uTorrent alternatives?

[thebluepotato]

Hi!

I haven't tested Catalina yet but I know that uTorrent hasn't been updated to 64 bit, even though multiple users warned them and they replied with their standard "yeah we wanted to do that a few years ago but there are no speed improvements so why do 64 bit at all".

Are there good alternatives in terms of usability and design? E.g. ease of use (or better) than uTorrent with the design of IINA?

 

[loekf]

Hi!

I haven't tested Catalina yet but I know that uTorrent hasn't been updated to 64 bit, even though multiple users warned them and they replied with their standard "yeah we wanted to do that a few years ago but there are no speed improvements so why do 64 bit at all".

Are there good alternatives in terms of usability and design? E.g. ease of use (or better) than uTorrent with the design of IINA?

qtbittorrent or transmission

qtbittorrent has the issue that you have to self sign the app otherwise you get a popup to allow incoming connections to the firewall each time you start the app. Not sure about transmission. Furthermore, there's the issue of "notarization" (a check by Apple on malicious code) in Catalina, even for non-appstore apps. Not sure how this works with Gatekeeper. Rumors are that only new apps require it.

 

[rozenbor]

Just use transmission its lightweight and fast

 

[netsrot39]

You could run the Windows version of uTorrent in Wine (yes I know this isn't the best option but it works for me). Also there is Folx which seems to work fine as well.

 

[tw319884]

Transmission >>>>> everything.

 

[fisherking]

agreed above; qbittorent or transmission...

 

[Dave_O]

These guys might be worth a try

https://www.biglybt.com/

 

[robi10101298]

Transmission I think it's the only torent client that it's working on Catalina, I tried bittorent and it doesn't work....Transmission it's very fast

 

[shafez]

BitComet is a good alternative and it is 64bit.

https://www.bitcomet.com/en

 

[Steve121178]

Transmission as the others have said.

 

[cpenner]

qBittorrent has worked flawlessly for me so far in Catalina. I tried Transmission when I left uTorrent a number of years ago too, but I much prefer qBittorrent. In addition to regular downloading, the RSS feeds and Remote Server accessible with a Web UI work great for my needs

 

[idktbh]

god both transmission and qbitorrent are awfully slow compared to utorrent... how do you hide the speed stats on the qb icon?

 

[MacClueless]

Hi!

I haven't tested Catalina yet but I know that uTorrent hasn't been updated to 64 bit, even though multiple users warned them and they replied with their standard "yeah we wanted to do that a few years ago but there are no speed improvements so why do 64 bit at all".

Are there good alternatives in terms of usability and design? E.g. ease of use (or better) than uTorrent with the design of IINA?

QbTorrent is great... Transmission is good if you're a n00b, but I don't think it'll support SOCKS5.

 

[zooole]

Transmission is the absolute best for simple downloading and seeding.

It’s one of those system seller apps for me.

 

[LinMac]

qBittorrent from https://www.qbittorrent.org/ is what you're looking for. It is open source, free, and updated very often. Combine it with a VPN for best results.

 

[barbaraDveg]

Hi!

I haven't tested Catalina yet but I know that uTorrent hasn't been updated to 64 bit, even though multiple users warned them and they replied with their standard "yeah we wanted to do that a few years ago but there are no speed improvements so why do 64 bit at all".

Are there good alternatives in terms of usability and design? E.g. ease of use (or better) than uTorrent with the design of IINA?

I would personally recommend BitTorrent or vuze. Vuze is actually my preferred typical use software for day to day downloads you know. You gotta have that one guy you play favorites with. But considing utorrent is your regular, BitTorrent would be more up your alley. But hey you never know.

 

[racerhomie]

Hi!

I haven't tested Catalina yet but I know that uTorrent hasn't been updated to 64 bit, even though multiple users warned them and they replied with their standard "yeah we wanted to do that a few years ago but there are no speed improvements so why do 64 bit at all".

Are there good alternatives in terms of usability and design? E.g. ease of use (or better) than uTorrent with the design of IINA?

Transmission is excellent.
[doublepost=1560349728][/doublepost]I have been using Transmission since 2015. Its an excellent piece of software.

 

[benthewraith]

Webtorrent Desktop.

https://webtorrent.io/desktop/

 

[badapple420]

Webtorrent desktop blows every other BT app away

 

[Crash0veride]

qbittorrent is my preferred and the only one I know that let's you choose a network interface to route the traffic over (VPN). It worked better in every way to utorrent (my go to client for years before 2017) for me. Transmission is nice, but I've had IP leaks over SOCKS5 in programs before and prefer to use openvpn.

 

[steve62388]

Transmission I think it's the only torent client that it's working on Catalina, I tried bittorent and it doesn't work....Transmission it's very fast

in the Catalina working apps thread it says Transmission crashes on completing a download. Can you confirm?

 

[lolasher]

in the Catalina working apps thread it says Transmission crashes on completing a download. Can you confirm?

I used Transmission on all betas and it never crashed. I guess maybe its something with new permissions system, downloading to ~/Downloads works fine for me, maybe someone tried to save somewhere Transmission wasn't allowed to.