p2p software. What's best in your opinion? [Archive]

paxtonandrew

Aug 29, 2004, 12:40 AM

I believe Acquisition to be the best P2P in the world. $15 for a user license, and then there is the unlimited downloads, and the fact its not a hack like limewire, and its written in pure Aqua! Acquisition (http://www.acquisitionx.com/)

Hope this helps

~Shard~

Aug 29, 2004, 12:47 AM

http://www.mac-p2p.com/

You hit the nail on the head with that one, it's an excellent, comprehensive site. There are many great options out there, so pick your poison! (Or may be you'll actually pick Poisoned... ;))

andypop

Aug 29, 2004, 01:01 AM

What is it and where did you download it? Free?

Acqlite (http://www.acqlite.org/), NOT Acquisition.

you don't need all that bloated crap. Just get the lite version as it doesn't contain spyware, adware, and it doesn't 'call home'.

load it, and let it sit for a few min -- you'll be amazed at how many files are available.

/apop

~Shard~

Aug 29, 2004, 01:16 AM

Acqlite (http://www.acqlite.org/), NOT Acquisition.

you don't need all that bloated crap. Just get the lite version as it doesn't contain spyware, adware, and it doesn't 'call home'.

load it, and let it sit for a few min -- you'll be amazed at how many files are available.

/apop

I didn't realize that this light version existed - thanks for that, I might have to give it a try myself one of these days...

andypop

Aug 29, 2004, 01:26 AM

I didn't realize that this light version existed - thanks for that, I might have to give it a try myself one of these days...

you'll love it. It's just a nice, clean, SMALL version of Acquisition.

much better, methinks.

/apop

paxtonandrew

Aug 29, 2004, 01:34 AM

Acqlite (http://www.acqlite.org/), NOT Acquisition.

you don't need all that bloated crap. Just get the lite version as it doesn't contain spyware, adware, and it doesn't 'call home'.

load it, and let it sit for a few min -- you'll be amazed at how many files are available.

/apop

Apple's don't get spyware, adware, viruses or the like. I have used Acquisition since 10.1, and have had no problems with it, and i highly recommend it. Only windows computers with Kazaa or the like have the spyware problems.

Abstract

Aug 29, 2004, 01:39 AM

Apple's don't get spyware, adware, viruses or the like. I have used Acquisition since 10.1, and have had no problems with it, and i highly recommend it. Only windows computers with Kazaa or the like have the spyware problems.

Hehe, then keep using Acquisition if that's what works. I use Acqlite, and its the same thing but better. I don't see the down side to it. ;)

andypop

Aug 29, 2004, 01:39 AM

Apple Hobo

Aug 29, 2004, 01:43 AM

I also use and recommend Acqlite. It's pretty much the same as Acquisition, but it's free! :cool: Also, Acquisition does phone home to check your serial. MSJ'ers know all about that and Dave W. ;) ;) ;)

spookykids

Aug 29, 2004, 03:59 AM

If you can you should use bittorrent. Its the best protocol out there. If you have to do it the dumb way, use Xfactor or Poisoned.

dorqiekat

Aug 29, 2004, 04:10 AM

I downloaded Acqlite, but when I tried to run the program, it said that I needed an update java. I've already updated before and when I checked for more updates, there wasn't any for java. Am I missing something? I didn't have this problem with Acquisition.

paxtonandrew

Aug 29, 2004, 04:16 AM

dorqiekat

Aug 29, 2004, 04:38 AM

I had the same problem. Looks like acquisition for me!

lol, I was going to make the switch but it seems like acquisition is here to stay.

Abstract

Aug 29, 2004, 04:46 AM

Darn.

Well, you pay for Acquisition, and you don't for Acqlite, so if you can get in contact with the guys over at Acqlite, surely its better than getting Acquisition. Don't know why it doesn't work for you, but if that's the case, look at the comments and suggestions for Acqlite at versiontracker and see if others are having the same problem. ;)

5300cs

Aug 29, 2004, 05:53 AM

If you can you should use bittorrent. Its the best protocol out there. If you have to do it the dumb way, use Xfactor or Poisoned.

I agree. BT is the best P2P app in my opinion; there's lots to get. I get all my Linux distros via BT. (Too bad the numbnuts' who run the biggest MacTorrents site have made it invite-only for the time being .. it's become a circus :rolleyes: I'm personally hoping for a split, but I doubt it'll happen.)

Poisoned is also good. Aquisition bites because you have to pay for it. Paying for a P2P app ... :rolleyes: Get serious

aswitcher

Aug 29, 2004, 06:10 AM

I agree. BT is the best P2P app in my opinion; there's lots to get. I get all my Linux distros via BT. (Too bad the numbnuts' who run the biggest MacTorrents site have made it invite-only for the time being .. it's become a circus :rolleyes: I'm personally hoping for a split, but I doubt it'll happen.)

Poisoned is also good. Aquisition bites because you have to pay for it. Paying for a P2P app ... :rolleyes: Get serious

I've used Limewire and its pretty straight forward.

I have the same problem with acqlite - saying I need Java 1.4.2 which I do have. Help?

:rolleyes:

5300cs

Aug 29, 2004, 06:17 AM

Bang: follow these directions. It worked for me.

http://www.acqlite.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=220

Now it runs, but won't connect to any networks...

paxtonandrew

Aug 29, 2004, 06:46 AM

Bang: follow these directions. It worked for me.

http://www.acqlite.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=220

Now it runs, but won't connect to any networks...

I did all of that, and low and behold, it will work, but no network connections. Acquisition works perfectly, so it looks like it will stay for a little while longer on my HDD.

wrldwzrd89

Aug 29, 2004, 08:14 AM

I agree. BT is the best P2P app in my opinion; there's lots to get. I get all my Linux distros via BT. (Too bad the numbnuts' who run the biggest MacTorrents site have made it invite-only for the time being .. it's become a circus :rolleyes: I'm personally hoping for a split, but I doubt it'll happen.)

Poisoned is also good. Aquisition bites because you have to pay for it. Paying for a P2P app ... :rolleyes: Get serious
Why am I a BitTorrent fan, even though I don't use P2P apps myself? There's so many legitimate things that can be obtained through BitTorrent...such as Debian Linux (http://www.debian.org/CD/torrent-cd/).

fistful

Aug 29, 2004, 08:28 AM

5300cs

Aug 29, 2004, 08:35 AM

..after that it's all smooth sailing.

If only the link worked... :(

fistful

Aug 29, 2004, 08:48 AM

If only the link worked... :(

oh crap, how'd that happen? the hyperlink put "%20%3cbr%20/%3e" at the end of the link for some odd reason. O_o

anyways here's the link in it's entirety: http://www.witchmountain.org/acqlite-0.23c.zip

5300cs

Aug 29, 2004, 08:51 AM

oh crap, how'd that happen? the hyperlink put "%20%3cbr%20/%3e" at the end of the link for some odd reason. O_o

anyways here's the link in it's entirety: http://www.witchmountain.org/acqlite-0.23c.zip

I think it worked the first time around- I had 3 of the same zip file on my desktop :rolleyes: Sorry about that...

It is working AOK so far

kneeslasher

Aug 29, 2004, 10:16 AM

eDonkey2000/OverNet. Now comes with plugins for a host of different networks too.

andypop

Aug 29, 2004, 12:13 PM

I had the same problem with acqlite and java. after searching the acqlite mb I found a 'fix' that someone created you can download here (http://WitchMountain.org/acqlite-0.23c.zip
).

at first it didn't seem to want to connect to the network but within a few minutes it should connect. after that it's all smooth sailing.

ack! sorry, I totally forgot to tell you about the java patch.

when apple updated Java last year, acqlite quit working, but they provided a patch within a couple days that fixed it.

still the best P2P around (uses limewires networks too, so no need for that dog)

/apop

1rottenapple

Aug 30, 2004, 09:18 AM

cool I'll try this aquite thingy this thursday.

mms

Sep 1, 2004, 09:36 PM

Can't believe nobody mentioned XFactor. It's a nice little app. Can't compare it to Acqlite since I haven't tried it but it's free and I for one prefer it to Acquisition.

spaceballl

Sep 2, 2004, 07:55 PM

I've used the free version of Acquisiton forever, and I think it's the best... Poisoned is great too. But last week, I had some extra money in my Paypal account so i decided to go and buy Acquisition :). The developer is always in the forums and every time a new feature comes up, he adds it!
-Kevin

spaceballl

Sep 2, 2004, 07:59 PM

acqlite hasn't been udpated in forever
yuck

Brian Haworth

Sep 3, 2004, 09:38 PM

Dudes, Acquisition only costs money if you want to get rid of the nag window. It works perfectly unregistered.
And "phoning home" is only a problem if you pirate it.

Bluefusion

Sep 3, 2004, 09:55 PM

janey

Sep 4, 2004, 05:32 PM

xfactor (www.xfactor.cc) is by far the best of all. Fast, beautiful to look at, and without any of the bloat and phoning-home of Acq. There is no more competition; XFactor is leaps and bounds ahead of every other Mac P2P app, and they are ahead of all Windows-based P2P... hehe!
uhhhh
i disagree (:

i personally like BitTorrent. More legit than the non-legit uses though. Getting big Linux ISOs is as simple as downloading the torrent and clicking on it twice (:

aswitcher

Sep 4, 2004, 05:37 PM

uhhhh
i disagree (:

i personally like BitTorrent. More legit than the non-legit uses though. Getting big Linux ISOs is as simple as downloading the torrent and clicking on it twice (:

Bittorrent is increadibly slow and hungry on your uplink. I dont know how people can handle losing reliable internet browsing access when the torrent is running.

janey

Sep 4, 2004, 05:43 PM

Bittorrent is increadibly slow and hungry on your uplink. I dont know how people can handle losing reliable internet browsing access when the torrent is running.
Eh, i disagree with that too. I've gotten 200KB/s+ on BitTorrent (as opposed to max 90KB/s for popular files with Poisoned/XFactor/Acq(whatever)/other Mac p2p apps), and BitTorrent is a great way to get idiot leechers out there to help seed. There are all these f*gs on P2P networks that never share, and with the way BitTorrent works, people generally download more the more they upload. And you can always limit your upload too, that should _never_ be a problem.

I DESPISE leechers. That's why BitTorrent is starting to become ****. If everyone only uploaded 1/2 of what they downloaded, then we wouldnt have slow speeds and crazy **** like what happens on big files, I upload more than 4 gigs and I've only downloaded 1/2 of a 2 gig file.

aswitcher

Sep 4, 2004, 05:57 PM

Eh, i disagree with that too.

I DESPISE leechers. That's why BitTorrent is starting to become ****. If everyone only uploaded 1/2 of what they downloaded, then we wouldnt have slow speeds and crazy **** like what happens on big files, I upload more than 4 gigs and I've only downloaded 1/2 of a 2 gig file.

Sure, but BitTorent to my knowledge doesn't allow any caping at all of the upload stream and so it can dominate the adsl and screw with other apps like safari. If they at least had an option to limit upload to the max download or some such then it wouldn't constantly interfer with traffic. Unless you know something I dont this is what happens when I use it.

janey

Sep 4, 2004, 06:08 PM

Sure, but BitTorent to my knowledge doesn't allow any caping at all of the upload stream and so it can dominate the adsl and screw with other apps like safari. If they at least had an option to limit upload to the max download or some such then it wouldn't constantly interfer with traffic. Unless you know something I dont this is what happens when I use it.
wrong (:
here are the screenshots from (i believe) the latest versions of the official BitTorrent client for Mac and Tomato Torrent, my favorite torrent app (:
There are other places in the two apps to change the upload speed and other prefs, but those two are the easiest to find and the first to come to mind.

http://applegoddess.org/bittorrent.jpg
http://applegoddess.org/tomatotorrent.jpg

aswitcher

Sep 4, 2004, 06:19 PM

wrong (:
here are the screenshots from (i believe) the latest versions of the official BitTorrent client for Mac and Tomato Torrent, my favorite torrent app (:
There are other places in the two apps to change the upload speed and other prefs, but those two are the easiest to find and the first to come to mind.

http://applegoddess.org/bittorrent.jpg
http://applegoddess.org/tomatotorrent.jpg

Ok, well I'll have another look around and see if I can find a version with these features

janey

Sep 4, 2004, 06:21 PM

Ok, well I'll have another look around and see if I can find a version with these features
i'd post a screenie of azureus too, but seems that sf is down for maintenance right now (and azureus, because it is hosted on sf - well the download links from the mirrors anyway - can't be gotten).

yeah, the latest version of those two clients should have it. In fact, all the versions should. Sometimes you just have to look around, but they're definately there. if there was no upload control, wow :p

iLikeMyiMac

Sep 4, 2004, 07:30 PM

übergeek if you can't get a screenshot of azureus then perhaps I'll post one.
http://img85.exs.cx/img85/2128/azureus.th.jpg (http://img85.exs.cx/img85/2128/azureus.jpg)

janey

Sep 4, 2004, 08:46 PM

übergeek if you can't get a screenshot of azureus then perhaps I'll post one.
http://img85.exs.cx/img85/2128/azureus.th.jpg (http://img85.exs.cx/img85/2128/azureus.jpg)
yay thanks (: sweetness.

andypop

Sep 5, 2004, 02:37 AM

Bittorrent is increadibly slow and hungry on your uplink. I dont know how people can handle losing reliable internet browsing access when the torrent is running.

it's definitely draining (I can barely stand to use my connection at all when using BT), but you it's fast sometimes. I've nabbed large-ish files (a few hundred megs) in less than two hours.

BT is reliable, and the larger files are available. You just gotta make sure to start the downloads when you go to bed. Don't bother trying to download while you're still using your computer.

/apop

d.f

Sep 5, 2004, 05:04 AM

i've used them all and i prefer Xfactor.

nice. simple. always working.

jKmxxx

Sep 6, 2004, 03:43 AM

I am using Azureus. (BitTorrent)
This App allows you to resume download at anytime. =D
Visit here for more information: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

Also check is app out at Versiontracker:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/22820

Remember to open up the port 6881 for Azureus to max speed.

Try it out.