Version history:

01-08-2008 - 1.66
  • Updated for Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
05-11-2006 - 1.65
  • French localization added
13-03-2006 - 1.64
  • Chinese localization updated
  • A few minor bugs fixed
21-02-2006 - 1.63
  • Minor improvement: preset reordering
31-01-2006 - 1.62
  • New option: DeepVacuum uses Services Menu
04-01-2006 - 1.61
  • New option: don't check for certificates (--no-check-certificate)
  • Program help standardized and updated
  • bug fixed: registration system failed occasionally
23-12-2005 - 1.60
  • Compiled for Intel processors
  • Download can be paused now
28-11-2005 - 1.50
  • When d/l is terminated by user, links are still converted to relative
  • A few patches reapplied to wget
16-11-2005 - 1.45
  • Wget updated to the latest version (1.10.2)
  • Chinese localization updated
29-10-2005 - 1.44
  • Bug fixed: did not work properly under systems 10.3.0 - 10.3.8
  • Bug fixed: registering by email did not work with Entourage
25-10-2005 - 1.43
  • Restrict download to predefined list of domains
  • A single path can be removed from download folder popup.
06-10-2005 - 1.42
  • wget updated to the latest version (1.10.1)
22-09-2005 - 1.41
  • new program icon thanks to Markus Grunenberg
  • optimized for speed
  • minor bug fixed
16-09-2005 - 1.40
  • wget updated to the latest version (1.10)
  • included wget installer works under systems 10.2, 10.3, 10.4
1-08-2005 - 1.36
  • new program icon thanks to Gary Eckstein
  • bug fixed: broken log coloring
16-06-2005 - 1.35
  • new localization: Chinese, thanks to Jack M.H. Lin
08-06-2005 - 1.34
  • AppleScript support added
18-05-2005 - 1.33
  • Tuned for Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger)
  • Minor bugs fixed
26-04-2005 - 1.32
  • Now runs under OSX 10.2 but with slight limitation - log is only in English language
11-04-2005 - 1.31
  • new pro option: spider
15-03-2005 - 1.30
  • setup assistant for crucial options added
23-02-2005 - 1.29
  • bug fixed: content of open windows was intermixing
  • bug fixed: when terminating one task, all were terminated
03-02-2005 - 1.28
  • bug fixed: non proper output (bad UTF8) from wget caused program crash
24-12-2004 - 1.27
  • minor interface glitch corrected
04-11-2004 - 1.26
  • individual download folder for each window (popup added)
20-10-2004 - 1.25
  • create folder button added in choose main directory dialog
  • input links file can be a regular Mac text file (CR line endings)
  • German localization improved by Rolf Ahlborn
  • bug fixed: directories are not created exactly according to settings
  • bug fixed: retry count is always 1
06-10-2004 - 1.24
  • New option: ignore robots.txt file
  • Mac OS X http/ftp proxy settings will be used now instead of Darwin settings
  • Passwords are no longer displayed in log
01-10-2004 - 1.23
  • DeepVacuum can be registered by email now (24/7)
  • Free, fully featured trial period
22-09-2004 - 1.22
  • German localization by Marc Widmer
31-08-2004 - 1.21
  • wget log supports languages: German, French, Italian, Japanese, Chinese, and more...
  • now requires system Mac OS X 10.3 (Panther)
23-08-2004 - 1.10
  • warn before closing window or quitting the application if there are active downloads
  • display a number of active downloads in Dock
  • wget unique files template modified for OS X
  • portions of code rewritten
28-07-2004 - 1.06
  • bug fixed: memory management problems
05-07-2004 - 1.05
  • more colors in log
  • drag & drop link or file with links on DV window
  • 2 minor bugs fixed
20-06-2004 - 1.0
  • colored wget log
  • line count in wget log can be limited
  • presets options fine tuned, interface modified
  • wget 1.91 recompiled for OS X 10.2.8
  • new wget 1.91 installer includes info files with detailed manual
  • program notifies user when download has finished by beep or dock icon bouncing
  • program became shareware
  • minor bugs fixed
16-04-2004 - 0.91
  • minor bug fixes
20-02-2004 - 0.90
  • many useful interface improvements
25-12-2003 - 0.88
  • dynamic sites support bug fixed
  • Alt+"Start Download" generates more debugging information for wget
15-12-2003 - 0.87
  • proper installation of wget command line tool
  • new wget 1.9.1 and wget help updated
  • new option: exclude directories
  • corrected font in log window
  • Safari cookies off by default (due to bug in wget - may cause wget to crash sometimes)
18-11-2003 - 0.86
  • wget recompiled to support OS X 10.2
  • minimum requirements OS X 10.2
15-11-2003 - 0.85
  • new wget version: 1.9
  • many small interface improvements
  • wget help from DV menu:
    • full help as pdf file
    • short help as text file
  • an option install to install wget as command line (Terminal) tool - this allows user to experiment or use it in as a very advanced download tool
  • direct link to wget authors www from DV menu
  • bugs fixed:
    • "no parent directories" was reversed
    • cookies were handle incorrectly
12-11-2003 - 0.81, 0.80
  • integrates with Safari cookies - now it is possible to download most sites including sites where a login is required
03-11-2003 - 0.70
  • optimized for OS X systems versions: 10.1 (Puma), 10.2 (Jaguar), 10.3 (Panther)
  • log view holds on position now - easier to browse when still logging
  • a few PRO options added:
    • time delay between downloads (fixed, random)
    • log server responses
    • use base URL
    • exclude domains
24-10-2003 - 0.60
  • presets adjusted for better performance
  • better dynamic sites support
  • new preset: download mp3
  • other enhancements
15-10-2003 - 0.55
  • detailed help
  • minor interface improvements
  • setup file saving improvements
  • "jpg" type added to image types
08-10-2003 - 0.54
  • bug fixed: program used to forget preferences occasionally
07-10-2003 - 0.53
  • simplified, much more practical interface
  • new presets
18-09-2003 - 0.52
  • added preferences dialog with many useful options
  • display wget arguments
  • better handling of spaces in names
11-09-2003 - 0.51
  • unfortunate misspelling mistake in program name corrected
08-09-2003 - 0.5
  • initial release