Save Apple Trailers

I don't know about the rest of you but lots of times I've found that waiting for an apple trailer to load takes far too long, especially when I want to watch one of them right now.

I found a way to save these files to a computer, so they can be watched whenever you want to! I realize there have been a lot of hacks to do this, but I think this might be a little easier than the rest since its all common sense.

First, choose a trailer you'd actually like to watch (at www.trailers.apple.com) and click on the size you'd prefer:


I chose the new IMAX Movie about sealife.

Anyways, then the Quicktime application will launch. Once the file has started to load hit command I (or on a PC probably CTRL I) to get information about the movie file itself:


That will bring up the info window, which will have lots of information displayed:


Only one line here is important. That is the "Source:" line displayed on top. Highlight the entire source ("http://movies.apple.com.../.../.../xyz.mov") and copy it by hitting command I (or CTRL I on a PC):


Now you can close Quicktime entirely, even if the movie has not completed yet. Next open program that will automatically download files onto your computer. Personally, I use Getamatic for OS X (which can be downloaded on macupdate.com here: http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/14024). Take the copied source address and paste it into the URL address for the file you want to download using the download-program:


Then start the download and depending on your connection speed you will have the trailer saved to your computer within no time! Then you can watch the trailer whenever you want without having to stream it from apple every time! Woohoo!!!

Please let me know what you think, and if this works on a PC. I assume it will, since Quicktime seems to be the same for both OS X and Windows but I haven't used Windows in a very long time so I don't know what download applications are available and just generally whether this will work or not.

Enjoy!

Love,
Ev