SiteSucker is a Macintosh application that automatically downloads Web sites from the Internet. It does this by asynchronously copying the site's webpages, images, PDFs, style sheets, and other files to your local hard drive, duplicating the site's directory structure.
SiteSucker can be used to make local copies of Web sites. By default, SiteSucker "localizes" the files it downloads, allowing you to browse a site offline, but it can also download sites without modification.
SiteSucker should only be used to download files that a user has the legitimate right to access.
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Helpful Tool
B-Drive
Over the years, I’ve tried many different tools for backing up websites across various hosting platforms and content management systems. SiteSucker is one of the best I’ve used. That said, no tool is perfect—none will give you an offline version of your site that functions exactly the way it does online.For me, the real value of tools like SiteSucker is in preserving a snapshot of a website’s design and layout, while also capturing its content. Websites are living things that change and evolve, and nothing lasts forever—so having that snapshot can be invaluable.If I could wish for one improvement, it would be for SiteSucker to offer clearer guidance on the ideal settings for backing up different platforms. Still, this app is well worth it: you pay once and will probably find yourself using it for years.
Lamentations NO MORE: Trainer MUST HAVE!
HuggyBexar
I've been teaching for 30 years and Site Sucker has made me look like a genius time and time again. *When a teacher finds that invaluable resource and creates a bookmark to the site that's great. But sites and hosts change or companies go out of buisness and you can't get those resources back. Now when ever I find a resource I can't live without I download it to Site Sucker. I could go on and on. *A superviser was repeating a presentation he had done several years earlier and I heard him say, "I used to have this great website that explained everything, but when the District changed hosting services it got lost in the shuffle." I interjected that, "I have the entire site right here on my computer." Guess who got the gold star that day! *A rival training colleague created a fantastic site chocked full of thousands of links to resources and lesson plans that he had developed over 10 years and during one of his trainings he said he was no longer going to be able to maintain the site. A year later that site was gone. Several years went by and I bumped into him at a conference. He told me he had lost everything and was rebuilding from notes. When I showed him his enitre site right then and there, guess who paid for lunch. We're no longer rivals today. *I'm a robotics coach/trainer/mentor and I spend years learning how to build and program bots. About every 6-7 years the manufacturer creates a new bot and the process starts all over again. Over the years different experts in the field have assembled fantastic resources that explain the programming process in detail along with actual programs for the robot. Once the manufacturer discontinues a bot model most of these resources are no longer valid to new bot builders. The resources to the older bot are quickly removed in order to conserve hosting space. Ocassionally, I hear my peers lament on the losing of a particular site's resources. Lamentations are not a part of my life since I found Site Sucker.
A Lifesaver for Web Developers who might need desktop read or who don't have login credentials
Clyde Lovett
I just downloaded this software, popped in the URL, and ran it. It seemed to process a bunch of numbers and then suddenly stopped. I thought it was failing, but voila! There was everything—all the site files, including the wp-content—sitting in my downloads folder. WordPress PHP outputs were converted to HTML files, allowing me to read them using a local web browser.To ensure the links were locally referenced, I even shut off my internet connection. Everything was there on my hard drive. I am blown away. It was so awesome. I've been creating websites for more than 20 years, and this is just what I needed. It probably saved me two hours of work since I needed a visual backup for the website and did not have access to the database or website logins.Well worth the money!
Rick was so helpful!!
MarthaShelterDogs
I have written a weekly blog post for my local humane society since 2012, so it is huge. I "retired" from writing my posts a few months ago and didn't want to spend the $300 annual fee to continue it. But I also didn't want to lose it. So I bought SiteSucker. I had some initial problems in the download, contacted Rick, and he could not have been more helpful. I ended up buying the Pro version, which worked much better for the huge size of my blog. Rick even dowloaded it himself and sent me the link to use. He spent a great deal of time helping me and I could not be more grateful. Thank you, Rick!
Restored the previous method of keeping track of downloaded files.
Paused downloading without disabling controls after receiving a critical low memory warning.
Version 6.1.5
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Information
Seller
Richard Cranisky
Size
3.4 MB
Category
Utilities
Compatibility
Requires macOS 12 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12 or later.
Languages
English and 6 more
English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
