[Question] Bypass MEGA bandwidth cap for Mac?

[-] [deleted] | 14 points | Jan 14 2017 10:08:25

Use homebrew to install megatools, then use the command line tool megadl to download (don't forget to put the URL in single quotes, e.g. megadl 'https://mega.nz/#F!vI0DySxa!dNuoOL5lI-859l02uOcisQ'). Works like a charm.

Only downside: When you have a folder link, you can only download all files in the folder, not an individual one.

Workaround: Quit megadl when it downloads a file you don't want by pressing ^C, then restart the download of the folder by repeating the command (cursor up in Terminal.app). megadl will skip existing files, even if they are incomplete.

^* Thanks Blue_Train!

[-] KHymatim | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 10:09:49

That's so much more helpful than my reply!

[-] cublynraine | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 10:30:46

Life saver. Thanks so much, I'll try it out now!

[-] Blue_Train | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 12:10:42

Just make sure to put the file paths in single straight quotes

[-] rayanbfvr | 1 points | Mar 01 2017 13:58:56

Thanks my man! <3

[-] vcdupper | 9 points | Jan 14 2017 13:36:17

http://www.mipony.net/en/download.php
Gets around the BW limit & works on PC Mac & Android

[-] rockpapersucker | 5 points | Jan 14 2017 23:26:38

This seems to be adware and makes multiple attempts to install malware. Really wouldn't recommend using this.

[-] vcdupper | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 23:27:10

Did you not read the instructions & decline all the offers?

[-] rockpapersucker | 2 points | Jan 14 2017 23:46:44

The fact that it includes them makes me suspect of what the software is doing behind the scenes and what analytics it's collecting.

[-] vcdupper | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 23:47:05

Like I said you don't have to use it

[-] cublynraine | 3 points | Jan 14 2017 14:52:55

You're just too good vcdupper, thank you. The first suggestion was way too advance for me but this was great and working already!

[-] vcdupper | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 14:53:23

Good to hear!

[-] Valar_Morghulis7 | 2 points | Jan 15 2017 03:45:40

I've used this, also off of his (vcdupper) recommendation, and it works great, definitely recommend it

[-] harryharpratap | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 17:05:57

Anything for Linux?

[-] sickmathsbro | 1 points | Jan 18 2017 09:13:03

The package megatools (mentioned in the top comment) is available for Linux. Here's the github page.

[-] harryharpratap | 1 points | Jan 18 2017 10:39:28

It doesn't have pause feature which IDM and megadownloader has.

[-] culturedkid | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 23:21:34

I keep getting download errors every time I try to download a file in the app. What would I have done incorrectly for this to occur? I haven't touched any of the preferences.

[-] vcdupper | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 23:22:10

I've never had an issue i've been using this for years, what's the error?

[-] culturedkid | 1 points | Jan 14 2017 23:48:13

the status bar just says Download Error.

[-] KHymatim | 3 points | Jan 14 2017 10:08:29

Can you run Megadownloader in Wine?

[-] jacquescedric | 3 points | Feb 21 2017 02:23:48

I wrote a little application that's essentially a GUI wrapper for megadl (part of megatools).

https://github.com/jacquesCedric/Ananke

Just head to the releases page and download. Feel free to take a look at the source code if you don't trust the legitimacy.

[-] Roofless_ | 1 points | Jan 15 2017 21:45:57

For my (who uses Mac), I remote desktop to a computer in downstairs which I have Megadownloader installed, I download from that straight onto my NAS drive