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eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
A 50GB download takes less than 12h on a 10Mbps internet. And I had a 10Mbps link 10 years ago in a third world country, so maybe check your options with your ISP. 50GB really should not be a problem nowadays.
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
It’s not the speed - it’s the interruptions. If I could guarantee an uninterrupted download for 12 hours, then I could do it over the course of 3-4 days. I’m looking into some of the download management tools that people here have suggested.
eager_eagle@lemmy.world 1 month ago
that might work; I don’t know if you live in a remote area, but I’d also consider a coffee shop, library, university, or hotel lobby with wifi. You might be able to download it within an hour.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Get a program that can auto resume downloads?
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Great, any suggestions?
aulin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I would recommend Aria2. It can download several chunks of a file in parallel, resume downloads automatically with a set number of retries, it supports mirrors (maybe not an option for Google Takeout, but for other cases), and it can dpwnload over many different protocols.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
I believe jdownloader is able to.
If I am not mistaken wget and curl can resume a download as well but that may require a small script with error catching and auto loopijg until finished.