Leo was intrigued. “How does it work?”
“First,” Mr. Chen said, “we never download from shady websites. They can give our computer a virus.” Instead, he showed Leo legitimate services like Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Google TV, and Vudu. “On most of these, when you buy or rent a movie, you can download it for offline viewing. Some free services, like Public Domain Torrents or Internet Archive, offer old movies that are completely legal to download.” how to download movies onto a hard drive
Leo watched the progress bar creep to 100%. “Don’t unplug the hard drive while it’s downloading or copying,” Mr. Chen warned. “It can corrupt the file, like ripping a page out of a book mid-sentence.” Leo was intrigued
They opened a legal streaming app where Mr. Chen had purchased The Lego Movie . He clicked the “Download” button. A pop-up asked, “Where do you want to save this?” Mr. Chen browsed to the hard drive and selected the “Animated” folder. The download began. “See?” he said. “The movie is saving directly to our drive, not to the computer.” They can give our computer a virus
“We’re like traveling movie librarians!” Leo cheered.
Mr. Chen sat down at the computer and explained step by step, turning it into a helpful story they could follow together.