SiteSucker for Mac

Name: SiteSucker
Rating: 4.4 (29 reviews)
Author: Rick Cranisky

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Key Details of SiteSucker

Download websites automatically for offline viewing.
Last updated on 6/5/2017
There have been 1 updates
Virus scan status:
Clean (it's extremely likely that this software program is clean)

Editors' Review

Download.com staffJanuary 31, 2015

SiteSucker is an aptly named app that downloads an entire website onto your local system. With SiteSucker, you can get text, video, and all other files onto your hard drive, giving you a complete copy of all the content in question.

Pros

Content acquisition: With SiteSucker, you can just dump a copy of a website's complete contents onto your hard drive in only a few clicks, including multimedia content like video and audio.

Fast operation: The speed at which SiteSucker can download a site's contents is one of its greatest attributes.

Extremely easy to use: SiteSucker couldn't get much easier to use. You just throw the website URL into the app, hit a button, and the download process begins.

Cons

Excess files: When you target a website, it will download every file that it can see. This often results in a lot of files that you probably don't have any use for.

Bottom Line

If you've ever needed to work offline with content that you've seen on the Web, or if you've ever wanted to easily back up a complete website, then SiteSucker is for you. It is quick, works great, and even a total beginner will be able to use it without issue.

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Full Specifications

WHAT'S NEW IN VERSION 2.6.4: - Improved performance by analyzing HTML files in the background.
- Modified the document format to reduce size and improve performance.
- Fixed some problems detecting the loss of the Internet connection.
- Appended the appropriate file extension to unnamed ("index") files.

GENERAL

Release: January 31, 2015

Latest update: June 5, 2017

Version: 2.6.4

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Mac

Operating System: OS X 10.10, OS X 10.9, Mac OS X

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 99,525

Downloads Last Week: 3

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User Reviews

4.4/5

29 User Votes

Downloads everything. Does not use user set preferences
doranwarlock7/22/2011
Pros
Fast Downloading
Cons
It does not utilize the preference you set for it and downloads everything regardless of size or file type. Went back to using the older version that still works.
Summary
Stick to the old version until they get this bug fixed.
quite effective and easy to use
bladerun1/16/2011
Pros
simple interface, does what promises
Cons
It would be nice to be able to deal with aspx pages, as in msdn documentation pages
Summary
Beautiful interface, simple concept.
caixapostal1/3/2011
Pros
Very easy and intuitive to use.
Cons
Tried to DL daypo.net to use the tests offline, but it didn't past the first 2 levels. It takes a while to DL a single site (depending on its size).
Summary
I wanted to DL a quizz-taking site to study offline (daypo.net) but SiteSucker was unable to do so. Also, you can't choose a specific "vertical" navigation (say, further down a link or a page). The settings force you to take a "horizontal" layer-like approach (1, 2 or n levels down). But this way it takes time (depending on the site size) and DL most unwanted links and objects. Anyhow, SiteSucker deserves a try.
Good Idea - incomplete
r-cnet12/30/2010
Pros
easy to use
Cons
downloaded .aspx pages do not function locally
Summary
easy to use, easily understood interface. downloaded web site did not work in downloaded format.
Excellent software.
Freddie_the_Mac1/17/2010
Pros
It's free and I can't see anything that needs improving, Very simple to use and gets the job done fast. Highly recommended.
Cons
It's free and I can't see anything that needs improving,
Summary
I's a small and simple app that's free and does exactly what it says it does. No brainer.
Site Suker is the best
gkrwc_dotmac1/13/2010
Pros
It works most every time does not losse connection or quit .
Cons
can't think of any
Summary
fast and easy to use , works like a charm !
I've tried them all...
ChrisYoung11/18/2009
Pros
Cons
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. And this is the one I've been using over the last few months. I doesn't seem like Web Devil, or any of the other apps are updating to keep up to the pace with the new styles of websites out there. This does the job good, no problems.
Great piece of software
tmcdanel10/3/2009
Pros
Cons
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. I have used it for years. It works great. I appreciate the "Localize http" default fix. I was confused by this problem more than once. Thanks.
Update to my previous post
OregonRebel8/20/2009
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Cons
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. After emailing the developer three days ago, they replied today with with a document containing the settings that were successful for them to download the site I was trying to get. He explained that my search settings could be saved in a similar document so I wouldn't have to reset them every time. He says that "It looks like the crash that you saw was caused by an invalid URL on another site" and "This problem will be fixed in the next version of SiteSucker." In the meantime I had kept trying different settings and finally managed to download the site I wanted by limiting the search to the site's server only. Nice to see that the developer responds to problems and tries to help!
Crash, Crash, Crash!
OregonRebel8/17/2009
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Cons
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com. Almost every time I've tried to run v2.2.4, it crashes repeatedly, shortly after it begins downloading. Yesterday it took about 10 tries before it finally downloaded a site. Today I needed to download some additional images that I'd excluded the first time, and I've tried to run it at least 20 times now, and it's crashed every time! I've tried many different settings to no avail. And something that's REALLY annoying is that after every crash I must change all the settings again, AARGH!! This app should be called Crash Dummy, because like a crash dummy it crashes every time it's used. The one time it did run, it downloaded the entire site (minus my exclusions), which is something I couldn't get Web Dumper to do. And this is actually DONATIONware! "Pay any amount of money SiteSucker is worth to you or use it for free." HAH! I think the developer should pay ME for the countless hours and frustration spent trying to use this sucker! I just emailed the log and crash report to the developer.

Developer's Description

By Rick Cranisky

Download websites automatically for offline viewing.

SiteSucker is a Macintosh application that automatically downloads web sites from the Internet. It does this by copying the site's HTML documents, images, backgrounds, movies, and other files to your local hard drive. Just enter a URL and click a button and SiteSucker can download an entire web site.

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User Reviews

Downloads everything. Does not use user set preferences

quite effective and easy to use

Beautiful interface, simple concept.

Good Idea - incomplete

Excellent software.

Site Suker is the best

I've tried them all...

Great piece of software

Update to my previous post

Crash, Crash, Crash!

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