If you’ve ever wanted to download files from many different archive.org items in an automated way, here is one method to do it.
Preferably there would be one tool to download everything (text, pictures, videos). I don't know to what degree Tumblr uses other 'external' (non-tumblr) services to host pictures and videos, but the program should be able to collect all content for a page/post, even if it spans to other hosts.
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Here’s an overview of what we’ll do:
1. Confirm or install a terminal emulator and wget
2. Create a list of archive.org item identifiers 3. Craft a wget command to download files from those identifiers 4. Run the wget command.
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Requirements
Required: a terminal emulator and wget installed on your computer. Avg virus free download mac. Below are instructions to determine if you already have these.
Recommended but not required: understanding of basic unix commands and archive.org items structure and terminology.
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Section 1. Determine if you have a terminal emulator and wget.
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