Tuhi, your storage assistant · What Tuhi can do for you
Can Tuhi download a file if I paste a link?
Short answer: Yes. Paste a link and say where it should go. Tuhi reads the link first (a download page leads to its real file), checks it fits, never downloads twice, shows a live card and tells you when it's done, with Show in Finder.
Yes. Paste a link into the Ask box — on its own, or with "download this" — and say where it should go if you like: your fast drive, your Desktop, a folder or a drive by name. Otherwise it goes to your Downloads folder.
Before anything is saved, Tuhi:
- reads the link — a file is downloaded, following redirects; a download page, even one that starts its download with a script, is read and the real file it offers is downloaded instead of the page. She tells you which file and which site.
- checks it fits — if the file is bigger than the free space where it's going, she asks where instead, with a button for each drive that has room.
- makes sure it isn't already there — she never downloads the same thing twice.
A live card shows progress, speed and time left. The file comes down in pieces, so an interruption carries on where it left off, and a dropped connection is retried by itself. When it's finished, Tuhi tells you, with Show in Finder. A dead link, a refused download or a page with no file gets a plain answer, and nothing is saved. Asking a question about a link — "is this link safe?" — doesn't start a download.