A while back, this question landed in my mailbox: “I know that there are a number of download management programs out there that allow you to resume interrupted downloads of large files. (Microsoft provides one if you are a member of a Microsoft beta program, for use in downloading beta software, for instance.) Can anyone recommend a good one?”

An important change in this regard is that as Web browsers have become more sophisticated, they’ve become the tool of choice for downloads, and have also incorporated restartable downloads into their code. Apple’s Safari browser has that as an option for its download manager, for example. Just right-click on an interrupted download in the “Download Window” and you’ll see what I mean.

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