utorrent stress out my Unibody MBP CPU

[kurenaiz]

I'm downloading only one file and have no other task going.

In the general tab, it says "Activity: Downloading, 8 of 9 seeds, 4 of 49 peers," and I'm getting a speed of around 50 kB/s.

The problem is that my CPU temp is over 70 degree celsius.

I have no other program running, and in activity monitor, it said that utorrent use CPU of about 100.

All my softwares are current version.

 

[RKpro]

uTorrent is great on Windows, but it's in beta on OSX, so probably that's why...

Try Transmission.

 

[kastenbrust]

Try using another torrent client such as Vuze or Transmission and see if you get the same results.

 

[NickM]

After recently getting my first Mac, I've been using Transmission and it works like a charm.
http://www.transmissionbt.com/

 

[Grimbo]

Yeah Transmission is awesome, and some private trackers (if you use them) don't allow you to download from uTorrent Beta.

 

[kurenaiz]

I tried to check around and found out that it is on this single torrent that seems to stress my CPU.

Downloading other torrent files from the same tracker seems to be normal.

What can go wrong here?

 

[kastenbrust]

I tried to check around and found out that it is on this single torrent that seems to stress my CPU.

Downloading other torrent files from the same tracker seems to be normal.

What can go wrong here?

whats the torrent? if its big thats possible.

 

[kurenaiz]

whats the torrent? if its big thats possible.

It's about 1 GB, an average size I normally download.

 

[kastenbrust]

It's about 1 GB, an average size I normally download.

Its either:

A) Got too many trackers
B) iWork '09 with Trojan

 

[kurenaiz]

Its either:

A) Got too many trackers
B) iWork '09 with Trojan

I'm using a private tracker, so A shouldn't be a problem. It's not too many peers also.

For B, I haven't install iWork '09.

Restarting utorrent doesn't work.

But restarting the computer works. Now utorrent doesn't stress my CPU anymore, and I'm downloading at the same speed, the same file. This is weird.

 

[barkmonster]

I've always used Tomato Torrent. It's very straight forward and it's currently using 2.5% cpu on 7 threads downloading 2 files.

 

[Warranty Voider]

I think transmission is the best. It is usually very stable, and doesn't use up too much CPU even when I'm seeding 170+ torrents.

 

[kurenaiz]

Here it goes again....

My cpu is now back at 70 Celsius

I have tried transmission, but it doesn't work well with my tracker. Or maybe it's the peers.

 

[eldy]

Select all your torrents and restart them. That brings my CPU utilization back to normal until the program decides to hog it again.

 

[SkyBell]

I've always used Tomato Torrent. It's very straight forward and it's currently using 2.5% cpu on 7 threads downloading 2 files.

This. Best Mac torrent software out there.