Safari Tip: Download MySpace Music

Have you ever gone to your favorite band’s MySpace page and found they’ve uploaded a new track or demo from their upcoming album and wished you had a way to download it so you could put it on your iPod until you can actually buy the new album? Well then, here’s a tip for all of you Mac OS X an MySpace users.

Disclaimer: The following instructions are intended for legitimate use. As a musician myself, I do not condone music piracy. Support your favorite bands by purchasing their music. Oh, and the songs you can download using this method are not high quality encodings.

Fire up Safari and navigate to your favorite band’s MySpace page.

Open up the Activity window from the Window menu (Shortcut: Command-Option-A). Back in the main browser window, click on the song you want. In the Activity window, a new item should begin loading that has an address beginning with http://cache##-music##.myspacecdn.com (where ## are numbers). If you look under the Status column, it’s usually one of the largest files. Click on this item, and copy the address using Command-C.

Now open up the Downloads window from the Window menu (Shortcut: Command-Option-L). Paste the link you copied using Command-V. The song will begin to download.

Keep all three windows open (main browser, activity, downloads) while the song downloads. Once complete, open the file in iTunes, add artist info, and you’re good to go for the next two months until the new album comes out!