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    recommended torrent programs for macs?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by passive101, Mar 15, 2007.

  1. passive101

    passive101 Notebook Deity

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    What are some good reliable torrent programs that work with tiger?

    Will using torrents make me have to defrag? I know on my home pc is fragments the crap out of my hard drives.

    I know, I know macs don't frag much but the nature of torrents works by doing parts of files from many people at the same time.
     
    passive101, Mar 15, 2007
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  2. Voldenuit

    Voldenuit Notebook Consultant

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    Not an OSX user, but you can check out

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_BitTorrent_software

    Of the usual suspects, there's Azureus, which I'm not really a fan of (resource hog). On the plus side, it is one of the few clients that support trackerless torrents (although they just *had* to be different and implement their own protocol which is incompatible with the BT spec). There's also Opera, but I haven't looked at the torrent functionality - only use it for browsing.

    On the topic of fragmentation, most clients allow you to "preallocate files", which removes most issues with fragments.

    I use uTorrent myself, which currently doesn't have an OSX binary, but seeing as they got acquired by BitTorrent, it's only a matter of time till they release an OSX version.
     
    Voldenuit, Mar 15, 2007
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    cashmonee, Mar 15, 2007
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  4. passive101

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    I mainly want to be able to set my upload speed
     
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    You'll want to use Transmission, trust me.
     
    dead_red_eyes, Mar 15, 2007
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    I use BitRocket and it seems to work great.
     
    JacksonPollack, Mar 15, 2007
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    transmission is pretty good, there is also the official bittorrent client, azureus, and one with a tomatoe ( i think ) for an icon (don't remember the name).
     
    RadcomTxx, Mar 15, 2007
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    Transmission is awesome.

    A friend found one that would even let users use bittorrent, even if the network blocked it. Our univ. disabled all BT traffic, but he got one program that still allowed him to d/l them.
     
    hollownail, Mar 15, 2007
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  9. passive101

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    I have transmission working, but it doesn't create the file beforehand. Is there a way to do that in transmission?
     
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  10. hollownail

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    What do you mean? Transmission creates the files when you start downloading.
     
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  11. passive101

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    I was hoping it would create the whole file in the beginning so it does not fragment the hard drive so much.
     
    passive101, Mar 15, 2007
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    Bits On Wheels is good. Has a really cool 3D view of your torrent in progress.
     
    choopie911, Mar 15, 2007
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    which program allows you to bt even though the ports are blocked?
     
    dragon529, Mar 16, 2007
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    I second Azureus....for both mac and pc.
     
    ageezee, Mar 22, 2007
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    I wish they'd port uTorrent over to OSX...that would be perfect.
     
    Bona Fide, Mar 22, 2007
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