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(Continued from page 4) I’ll be learning new features for months on
end. But I love it!
handle 4K resolution You Tube videos! And for You can even set Downie to perform down-
those requiring Accessibility, it also downloads loads while you sleep so you don’t clog up
Closed Captioning.
your bandwidth while working on other pro-
But suppose, as in my case, you don’t want jects during the day.
the entire video but merely the audio? Downie Files are downloaded in their own pane. When
can save only the audio track from the select- finished downloading, they were sent, at least
ed file. If you’d prefer all your videos in the in my case, to my Downloads folder. In fact,
MP4 format, you can set Downie to convert you can have the app send your downloads
them automatically by going to Settings in the directly into your iTunes library. And as I said
Menu Bar. There you can quickly choose earlier, I’m sure I’ll stumble upon another fea-
None, Convert to MP4, Extract Audio Only, or ture that lets me customize that.
Send to Permute for post-processing (more on
that later).
Downie is extensively customizable. Go to Apparently, Charlie Monroe isn’t sleeping
Preferences and the panel has anything that nights.
you would want to access. You can go through
the usual General settings, but you can choose Downie is updated about once a week with
your browser’s extension, set Parental Con- new features, sites supported, etc. Extensive
trols, and skim the multitude of websites that support on their website and through their
Downie works with. Menu Bar.
Post-processing is achieved with [Permute]
The most fascinating feature that I found was
one of the small icons located in the lower right (https://software.charliemonroe.net/
corner of the main window. It’s labeled Search permute.php), another of Charlie Monroe’s
and Top Downloads. Search is self- creations.
explanatory. But Top Downloads is the equiva- Downie seamlessly integrates with Permute, a
lent of what’s trending on apps like Twitter. An powerful media converter. To convert the vid-
amazing number of downloads to choose from! eo, you've just downloaded to a different for-
(NOTE: This is where Parental Controls will mat or stitch parts of it into one file just send it
come in very handy. Particularly Tumblr videos to Permute and pick it up in that app.
…) So, as an example, you can convert formats to
I’ve been using Downie for a couple of weeks enable you to achieve the ideal file size to fit
now and with every use I find another valuable as many video and audio downloads onto your
feature. And it’s usually an indispensable fea- iPad or iPhone as is possible.
ture, it inevitably led to another one. It feels like (Continued on page 6)
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