Fetch Softworks

how do I queue downloads (16 posts)

• Started 12 years ago by piff aroni
• Latest reply 10 years ago from Jim Matthews

• piff aroni Member

  I am in an ftp that has hundreds of folders and files, I need to download not a couple of folders. is there a way I can choose the files I want, put them in a queue. how do I do this as fetch doesnt let me have a queue

  Posted 12 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  That's correct, Fetch doesn't have a download queue, sorry.

  If you don't want to download all the files that are in a folder, you can select the ones you want to download by Command-clicking on each one that you want, and then clicking the Get button in Fetch. The ones that you have not selected won't be downloaded.

  Or, if there are just a few you don't want, you can select everything, and then Command-click to deselect the ones you don't want to download.

  I hope this helps, please let us know if you have further questions.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 12 years ago #

• piff aroni Member

  after I have done this, how do I see whats transferring?

  Posted 12 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  The status pane below the file list will show you the name of the file that Fetch is currently transferring.

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 12 years ago #

• piff aroni Member

  so there is no way of visually confirming the files I chosen have even been put on the list?

  Posted 12 years ago #

• Scott McGuire Administrator

  Hi,

  After you select a set of files and folders as I described as above, you can visually inspect which files are selected files before clicking the Get button to make sure it's correct; and Fetch will download all the files you had selected.

  But there is no separate window showing the list of files Fetch is downloading, and which ones it has already downloaded. (Although you can look at the folder on your Macintosh that you are downloading them to, and see which ones have already been downloaded.)

  Thanks,

  Scott McGuire
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 12 years ago #

• altavek Member

  Fetch really should have some sort of queue or activity log type of window. As the poster mentioned above, when transferring lots of files to different places, the last thing you want to do after is go back through everything again just to see if it transferred as opposed to just looking at a log or queue list and seeing that it did. Please consider, highly, adding this feature. I know I would be inclined to use Fetch as my standard FTP app if that was added. Right now, I don’t.

  Posted 11 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Thanks, altavek, for that feedback.

  Posted 11 years ago #

• Johnny McJenkins Member

  Hi, Im considering switching for CyberDuck to Fetch. However, is there no pause feature for a file that is currently being downloaded? I've just started to download a 12 gig file and it hogging my bandwidth and would like to pause it.

  Posted 11 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  There isn't a pause feature, but you can click the stop button, and later choose Resume Download from the Remote menu (or double-click the partially-downloaded file) to resume the download.

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 11 years ago #

• Johnny McJenkins Member

  Ah that works well enough then. 1 more question. is it only possible to download one file at a time?

  Posted 11 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Each Fetch window downloads one file at a time. To download multiple files simultaneously you'd need to have transfers going in multiple windows.

  Posted 11 years ago #

• Johnny McJenkins Member

  I see. good deal. It would be cool if the downloads went to an actual Download window. For example, in Firefox, you have an actual download pane where your current downloads and their progress could be viewed. Also there is pause functionality built into that window as well. Just a suggestion. Thanks.

  Posted 11 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Thanks for the suggestion!

  Posted 11 years ago #

• dcabs Member

  So, anyone knows if Fetch has a queue function already? I have to download and upload several files at once from different servers, a queue function would be immensely helpful.

  A quick note to the poster who mentioned switching from Cyberduck to Fetch (I know the post is old, but still worth mentioning this).

  I moved away from Cyberduck, because it corrupted all Quicktime files I transferred, not sure if it did on upload or download, even after I zipped them, I found a thread on the internet about that, so I switched to Fetch a few years ago and never have had that problem.

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi,

  You can open multiple windows, and download files from different servers at the same time, but there's no formal queue feature.

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 10 years ago #