Download any band's song off MySpace using Safari

Apr 21, '08 07:30:01AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

So I have seen people using all types of ways to download songs off MySpace band pages, but I just found a very easy way using Safari and TextEdit or any type of text editor. First, open TextEdit (or any other program you can make a web file with) and make sure the new document setting (in Preferences) is set to plain text, then open a new file. Put in the following HTML code:

<a href="">asdad</a>
Then choose File » Save As, and change the default .txt extension in the filename to .html and hit Save. A window will appear; click Use .html to confirm the extension. Test the file by control-clicking and selecting Safari from the Open With menu. Safari should open the file and display a link. Leave the file open in TextEdit for later use.

Next, find the band page you would like to download the song from. In the menu bar in Safari, select View » View Source. In the menu bar, select Edit » Find » Find (or just press Command-F), and type embed into the find field. Near the second embed, there will be a long URL that looks something like this:
http://lads.myspace.com/music/musicplayer.swf?ABC123DEF456
(The capital letters and numbers at the end of the URL will differ each time.) Copy all of the URL, and then open it in a new tab or window. Let the song you want to download play completely. Now select Window » Activity in the menu bar. You'll see all open tabs and windows. Pick the one for the MySpace music player, and find a URL there that starts with http://cache....

Now do this next bit within 30 seconds, as MySpace refreshes the link. Double-click that cache link to open in a new window. Copy the URL and paste into the TextEdit document, placing it between the double-quotes:
 <a href="http://cache....">asdad</a>
Save the file, open it in Safari, then control-click on the link and chose Download Linked File from the contextual menu. Your song will now start to download.

[robg adds: I haven't tested this one; I imagine there may be simpler solutions, but I don't have a MySpace account.]

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