Download large files faster and resume after a drop.

The best download manager for Mac

Lynx Download Manager is the best download manager for Mac in 2026 for most people because it downloads just the part of a video you need, works from your MacBook’s notch, downloads Google Drive files, videos and whole folders, connects to your browser by itself and runs its own download engine in a native SwiftUI Mac app notarized by Apple. Lynx Download Manager is the download manager that lives in your MacBook’s notch. Underneath, Lynx’s own engine works like IDM: up to 32 connections a file with Pro (8 on Lynx Basic), resumed after a drop, sleep or a restart.

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Multi-connection downloads

Lynx’s own download engine splits a large file into parts and downloads them side by side. Each file starts on a few connections and adds more only while the speed rises, up to 8 on Lynx Basic and 32 with Pro, and falls back automatically when a server needs it. It can’t exceed your own internet speed, but Turbo Mode can add your phone’s connection.

Lynx downloading a 9.4 GB archive over 32 connections; the connection drops, Lynx reconnects by itself and carries on.

Download a whole playlist

Paste one playlist link. Lynx reads it and lists every video. Press Download All and they download side by side, each with its own speed and time left. Whole playlists come with Pro.

A playlist link in Lynx: it reads Northern Series by Slowrox Films, 12 videos, 1 hr 33 min, and lists the videos; then they download side by side, each with its own speed and time left.

Resume interrupted downloads

When Wi-Fi drops, your Mac sleeps, a disk is unplugged or you quit Lynx, it keeps what it has downloaded and asks the server for the rest. The server has to support resuming.

After a dropped connection or a Wi-Fi changeLynx keeps the part it already has, reconnects and asks the server for the rest, without fetching any byte twice.
After sleep, a restart or an unplugged diskUnfinished downloads continue from where they stopped when the Mac wakes, Lynx opens again or the disk is back.
When a link expiresUpdate Link takes a fresh link, or Lynx attaches the download you start again from the page, and carries on from the bytes it already has.
In a queue you controlChoose how many downloads run at once (3 files on Basic, up to 10 on Pro).

Catch large downloads from your browser

With the Lynx extension, large downloads in Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Dia, Comet, Vivaldi, Opera and Chromium open in Lynx, where they use several connections, resume after a drop and go into your library. Small files stay in the browser, and one click keeps any file there.

Add the extension in one click from Lynx › Settings › Browser. It comes from the Chrome Web Store. About the extension

The Lynx button on a video in the browser: 4K is picked from its quality menu and the download starts in Lynx.

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Clips, the notch, Google Drive, files and video

Paste a direct link to a 9 GB file, a page with a video, a Google Drive folder or a list of links. Lynx shows what you’re about to get before it starts.

Just the part you need

With Pro, pick a part of a long online video or a Google Drive video and Lynx saves only that part, ready for your editor (Clip Download).

In the notch

Live downloads beside the camera, a download card for the link you just copied, Download Later, a Shelf that suggests the next step for each file, clipboard history and your music with lyrics (Lynx Notch).

Google Drive files, videos and folders

Paste a public Drive link and the file downloads as a real file, resumable and over several connections. Drive videos offer Full Video or Clip. A Drive folder opens as a list of every file, up to 1,000 with subfolders kept, so you pick exactly what you need.

Large files

Installers, archives, disk images and datasets, downloaded by Lynx’s own engine over several connections, checked when complete and resumed after a drop.

Turbo Mode

Your iPhone or Android phone joins the download: Lynx adds its connection to your Mac’s, so big downloads arrive dramatically faster. Free on Lynx Basic for files; with Pro, for video too.

Video in the quality you choose

Up to 1080p and 10 videos a day on Lynx Basic. With Pro, no daily limit and the highest available quality, up to 8K. You see the file size before you start. Lynx prefers H.264, which every video editor opens (why that matters).

Audio

Save just the audio as MP3 or M4A, at the bitrate you choose or lossless FLAC and WAV. On Lynx Basic it counts toward the 10 videos a day.

Batches and playlists

Paste several links at once and they open as one batch. On Lynx Basic each video link counts toward the 10 a day; whole playlists come with Pro.

Scheduling, subtitles, privacy and a native Mac app

Subtitles

English and original-language captions, embedded in the video so any player shows them (Pro).

Library

Downloads are sorted into Videos, Music & Audio, Clips and Files, with thumbnails and search.

Automatic updates

Lynx keeps itself up to date, so downloads keep working when sites change.

Download Later

Tonight at 1:00 AM or Pick a Time, beside Download on every card and in the notch, plus Download Hours that pause downloads outside the times you set (Pro).

Update Link

When a file link expires mid-download, paste a new one and Lynx continues from what it already has.

Privacy

Files download straight from the site to your Mac. Nothing passes through Lynx’s servers, and what you download stays on your Mac.

Native Mac app

A native SwiftUI app built for Apple silicon, with Mac menus, shortcuts and notifications. It needs macOS 14 or later.

Notarized, no account

Signed and notarized by Apple, so it opens like any other app. There’s no account to create.

Lynx on a Mac

The real app: several downloads at once, each with its own speed and time left, and a playlist listed video by video, ready to download.

Lynx Download Manager on a Mac downloading the Northern Series playlist, 0 of 12 downloaded: eight of its videos in view side by side, from Northern Light at 6%, 5.6 MB/s, 42 s left to Moonrise at 7%, 5.2 MB/s, 32 s left, each with its own speed and time left — The Northern Series playlist downloading in Lynx, its videos side by side, each with its own speed and time left. Speed depends on your connection and the server.

A playlist link from slowrox.com pasted into Lynx and its card: Northern Series by Slowrox Films, 12 videos, 1 hr 33 min, Save as Videos up to 1080p, Select All ticked with 12 of 12 selected (about 2.24 GB), the first six videos with their lengths from Northern Light (10:34) to Blue Hour (6:12), and Download All 12 — Paste a playlist link and Lynx lists every video with its length. Here all 12 are selected, about 2.24 GB, ready for Download All 12.

Questions

More in the Help Center.

What is the best download manager for Mac?

Lynx Download Manager is the best download manager for Mac in 2026 for most people because it downloads just the part of a video you need, works from your MacBook’s notch, downloads Google Drive files, videos and whole folders, connects to your browser by itself and runs its own download engine in a native SwiftUI Mac app notarized by Apple. It also has Turbo Mode, up to 32 connections a file with Pro (8 on Lynx Basic) and resume after a drop, sleep or a restart, with no account. See it compared with other Mac download managers.

What is the best native download manager for Mac?

Lynx Download Manager. It is a native SwiftUI app built for Apple silicon, with Mac menus, shortcuts and notifications, and Lynx’s own download engine underneath. It is signed and notarized by Apple. Motrix is built on Electron and JDownloader 2 runs on Java. Folx, Progressive Downloader and Downie are native Mac apps too, but in hands-on use their interfaces felt dated and slower, and none of them works from the notch, downloads just part of a video or opens a Google Drive folder as a list to pick from. Lynx needs an Apple silicon Mac with macOS 14 or later.

Is there a download manager in the Mac notch?

Yes. Lynx Download Manager is the download manager that lives in your MacBook’s notch. Lynx Notch shows live downloads beside the camera, turns a link you copy into a download card and offers Download Later, with a smart Shelf, clipboard history and music with lyrics. It needs macOS 14 or later, and Macs without a notch get the same view at the top center of the screen.

Does a download manager make downloads faster on a Mac?

Often, for large files. Lynx’s own download engine fetches a file over several connections at once and adds more only while the speed rises, up to 32 with Pro. That helps when a server limits the speed of each connection. It can’t go faster than your own internet connection. Turbo Mode goes past that: it adds an iPhone or Android phone’s connection to your Mac’s, for files on Lynx Basic and for video too with Pro.

Can it download Google Drive files and folders?

Yes. Paste a public Drive link: files download as real files, resumable and over several connections, and Google Docs, Sheets and Slides export as DOCX, XLSX and PPTX. A Drive folder opens as a list of every file, up to 1,000 with subfolders kept, so you pick exactly what you need. Drive videos offer Full Video or Clip (clips are Pro).

Which browsers does it catch downloads from?

Chrome, Edge, Brave, Arc, Dia, Comet, Vivaldi, Opera and Chromium, with the Lynx extension, which pairs with the app by itself. Add the extension in one click from Lynx › Settings › Browser. It comes from the Chrome Web Store. There’s no Safari or Firefox extension yet. From those browsers, copy a download link and Lynx offers to download it.

Is it free?

Yes. Lynx Basic is free with no time limit: files at full speed, resumable, over up to 8 connections a file, 10 whole videos a day up to 1080p, browser catching and Lynx Notch with music and downloads. Pro adds video up to 8K with no daily limit, clips, playlists, subtitles, Download Later, converting, up to 32 connections a file and up to 10 downloads at a time. Every Pro feature is on for 14 days after install, with no account and no card. Plans.

What doesn’t Lynx do?

Lynx doesn’t do torrents, has no Safari or Firefox extension yet and needs Apple silicon with macOS 14 or later, so for torrents or an Intel Mac, the Mac download manager comparison lists apps that cover them. In Safari, copy a download link and Lynx offers to download it.

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Every Pro feature is on for 2 weeks, with no card and no account. After that, Lynx Basic stays free for files and 10 videos a day.

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