Where has modern technology taken us to?

The place where almost every aspect of your life is coded into digital bits and bytes.

And once something is in digital format, you might be sure that it’s available on the net.

Gboard’s editing mode on an Android phone.

Translation: almost all aspects of human life is out there on the internet.

This can be a good thing and also a bad thing.

But let’s keep our mindset on the positive side, shall we?

Lenovo laptop showing file explorer in Windows 11

If you might Make It Complicated…

Pioneered by RapidShare, file sharing services are major players in the business of find-and-get-anything-and-everything.

There are downsides to downloading files from rapidshare .

The file explorer on the Dell XPS 14 9440.

The first one is the absence of search features.

…Why Not Make It Simple?

These unpleasantness gives birth to several tools to make our downloading life more comfortable.

how to download files from rapidshare

One of the famous ones isSkipScreen- a Firefox plugin that will “skip” the waiting screen.

But there are people who want to use similar tools without the need for Firefox.

For these people, there isjDownloader.

how to download files from rapidshare

This Java-based tool is also free and available for all OS’s.

When you open it, a jDownloader window will appear.

I tried the Mac version, but the look is very Windows.

download files from rapidshare

Appearances aside, the app itself works like a charm.

The link and the status will be displayed in the LinkGrabber tab.

The file will be moved under the “Download” tab.

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So the best thing to do is give a shot to keep the download process uninterrupted.

There’s one more tab there: the options.

Under Mac OS X, jDownloader is also available from the menubar.

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you’re free to access several quick menus by clicking on the menubar icon.

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