---
id: tuhi-assistant.can-tuhi-download-a-file-from-a-link
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-tuhi-download-a-file-from-a-link
category: "Tuhi, your storage assistant"
subcategory: "What Tuhi can do for you"
question: "Can Tuhi download a file if I paste a link?"
alt_questions:
  - "Can Storage Studio download a URL for me?"
  - "Tuhi download this link"
  - "How do I download a big file with Tuhi?"
  - "Where does Tuhi save downloads?"
  - "Download a file that resumes if interrupted"
  - "Can I ask Tuhi to download a link for me?"
  - "paste a download link into Tuhi"
  - "tuhi download this"
  - "download a URL from the Ask box"
  - "can the assistant download files"
  - "storage studio assistant download link"
  - "Download this link to my external drive"
  - "Can Tuhi download to my Desktop?"
  - "Tuhi download a file from a download page"
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."
tags: ["tuhi", "download", "links", "link"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/can-tuhi-change-things-on-my-mac", "https://storagestudio.us/faq/tuhi-assistant/tuhi-download-paused-low-disk"]
applies_to: "app>=4.20"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-27
---

# Can Tuhi download a file if I paste a link?

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.

See [what the download card does](https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/download-card-in-tuhi).