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How can I schedule downloads on my mac to wait to run until 3:00 AM

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BBB1
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I have a monthly data cap on my internet usage, except between the hours of 3 and 6 am.

I would like to click download on a large video file, but then set the download somehow to pause until 3:00 AM and then start automatically then without me having to still be awake to push go.

There were some plug ins ("download scheduler", i think) that never worked especially well, but even they won't run on the latest version of firefox.

I have a monthly data cap on my internet usage, except between the hours of 3 and 6 am. I would like to click download on a large video file, but then set the download somehow to pause until 3:00 AM and then start automatically then without me having to still be awake to push go. There were some plug ins ("download scheduler", i think) that never worked especially well, but even they won't run on the latest version of firefox.

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FredMcD
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Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.

Happy112
Happy112
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Maybe this could work for you :

https://mac.eltima.com/list-best-download-managers-mac.html

https://mac.eltima.com/schedule-downloads-mac.html

https://mac.eltima.com/download-manager.html