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Opens the SiteSucker log file, which is normally stored in the Download Folder. This file is only created if one of the log options is set in the download settings. Each SiteSucker document has its own log file. If the SiteSucker log isn't found, this menu item is dimmed.

This article will describe how Firefox handles downloads for different types of files and how you can change that behavior.

• For help with download problems, see What to do if you can't download or save files.
• For help with embedded media on web pages, see Fix common audio and video issues.
• For help changing the e-mail program that Firefox uses, see Change the program used to open email links.

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When you click a link to download a file, the Internet Media type, also called the MIME type or Content type, determines what action Firefox will take. You may already have an application or plugin installed that will automatically handle the download. Other times, you may see a dialog asking whether you want to save the file or open it with a specific application. When you tell Firefox to open or save the file and also check the option to 'Do this automatically for files like this from now on' (see below), a new Content Type and Action entry for that type of file will appear in the Applications panelApplications section of the General panel in Firefox OptionsPreferences.

You can change what action Firefox takes for defined content types. This will not affect media embedded in a web page - only links to the files themselves.

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1. Click the menu button and choose ..
2. Select the Applications panel.In the General panel, go to the Applications section.
3. Select the entry for the file type you want to change.
   Multiple entries for the same file format or extension? Some file types can include more than one Internet Media type.
4. The Action column will give you a drop-down menu, with options on action to take, whenever you click that type of file.
   • Preview in Firefox: Select this if you want Firefox to display the content. It's only applicable to a limited number of types, those that Firefox is able to decode such as Podcast, Video Podcast, Web Feed and Portable Document Format (PDF).
   • Always ask: This will prompt you to select what action you want Firefox to take when you click on that type of file. This can be useful if Firefox is automatically saving a file type or is always opening it with a certain program and you want to be asked what to do.
   • Save File: This will always save the file to your computer using the Downloads window, whenever you click that type of file.
   • Use ... : Open the file with an application or plugin of your choosing.
5. Close the about:preferences page. Any changes you've made will automatically be saved.

When you click on a link for a type of file that doesn't have a set content type and download action, Firefox will ask you how to handle the file:

• Open with: Saves the file to a temporary folder and opens it in the default application for that file type. To select an application, click .

• Save file: Saves the file to the download folder (specified in the GeneralGeneral panel of Firefox OptionsPreferences).
• Do this automatically for files like this from now on: Check mark this setting and then click to add a new entry to the Content Type list for that file type.

If you are having problems with how Firefox is handling file downloads that you can't resolve, or if you just want to start fresh, you can restore the default content types and actions by manually deleting the file that stores these settings.

1. Open your profile folder:

   Click the menu button , click Help and select Troubleshooting Information.From the Help menu, choose Troubleshooting Information. The Troubleshooting Information tab will open.

   • Under the Application Basics section, click on . A window will open that contains your profile folder.Your profile folder will open.
   Note: If you are unable to open or use Firefox, follow the instructions in Finding your profile without opening Firefox.
2. Close Firefox.

   Click the Firefox menu , then click Exit.Click the Firefox menu at the top of the screen, then click Quit Firefox.Click the Firefox menu , then click Quit.

3. Delete (or rename) the mimeTypes.rdfhandlers.json file.
4. Restart Firefox.

The other day I was checking out an excellent free book, Python for Informatics: Exploring Information by Charles Severance, which is available on the site PythonLearn. The site describes itself as “set of generic Python Learning Resources to allow self-paced learning of the Python Language.” Based on the materials from several courses at the University of Michigan, the site is a treasure trove for learning Python or sprucing up your Python-fu.

I decided to download the sample code from the book but, unfortunately, the samples are in about 65 individual files as well as five subdirectories which, in turn, each contain around half a dozen files. Sitting there and manually downloading each file wasn’t something I particularly wanted to do so I looked for a tool to do the job for me and I’ve come up with a couple of interesting choices.

First, there’s HTTrack, a “free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility” which:

… allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer. HTTrack arranges the original site's relative link-structure. Simply open a page of the 'mirrored' website in your browser, and you can browse the site from link to link, as if you were viewing it online. HTTrack can also update an existing mirrored site, and resume interrupted downloads. HTTrack is fully configurable, and has an integrated help system.

HTTrack is great, it's got lots of useful features including sophisticated file type download options and it’s easy to install … at least, easy under Windows (where it’s known as WinHTTrack). This is because for the version that runs on OS X, BSD, and Linux (called WebHTTrack) you’ve got to compile the code or, for Mac, have MacPorts installed (which also requires Xcode to be installed)either of which can send you down “a maze of twisty little passages, all alike ...” if you’re trying to get the job done quickly. As I mainly use OS X, I wanted an easier solution ...

Some more research revealed a free OS X and iOS app called SiteSucker that turned out to be just what I needed. SiteSucker asynchronously copies:

… the site's Web pages, images, backgrounds, movies, and other files to your local hard drive, duplicating the site's directory structure. Just enter a URL (Uniform Resource Locator), press return, and SiteSucker can download an entire Web site.

SiteSucker can be used to make local copies of Web sites. By default, SiteSucker 'localizes' the files it downloads, allowing you to browse a site offline, but it can also download sites without modification.

You can save all the information about a download in a document. This allows you to create a document that you can use to perform the same download whenever you want. If SiteSucker is in the middle of a download when you choose the Save command, SiteSucker will pause the download and save its status with the document. When you open the document later, you can restart the download from where it left off by pressing the Resume button.

SiteSucker can also be controlled by AppleScript and there’s a utility called SuckList that creates “lists of numerically indexed URLs and drive SiteSucker to download the files in the list. It can also drive SiteSucker using a manually produced list.”

Of course, after spending the time researching and installing download tools I discovered that all of the Python coding examples are available on another page on the PythonLearn site as a ZIP file …

If you know of any other useful site download tools for Windows, OS X, or Linux, that you’ve used, let me know.