safari: how to set default program for magnet link

[Zmmyt]

hi everyone.

how do i tell safari to open transmission and not azureus when clicking on a magnet link.

thank you very much!

tymmz

 

[spinnerlys]

Finder > select .torrent file > Get Info > Open With > change to Transmission > Change All

 

[Zmmyt]

Finder > select .torrent file > Get Info > Open With > change to Transmission > Change All

cheers, but magnet links are not associated with files.

 

[Mumford]

hi everyone.

how do i tell safari to open transmission and not azureus when clicking on a magnet link.

thank you very much!

tymmz

Edit: the steps are different when going from Azureus to Transmission than if you're just installing Transmission:

Bring up a terminal and run this command:

plutil -convert xml1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.launchServices.plist

then edit com.apple.launchServices.plist with any text editor. Search for the word magnet. You should find a block that looks like this:

<dict>
        <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
        <string>[b]org.gudy.azureus2[/b]</string>
        <key>LSHandlerURLScheme</key>
        <string>magnet</string>
</dict>

Change it to

<dict>
        <key>LSHandlerRoleAll</key>
        <string>[b]org.m0k.transmission[/b]</string>
        <key>LSHandlerURLScheme</key>
        <string>magnet</string>
</dict>

Then type

plutil -convert binary1 ~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.launchServices.plist

and reboot.

 

[Polle]

hi everyone.

how do i tell safari to open transmission and not azureus when clicking on a magnet link.

thank you very much!

tymmz

Or more easy download MoreInternet Pref Pane
http://www.monkeyfood.com/software/moreinternet/

and make a new protocol "magnet" and choose Transmission as program to open with.

The newest beta of Transmission does support Magnet links

 

[meganishaute]

here's the answer!

I searched all around for this answer and then thought to go to preferences within transmission and sure enough there was a button that set transmission as the default for mirror links. Easy as that!

 

[marc.garcia]

I searched all around for this answer and then thought to go to preferences within transmission and sure enough there was a button that set transmission as the default for mirror links. Easy as that!

I'm on version 4.0.2 and I can't seem to find that option. Could you explain it in more detail?

thanks

 

[dalbanese]

I'm on version 4.0.2 and I can't seem to find that option. Could you explain it in more detail?

thanks

Preferences->General-> click "Set Default Application" next to "Accept Magnet Links"

I had no problem with this until, randomly (and these are the only recent computer use changes), I updated my phone to iOS 6 and backed up my computer with TimeMachine. Then Safari would not load the magnet links anymore. Clicked this and no problems.

Transmission 2.71

 

[mhrob]

how do i tell safari to open transmission and not azureus when clicking on a magnet link.

Use RCDefaultApp to set file or protocol associations. It works like a charm.

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RCDefaultApp is a Mac OS X 10.2 or later preference pane that allows a user to set the default application used for various URL schemes, file extensions, file types, MIME types, and Uniform Type Identifiers

 

[Zmmyt]

Use RCDefaultApp to set file or protocol associations. It works like a charm.

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RCDefaultApp is a Mac OS X 10.2 or later preference pane that allows a user to set the default application used for various URL schemes, file extensions, file types, MIME types, and Uniform Type Identifiers

cheers, but that was three years ago...

 

[Doc69]

Use RCDefaultApp to set file or protocol associations. It works like a charm.

Magnet links were opening in uTorrent instead of Vuze, and I could not figure out how to change this. But the RCDefaultApp solved the problem! I'm using Safari on 10.8.4.

 

[Spudboy2014]

Magnet links were opening in uTorrent instead of Vuze, and I could not figure out how to change this. But the RCDefaultApp solved the problem! I'm using Safari on 10.8.4.

Thanks for that.

 

[iPlagiator]

here's the answer!

I searched all around for this answer and then thought to go to preferences within transmission and sure enough there was a button that set transmission as the default for mirror links. Easy as that!

Worked perfectly, thank you!