Boost Your Download Using Internet Download Manager (IDM)

Edited by Liezel, Graeme, Eng, mohtasim shahbaz and 3 others

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The Internet has created immediate access to items that we used to have to visit a store in order to purchase. You can now purchase movies as a download and not a DVD while still sitting in your pajamas. Online gaming is advancing with PC and Android Emulators. Premium Spotify subscribers can download music to play offline. These advancements in available entertainment media have brought on program applications to streamline the downloading process. One of these downloading program applications is Internet Download Manager, which assists in order to instantly download several items such as movies, songs, games in an organized, more efficient method.

Internet Download Manager is a tool to increase download speeds by up to five times faster than the standard expected time of downloading. Here are some reasons to consider using IDM:

  • The program can resume and schedule your downloads.
  • There are features such as built-in logic accelerator, intelligent dynamic file, and easy to use graphic user interface (GUI).
  • Internet Download Manager can support up to 32 simultaneous connections every time you download.
  • Integrated Categories allow for easy access to your downloads.

How to Access Internet Download Manager

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    Look for this button and click it to initiate the download.The File size is 5.57MB.
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    Then after you click the button shown in the image above, you will see the option to choose Save File.
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    After your download is finished, you can begin to install it to your computer
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    Just follow all the instruction below.
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Installation

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    Open the application you just downloaded (IDM), then the image shown below will appear
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    Click "Next".
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    Click "Next "Again.
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    Select the browse option if you want to save the installation in another folder destination, then click Next.
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    Click Finish
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    You now have successfully installed the free version of "Internet Download Manager". You will be able to download your favorite applications or software without waiting for hours.
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    This will only show if you successfully finished the installation of IDM.
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    Let's try and see how fast your download process is now while using IDM.
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How to Use Internet Download Manager

Go to your favorite site that you usually use to download your Movies, Songs, Games or Software. I have provided in the image below as an example of using IDM on YouTube:

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Internet Download Manager will launch when you want to download something from a website that allows access to IDM. For example, on the image above you click on the button then IDM dialog box comes up automatically. If you want to download it fast, you can go to the download options in IDM and turn on the "limit speed" to increase the IDM download speed. Although the default speed is 10 k/b, you can increase it if the option is available on your PC.

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Use the speed limiter to boost up your download.

Simple Trick for IDM

If the website you use does not support IDM like the image shown below:

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Copy the download link.

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Manually open IDM then click "Tasks" > Add New Download and paste the download link you copied. Then click OK. That's it.

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Questions and Answers

How to change resume capability from "No" to "Yes"?

How can I change it from "No" to "Yes". Can you tell it to me, please?

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    Start downloading
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    If "Resume capability" is set to "No", then stop the download.
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    Right-click the file you want to download in the Internet Download Manager window.
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    Click "Properties".
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    Erase "?start=0" from the file link.
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    Click "OK".
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    Resume the download.
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If you have problems with any of the steps in this article, please ask a question for more help, or post in the comments section below.

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