Download Flash?

blue gekko · #1 April 7th, 2007, 04:34 PM

Hey guys!
I'm looking for a program that allows you to download flash games/movies or whatever from a website. Preferably a free program. I'm running OS 10.3.9 Panther at the moment and I've searched for a program but failed to find one. Versiontracker has one for OS 10.4 but none for 10.3.9, but I'm hopeless at searches...
Thanks!

EDIT:Nevermind, I got it! Just hit Command+S to save it, LOL!

Mikuro · #2 April 7th, 2007, 05:40 PM

I don't know of any Panther-compatible apps, but there are a couple ways to do it that don't require special software.

In Safari, if you select "Activity" from the Window menu, you'll see a list of every element on the page. Find the Flash item in the list (if you can't recognize the name, usually it'll be the one that's a lot bigger than everything else!) and double-click it to download it.

Alternatively, you can let the file load in Safari and then grab it from the cache. Active Flash files are stored in /private/var/tmp/folders.501/TemporaryItems. (To access that folder in the Finder, select "Go to Folder" from the Go menu and paste that location.) Just drag out the "FlashTmp#" file and rename it something meaningful. I think this technique will work for Firefox or any other browser, too, but I haven't tested it myself. Note that on multi-user system, "folders.501" might be something different, like .502, .503, etc.

icemanjc · #3 April 7th, 2007, 05:47 PM

SiteSucker will do the trick. http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/11634
You will just have the locate the url for the movie or Flash file and copy and paste it into SiteSucker.

blue gekko · #4 April 7th, 2007, 07:51 PM

Haha alright, thanks!

If you're using Internet Explorer you can just hit Command+S to save the page! But change the options at the bottom to save the movie as well as images and text.