This post is a little Howto guide to allow you to download serveral programs at once and also allow you to us a different proxy for each download therefore hopefully allowing you to better utilise your internet connection.
I have reader Peter Register to thank for giving me the inspiration to dream up this hack after reading his helpful comments on the main post for iPlayer Grabber. Peter then went and proved this method actually works (from a non UK country using proxies) and then was kind enough to give me the screen grabs and other info to do this post. So a big thank you to Peter!
Firstly, I am assuming you have 'Grabber if you not head over here and download it and come back.
Right lets get started.
1) Extract the iPlayer Grabber zip archive on to your desktop (or where ever)
2) Make a copy of the iPlayer Grabber application bundle that you just extracted (cmd+c then cmd+v)
3) Rename the copy you just made, to do this single click on the iPlayer Grabber icon and then press the return key and type a new name, lets use 'iPlayer Grabber 1'
NOTE: If you just want to download multiple programs at once using the same preferences for each copy of iPlayer Grabber you can stop here (Probably the case if you are in the UK). If you want to use different preferences (i.e. proxies) for each copy then read on...
4) ctrl+click on the iPlayer Grabber 1 icon, you should see a menu similar to the image below (click on the image to enlage), select 'Show Package Contents'
5) A finder window will open, click the folder called 'Contents' (see image below)
6) In the Contents folder locate Info.plist and double click it (see image below)
7) your Info..plist file should look like the one on the left in the image below. Replace any occurance of 'iPlayer_Grabber' with 'iPlayer_Grabber_1' (without quotes) so the file looks like the one on the right.
8) Save Info.plist
9) Repeat this as many times as you like replacing 'iPlayer_Grabber_1' with 2,3,4 etc. (you can use whatever you like as long as each one is unique)
You can now run each copy you have made individually and each will store their own preferences. All you need now are some working proxies... Good luck and thanks once more to Peter for the help in creating this post!
