torrents on mac

markt63

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hello all just made the switch to a macbook should arrive today yipee ,

can anyone tell me if there is a alternative to bitcomet (torrent downloader ) for legal downloads obviousley :-) on a macbook i dont want to just use the dreaded xp :-( just for torrent downloads , also can you tell me overclockers guys are you going to sell mac periperals , and is there anyone using .mac or can i have a email address other than my isp provided one , i want a mac email address but is .mac worth it ? , again i dont want to use msn messenger on that app with the duck in the dock excuse my ignorance , reading mac os tiger for dummies lol

merry xmas all and if you own a pc ask santa to send you a new macbook , yipee
:)
 
i've got a .Mac account and i would say its worth it ... only just though.

i know there is a really good torrent app for OS X but can't remember it at the moment! (in work on windows :()
 
http://www.bitrocket.org/

This is considered one of the best atm. linky


Transmission: Based on libtransmission hence banned at many private trackers due to its announce interval issues.

Xtorrent: Based on libtransmission hence banned at many trackers. Written by Watanabe so end-user likely to be screwed over in near future. Watch this space.
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IMO Azureus is the only viable Mac torrent client with DHT/PEX/Protocol Encryption...but it makes my MacBook (with 512MB RAM :( ) run like a snail :mad:
 
Azureus is good in some ways (it is the most complete) but on the downside it's a Java app and therefore very sluggish.

Transmission is quite nice but you can't deselect files inside a torrent and it's banned on a few trackers.

Tomato Torrent is OK if you're looking for something very light.
 
Transmission if you need a lightweight app. Use Azureus only if you must as SWT makes even fast machines grind to a halt.

I really, really, really, wish ludde would GPL µTorrent. It runs nicely under WINE but that's a hassle.
 
Tomato Torrent is very nice if you want a quick and easy torrent client!

Bits on Wheels is nice also but I don't think it has a UB :(

Seeing as Transmission is being banned, I'd say Tomato Torrent is the best.
 
punky_munky said:
Azureus is good in some ways (it is the most complete) but on the downside it's a Java app and therefore very sluggish.
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BillytheImpaler said:
Use Azureus only if you must as SWT makes even fast machines grind to a halt.
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I don't know. I've had a chance to stress test thanks to OiNK's holiday free for all. I'm sucking down 22 torrents simultaneously and it's using roughly 8% CPU and 85MB memory on my MacBook. Other apps are still nice and responsive. I found the Mac only clients I tried either seriously anorexic or too rough around the edges - the resource requirements of the otherwise excellent Azureus don't seem to be a problem in practice.
 
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EVH said:
Tomato Torrent is very nice if you want a quick and easy torrent client!

Bits on Wheels is nice also but I don't think it has a UB :(

Seeing as Transmission is being banned, I'd say Tomato Torrent is the best.
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Is it possible to change the ports on tomato torrent? I like transmission, but seeing as it's being banned on trackers i decided to try something else.
 
Not 100%.. I'd guess you must be able to, but it hasn't got many other options

I vaguely remember changing it though.. :confused:
 
EVH said:
Seeing as Transmission is being banned, I'd say Tomato Torrent is the best.
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Oh ... how come :confused:

edit ah, ok, just read above :) thinking of switching to Tomato Torrent :)
 
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