> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.dfine.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Download a share at full size

> Paste a Review share link into dfine.io Download and pull its files to your Mac at full size, with pause and resume.

The Mac app dfine.io Download fetches the files of a Review share link straight to your Mac. You get the originals at full size, the folders come along, and a transfer that breaks off continues where it stopped. No sign-in: the link is the permission.

<Card title="Download dfine.io Download" icon="download" href="https://dfine.io/downloads#download-app">
  One app for Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 15 or newer.
</Card>

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/HOYw-46pLh91J7eM/images/apps/download-share.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=HOYw-46pLh91J7eM&q=85&s=f6404c8cfa7e30f2150b6e0cd6e8dea9" alt="dfine.io Download with an opened share link, its files and the Download button" width="2400" height="1500" data-path="images/apps/download-share.jpg" />
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## Download a share

<Steps>
  <Step title="Paste the link">
    Paste the share link into **Share link** and click **Open share link**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Unlock it if asked">
    A protected share shows a **Password** field. Enter the password and click **Unlock**.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick what you need">
    **Files** lists the share with **Name**, **Items** and **Size**. Everything is ticked; untick what you do not need.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Start">
    Click **Download** and choose a folder. The app recreates the folders there.
  </Step>
</Steps>

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  <img src="https://mintcdn.com/dfineiogmbh/HOYw-46pLh91J7eM/images/apps/download-progress.jpg?fit=max&auto=format&n=HOYw-46pLh91J7eM&q=85&s=2e0f17a016968130163c0844fbebd79c" alt="A running download with progress, transferred size, speed and time left" width="2400" height="1500" data-path="images/apps/download-progress.jpg" />
</Frame>

**Progress**, **Transferred**, **Speed** and **Time left** show where you are. **Pause** holds the transfer and turns into **Resume**. **Cancel** stops it, and what has arrived stays on disk, so starting again continues where it left off. An existing file is never overwritten; the new one gets a number. At the end the app says **Download complete**.

## Good to know

**Only Review share links work.** Links to `review.dfine.app/share/` open. Anything else is refused.

**Opening from the browser.** A share page can hand its link to the app. The app asks once before it opens it.

**Locked folders stay closed.** A folder with its own password does not open here. Download it in your browser for now.

**When a share does not open**, the app names the reason: protected, invitation-only, expired, not open yet, switched off by the sender, view limit reached, not available in your country, archived project, or no files right now.

## Help tab

**Open the full documentation** leads here. **Debug logging** writes `~/.dfine-monitor/logs/monitor.log`; switching it off deletes the file. The tab also shows your version and whether an update is out.


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