option will display the standard progress bar. The "Text" option will display the progress in "bytes transferred/total size" format.

Monitor clipboard for addresses

When this option is active, Download Wizard will monitor the clipboard for new addresses that are copied into it. If it discovers one, it will attempt to transfer it.

Download new addresses immediately

Entering new addresses causes them to bypass the "Download Info" confirmation dialog and transfer immediately.

Play sound when transfers complete

Plays the default system beep whenever a transfer completes.

Remove completed transfers from list

Just what it sounds like... transfers are removed from the list upon completion.

Automatically open downloaded files

Upon completion of a transfer, Download Wizard will process the file using the "default helper" application that is defined within the operating system. For example, .sit would probably be opened by StuffIt Expander. These associations can be changed within Mac OS X.

Save transfer list

Forces the files in the transfer list to remain even after quitting Download Wizard (they will be there the next time it is run).

Advanced Preferences

There are also a number of advanced preferences that can be set. Most users will want to leave them set to the defaults. Only change them if you know what you are doing.

Max Active Transfers

This indicates the maximum number of transfers that can be active at any given time. Any additional items added will be in a "pending" state until an active one completes.

Retry Interval

Indicates the number of seconds to wait after a non-fatal error before attempting the transfer again.

Retry Count

Indicates the number of times to retry a failed transfer before giving up.

Timeout

Indicates the number of seconds a transfer is allowed to remain inactive (no data received) before timing out (a non-fatal error).

PPP reconnect delay

Indicates the number of seconds to wait between reconnecting the PPP connection and beginning the transfer. This wait interval allows for the time spent dialing the number, establishing the connection, etc. The default value should be plenty of time, but is configurable in case it isn't.

Recover PPP connections (registered only)

Indicates whether a dropped PPP connection should be re-established before retrying a failed transfer. Note that this only applies to transfers that were started with PPP active to begin with.

Use download acceleration

See the Download Acceleration section.