# How do I download a TED lecture?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 22, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-download-a-ted-lecture/593659 "2011-08-22T15:19:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![blood63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-download-a-ted-lecture/593659/1 "2011-08-22T15:19:33Z")

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[TED](http://www.ted.com/) talks are great!

Is there a tool I can use to download them?

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**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-download-a-ted-lecture/593659/2 "2011-08-22T15:24:18Z")

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click on the box that says ‘download’

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-download-a-ted-lecture/593659/3 "2011-08-22T15:27:55Z")

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You might want to look for the Download button under the particular video.

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**Author:** ![blood63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/97f17d/32.png) [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-download-a-ted-lecture/593659/4 "2011-08-22T15:28:18Z")

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ok:o