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Originally Posted by swat4
klondike, i don't think that it takes long on a mac, i think that it takes long because of the way you're doing it. here's a less cumbersome way using hxxp://www.flickr.com/photos/incompertus/5243806970/ as the example:
1. right-click the small thumbnail (over on the right, in this case) and choose "copy image URL," or similar. here, it's hxxp://farm6.static.flickr.com/5044/5243806970_51a0ae75b9_s.jpg.
2. paste the thumbnail URL into your address bar, and change "_s.jpg" to "_b.jpg".
3. save the image.
i believe "_b.jpg" always works. in some cases, however, you can do "_o.jpg" to get a higher resolution image if the user uploaded one above certain dimensions.
depending on your browser, you can access protected flickr photos more quickly than the above. i know that google chrome (or chromium) makes it easy.
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Another method is using Firefox browser (at least in Windows, not sure about Mac version):
1. Once the photo page loads, either click the "Actions --> View All Sizes" button above the photo to reveal the Original (if available), Large, Medium, etc. options,
OR if you hover the pointer over the photo, should turn into a magnifying glass, which right-click reveals the magnifier context menu displaying the All Sizes options as clickable links.
2. After selecting the largest size available and the resulting photo fully loads, hover your pointer over the photo again and right-click to reveal another context menu. Select "View Image Info", which will display a separate box containing page info.
3. Click over to the "Media" tab, and there should be a list of page elements; if you scroll through them you will eventually see the JPG of the photo itself (as above poster noted, filename usually ending in "_b" or "_z", etc. When you select that item from the list, the photo will load in the bottom portion of the box, from where you can press the "Save As" button.
This method really isn't as tedious as it sounds once you try it a few times. A couple of right clicks, and 2 more clicks of buttons, and you have the file in largest available size the member uploaded.