Adobe Direct Download Links Without Akamai Download Manager

Find genuine direct download links to Adobe software, CS2, CS3, CS4, CS5, CS5.1, CS5.5, CS6 and download without using the Akamai Download Manager.

October 2016 Update:

Adobe has given up and finally understood that users need to be able to download their software without hassle.  Download all the CS6 and below Adobe products you like directly from Adobe's website Help Section.

Here are all the direct download links for Adobe products.

You do not need to be logged in.
You do not need any special tricks.
You just click the links and they download.
This INCLUDES all CS6, CS5.5, CS4 and CS3 Adobe products.
Enjoy.

Problems with the Akamai Download Manager? Not able to download the latest Adobe trial? Lost or scratched install discs? Formatted hard drive with your installed and registered Adobe product? Forced to buy costly updates when you still have valid registrations for older products? Don't look any further! Here is your solution.

I have compiled a list with Adobe Direct Download Links of possibly all the Adobe products including the latest CS6. If there is a product or link missing please do let me know and I will add it.

I try to keep this list updated. Please do get in touch if you can help keep this list updated.

August 2014 Update:

Yes, the links still do work! I had a few issues getting them to work due to the following.

Using Firefox and the add-on HTTPS Everywhere (HIGHLY recommended!!) I had to temporarily change Firefox's settings.

What happens is that Adobe has so called mixed content, so content that is served via http as well as https on the trial download page and Firefox (and I assume other browsers as well) block this sort of stuff.

To temporarily tell Firefox to NOT block this mixed content follow these instructions: http://plsqlnotes.blogspot.com/2013/09/firefox-disable-mixed-content-blocking.html.

Once you have ONLY temporarily changed these settings in Firefox (DON'T forget to change them back after the download as finished!!) the trial download on the link given in the Download Instructions below under point 3. will work.

Proceed  as normal with the Download Instructions. You will ONLY be allowed to download from the direct download links once you successfully clicked on the yellow "Download now" button AND on the next page that opens you get a windows asking you where to save the download. ONLY then the Adobe session cookie is set in your browser and ONLY then will the direct download links work.

Download Red Bull Music Academy Radio Stream As MP3

Learn how to download or rip any mix, podcast and stream hosted on Red Bull Music Academy Radio and Archive as MP3 audio file.

Download Mixcloud Mixes As MP3 M4A Or AAC

Learn how to download or rip any mix or podcast hosted on Mixloud.com as MP3, M4A or AAC audio file.

This post is updated regularly with the latest information and method on how to download from Mixcloud. Bookmark this post and check back here if you are having trouble downloading from Mixcloud. Thanks to avid participation in the comments section there is always a quick solution if Mixcloud changes its site code or the way mixes are being streamed. Thanks goes out to all commenters below!

As a reference I keep the older and non-working methods archived as PDF files.
August 09 2011 Reference Version 01.pdf

Both JDownloader and Offliberty.com work again and will download the MP3 from Mixcloud.com directly. Well done!

One other helpful tool is Andrew's MixCloud to RSS converter. Check it out!

Play SoundCloud On iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch Without App Or Embedded Player

Learn how to make SoundCloud tracks play on any iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch without using the embedded SoundCloud Player for websites or having the iPhone SoundCloud App installed. So far users on an iDevice browsing sites with music hosted on SoundCloud cannot play tracks with the embedded player because Apple does not support Flash. Unfortunately SoundCloud's custom javascript based player that should hold the solution to this also does not always work. Here is a simple fix that always works.

Four Numbers Instead Of Letters Or Words

You are browsing the web and suddenly come across a page that displays numbers
instead of letters? You see four numbers inside a little box instead of letters? Well then you might just be missing a Unicode font. Here is a simple fix.

Adobe Announces Official Direct Download Links

If you check the general download section over at Adobe's forum you will find this announcement.

Announcement:
Trials of Adobe products may be downloaded without Akamai Download Manager.
Here is an article describing how to download our products directly: http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/526/cpsid_52698.html
by Petаr at May 3, 2011 12:22 PM

Download Samurai.FM Stream As MP3

Learn how to download or rip any Samurai.FM stream as m4a and convert the m4a to mp3.

Samurai.FM hosts all the audio files in the m4a file format and streams them through the RTMP protocol. To find the rtmp stream URL you need an advanced network sniffer. To download the m4a audio file hosted at such a rtmp stream URL you need a downloaded tool that supports the rtmp protocol. Both these functions are combined in one great program already, CooJah 6. Make sure to carefully read this little post on how to install and configure CooJah 6 as unfortunately its InstallShield is in Chinese. Don't start to worry now! The graphical user interface is entirely in English.

Install And Configure CooJah 6

CooJah 6 is an advanced network sniffer that supports the HTTP, RTMP and RTMPE protocol. It reveals the URLs to almost all media resources and is capable of capturing  request and response headers. Together with CooJah 6 comes Blader the integrated download manager that not only supports these protocols but also uses RTMPDump to download the content behind any URL found by CooJah 6.

Download Original PicasaWeb Photos & Albums Without Installing Picasa

With this hack you can learn how to download original full size photos and whole original full size albums from PicasaWeb without installing Picasa even if the download permission is disabled.

Install And Configure URL Snooper 2

URL Snooper 2 is a program written to help users locate the URLs of audio and video files so that they can be recorded. Of course URLs to software and a lot of other data you might want to get your hands on can be found and downloaded with URL Snooper 2. Download the latest version of URL Snooper 2 or check the official homepage for more info. This software is 100% free to download and use.