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Download overnight

Queue big files during the day and let GDM download them at night, when nobody needs the connection. It can turn the computer off when it is done.

1. Put the downloads in a queue

For new downloads:

  1. Add the download as usual (Add URL, or from the browser).
  2. In Download File Info, click Download Later.
  3. Under Add to queue, pick Main download queue. Leave Start the queue now unticked. Click OK.

For downloads already in the list:

  1. Select them (Ctrl+click for several).
  2. Right-click and choose Add to queue → Main download queue.

The Q column now shows a queue icon for each of them.

Download File Info with Download Later ringedDownload File Info with Download Later ringed
Download Later puts it in a queue instead of starting it.

2. Set the start time

  1. Click Scheduler on the toolbar (or Downloads → Scheduler).
  2. Select Main download queue on the left. The Schedule tab opens.
  3. Tick Start download at and set the time, for example 1:00:00 AM. Click the hours and use the arrows or type the number.
  4. Choose Daily and tick the days, or Once at and pick a date.
  5. To stop in the morning whatever is left, tick Stop download at and set a time, for example 7:00:00 AM.
The Scheduler's Schedule tab: Start download at, Once at or Daily, and Stop download atThe Scheduler's Schedule tab: Start download at, Once at or Daily, and Stop download at
1 the start time, 2 once or daily, 3 a stop time if you want one.

3. Choose how many run at once

  1. Open the Files in the queue tab.
  2. Set Download [N] files at the same time. Four is the default. Use 1 to download them one by one.
  3. The list shows the order they will run in. Use the arrow buttons under it to move a download up or down.

4. Decide what happens at the end (optional)

Back on the Schedule tab:

  • Tick Turn off computer when done and choose Shut down, Sleep or Hibernate. GDM shows a 30-second countdown first, so you can still cancel if you're at the computer.
  • Or tick Exit GolinksPRO Download Manager when done.
The Scheduler's choices for when the queue is done, Turn off computer when done among themThe Scheduler's choices for when the queue is done, Turn off computer when done among them
When the queue is done: open a file, quit GDM, or turn the computer off.

5. Apply and leave GDM running

  1. Click Apply, then Close.
  2. Leave GDM running. Closing the main window is fine: GDM keeps going in the tray. Don't use Tasks → Exit.
  3. Make sure the computer doesn't go to sleep before the start time.

At the start time the queue starts on its own. In the morning, the finished files are under Finished in the categories.

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