utorrent does the same, I used transmission in the beginning but then transitioned over to utorrent.
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utorrent does the same, I used transmission in the beginning but then transitioned over to utorrent.
I downloaded a movie on uTorrent and recieved letter from my internet provider that if this occured again I would be fined for illegal Peer to peer sharing and they would cut my internet. By the way the movie was "Inglorious Bastards"
I use uTorrent, I found it was performing better than Transmission.
The only thing I miss is the ability to create Torrents (not sure Transmission does that either?).
The latest version of uTorrent has shown a lot of improvements too.
The only thing I miss is the ability to create Torrents (not sure Transmission does that either?).
The latest version of uTorrent has shown a lot of improvements too.
yup thats easy peasy but beware of the 4GB limit! rather hard esp with HD movies which will easily break this limit. probably better to sent them over the network.
Transmission all the way.
uTorrent is promising, but lack crucial features (like create torrent file) and hence not competitive yet.
uTorrent is promising, but lack crucial features (like create torrent file) and hence not competitive yet.
uTorrent is the best. It doesn't use many resources and it seems to download faster than my other torrent applications...I don't know why that is but I'm not complaining. But the main reason I like uTorrent is because it doesn't interfere with restarts/shutdowns. You can have torrents download while you're away, schedule your computer to shutdown at a certain time (using iWillQuit or something similar), and uTorrent won't cancel it, like LimeWire, Vuze, or xTorrent will. That's a HUGE reason why I love uTorrent.
I did find out that on the Files tab you can right click a file or folder and set the priority or tell it not to download. It works, but it would be nice to be able to just pick the 1 file out of many instead of deselecting all but one... oh well
Actually I use both uTorrent and Transmission. I like all the features that Transmission has to offer, especially the filters, but for some reason Transmission runs very slow on my machine when I load up more than a few torrents. uTorrent is VERY lightweight and runs quiet smoothly, but it does not currently have the ability to create new torrents, so if there is a file that I would like to share with my friends, I use Transmission to create the torrent.
uTorrent on Windows, Transmission on Mac. That's it.
(uTorrent Mac sucks, IMHO).
Now as for people getting letters etc. you need to be smart enough to not torrent with your public connection. Use a VPN of some sort, there are even some free ones. Some work well with torrents, others do not. Might take some trial and error.
(uTorrent Mac sucks, IMHO).
Now as for people getting letters etc. you need to be smart enough to not torrent with your public connection. Use a VPN of some sort, there are even some free ones. Some work well with torrents, others do not. Might take some trial and error.
uTorrent is the best. I always get top speed download using it.
The lack of selective files download bugs me off a lil bit, I need to manually uncheck files I don't want to download.
Transmission on the other hand is effin slow.
The lack of selective files download bugs me off a lil bit, I need to manually uncheck files I don't want to download.
Transmission on the other hand is effin slow.
I used to use Vuze/Azerus until it started to really bog down about a half year ago, since then I switched to uTorrent.
uTorrent does not seem to have all of the customizable features that Vuse has, but it seems much quicker.
I'll have to give Transmission a shot next.
uTorrent does not seem to have all of the customizable features that Vuse has, but it seems much quicker.
I'll have to give Transmission a shot next.
^^ This. Stay away from Vuze. It's pure bloat. I've been using uTorrent recently (although I don't use torrents that much). I didn't like Transmission a few years ago though. Maybe it's better now?