Hi, i've tried a fair few torrent programs to use on my iBook, and I can download and install them, but I can't use them to open a torrent/start a download. Can anyone help? Thanks.
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Using utorrent on an iBookG4
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Wrong. 1.54 is the last version to run on 10.4. All current builds still fully support PowerPC. I am running the 2.20b3 beta right now on PowerPC.
All most developers have to do to support PowerPC is check that box in xcode and the app is universal. It's really only game developers that have to develop both separately.
Not sure why people just assume PowerPC is ignored now. Even 5 years into the Apple/Intel partnership now I can guarantee there are still many more PowerPC macs out there.
If you do a bit of googling you can easily see how short a life many of these intel macs have. Some die before their 3rd birthday for goodness sakes.
True words. I have to say tho that the Intel Mac Minis are solid gold, tho. Very reliable.
Probably the most reliable of Intel Macs, but I happened to get a bad one. Graphics chip is hosed and screen artifacts and jumps all over the place when you move the curser.
Does anybody have a clue why utorrent or any other torrent program won't work on my ibook G4? It installs and loads, but won't recognise torrents to download.
Sounds like human error. If you have transmission installed already drag a torrent file into the transmission window. Or right click>open with>transmission. This will bring up a list with all the files in the torrent. uncheck the ones you dont want and click ok. When its done the progress bar will turn green
I see they just dropped PowerPC support. The last PPC version then is 2.22 but it needs 10.5 which I run on my G4 tower. As I noted in my above post 1.54 is the last version to run on 10.4.
One of the many roles my G4 tower fills for me is a bit torrent machine. Transmission is one of the leading clients when it comes to encryption so it's already far more advanced than many. I will use 2.22 till it stops working well enough. Vuze (azureus) would be my second choice and it's still coded for PowerPC.
One of the many roles my G4 tower fills for me is a bit torrent machine. Transmission is one of the leading clients when it comes to encryption so it's already far more advanced than many. I will use 2.22 till it stops working well enough. Vuze (azureus) would be my second choice and it's still coded for PowerPC.
