I just managed to get the full download, but it had to be done in three chunks. Each time the browser eventually timed out on the download and went into paused mode, and I then had to hit the “resume” button to get the next chunk.
When I upgraded to 9.5 (on macOS btw) I did notice the install took a very long time, like 10-15 minutes. But it did eventually install when I left it alone.
I know it doesn’t help you, but there does seem to be something different about this one.
I had no problems downloading and installing this recently. However, yesterday my browser (Edge) seemed to struggle mightily, as did some other apps. The problem passed. I’m supposing there was an outage somewhere.
Haha! Well, I was using Firefox and wanted to love it, but most of the websites I use aren’t compatible with it. So I recently moved to evil Edge. Quicker, more seductive…
Sadly it remains broken for me. If DXO use a content delivery network to distribute the installer and ancillary data the issue may be in that and this could account for regional variations in end user experience.
Still no response from DXO to my support ticket, I’m surprised that they don’t seem to have basic operational support over the weekend.
I received a response from DXO support this morning with normal troubleshooting suggestions like rebooting, turning off VPNs etc, but none helped.
I don’t use a VPN normally, but given that this is clearly a network issue, I turned ON the VPN in my anti-virus so I appeared to be coming from somewhere outside my ISP’s network.
This worked, the installer downloaded in one go and all the content files downloaded when the installer ran!
It seems there is a network issue somewhere within my ISP (British Telecom) or between them and the CDN77.Com servers that DXO use as their content delivery service.
I thought it worth reporting this solution here in case anyone else finds themselves in a similar situation.