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Whats the best bit torrent software for Mac?
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I use to use Azureus but that was a huge resource hog. It practically used as much memory as possible.
Right now I been using Transmission. It doesnt display as quite detailed information as Azureus, but it gets the job done well.
I really been hoping they would port over uTorrent soon though, because on the PC that is by far the BEST bittorrent client I have ever used.
Right now I been using Transmission. It doesnt display as quite detailed information as Azureus, but it gets the job done well.
I really been hoping they would port over uTorrent soon though, because on the PC that is by far the BEST bittorrent client I have ever used.
I've been using transmission on my MB, and it works great, WAAAAAAY better than bit torrent.
I had one torrent file which just wouldn't get going on transmission though, so i booted up windows, stuck it into utorrent, and hey presto, it went like lightning! judging by that, utorrent is best, but it's a hassle booting windows, putting everything in shared, going back to OSX etc, so i just use transmission where possible.
I had one torrent file which just wouldn't get going on transmission though, so i booted up windows, stuck it into utorrent, and hey presto, it went like lightning! judging by that, utorrent is best, but it's a hassle booting windows, putting everything in shared, going back to OSX etc, so i just use transmission where possible.
Isn't this thread 4063 about this topic?
Anyway, for what it's worth, I prefer Azureus, but Transmission is my second choice. If you search for the other threads you'll find some people complaining that Transmission has a few shortcomings, mostly having to do with tracking.
Anyway, for what it's worth, I prefer Azureus, but Transmission is my second choice. If you search for the other threads you'll find some people complaining that Transmission has a few shortcomings, mostly having to do with tracking.
When i tried Azureus, it NEVER worked. I can't recall the name of the bit torrent thing i used, because i erased it...
I use Azureus. Does Transmission give you the ability to download single files from a bittorrent download?
darkcurse said:
I use Bits on Wheels as well, and it's worked on everything I've downloaded with it so far. It's VERY similar to Azureus in terms of functionality and being able to download individual files, seeing the 3D swarm, etc
manic said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't emule p2p? Are you looking for p2p or bit torrent?
my vote is for azureus, dl'ed almost 100 gigs with it and very pleased. i've used it with os x, win xp, and suse linux and it "runs" the best with mac os x.
yes it is high on resources as it is a java app, but mac os x seems to handle it best, i have 768mb ram on a pb 1.33
also has good faq wiki adn documentation
yes it is high on resources as it is a java app, but mac os x seems to handle it best, i have 768mb ram on a pb 1.33
also has good faq wiki adn documentation
telecomm said:
yep, lol.
some people need to discover the 9th wonder of the world... the search button!
but i will cast another vote for transmission.
I use Azureus. Yeah, yeah, it takes up a lot of RAM and whatnot, but it has very detailed information about the torrent being downloaded.
Plus, the azure frog looks awesome.
Plus, the azure frog looks awesome.
There are so much threads about 'torrents, it must be the single most used app!
Anyone seriously use it for 100% only legal torrents?
Anyone seriously use it for 100% only legal torrents?
MacsRgr8 said:There are so much threads about 'torrents, it must be the single most used app!
Anyone seriously use it for 100% only legal torrents?
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