[Macworld.com]

If you’re running 10.4.7, you can use a hidden program to download files from dragged URLs. [more]

[Nobody]

Thank you very much Rob, all I need now is an URL that isn't just one of those annoying php scripts.

[chimchim]

I use wget in Terminal with the -x option so that downloaded files are put in a directory in the same format as the URL.

[HJSalberg]

Maybe I'm crazy but I can't find this app on my G5 or PowerBook both running 10.4.7. I don't even have a CoreServices folder.

[pln]

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I use wget in Terminal with the -x option so that downloaded files are put in a directory in the same format as the URL.

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wget doesn't seem to come with 10.4 but I just use curl.

[griffman]

You do, but you can't find it with Spotlight (it won't index System folders). Just type Shift-Command-G, then enter /System/Library/CoreServices in the dialog box, and you'll jump right there.
-rob.

[murphtall]

or you can paste the URL into safari and hold down the option key when hitting enter or return to force the file to download instead of load
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[d00d]

But then you still have to load Safari. And you have to leave it running when you're doing a download.

[lipwak]

I've been itching to get to the Network Diagnostics app more easily and the method described in this article does the trick, sort of. I dragged the app out and put it on the desktop but when I earlier tried to create an alias by using apple key-option, as suggested (noticing that that option isn't available as a menu option...) my cursor turns into a hand and when I try to move the app, the whole window slides over and I am unable to drag anything. Why is that? It doesn't really matter now that I have a copy of the app but if I can get an alias, that'd be better.
Question #2: Is it bad to have TWO of these Core Services apps at once (some moreso than others)? I want to put the one I dragged out in a new folder in the Applications folder, probably in the Utilities folder but want to know that the OS won't be unhappy with two versions of it. (Ideally I want an alias though...) I realize that should the OS update it, I will need to have the updated version dragged out to it's new location...
Thank you.
John L