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What do I need for Bittorrent downloads?

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Gaelinic

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Hi,

I'm new to Mac and downloaded Transmission. Coming from a PC, it seems too simple to function so smoothly. But, I still have questions. On a PC, I used to use Azureus and Peerguardian. But, I'm at a loss as to what I need for a Mac.

1. Anyway, what settings should I have on Transmission?

2. Under Preferences, I checked the Blocklist box "Prevent known bad peers from connecting." Does this act like Peerguardian?

3. Should I download Peerguardian for the Mac? Is Transmision sufficient?

4. What other applications do you recommend?

Thanks.

Gaelinic
 
Gaelinic said:
Hi,

I'm new to Mac and downloaded Transmission. Coming from a PC, it seems too simple to function so smoothly. But, I still have questions. On a PC, I used to use Azureus and Peerguardian. But, I'm at a loss as to what I need for a Mac.

1. Anyway, what settings should I have on Transmission?

2. Under Preferences, I checked the Blocklist box "Prevent known bad peers from connecting." Does this act like Peerguardian?

3. Should I download Peerguardian for the Mac? Is Transmision sufficient?

4. What other applications do you recommend?

Thanks.

Gaelinic
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I recently switched to Mac as well. I used utorrent and Peerguardian on PC but I haven't downloaded anything related to torrents on my new Macbook yet. I don't plan on download anything heavy or hardcore on my Macbook so I guess I don't have an answer for you. But from what I heard, you only need the Transmission? I hope someone pro can help out here ;)
-Chris-
 
not quite related but

ive tried using BitTorrent and it never gets past "looking for firewall" status..

Opera browser runs torrents and ive had some sucess with that
 
I would try utorrent for mac.
Transmission never let me connect properly.
 
Gaelinic said:
Coming from a PC, it seems too simple to function so smoothly.
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That's the best thing about it, it's simple. Transmission is the same kind of BT app as µTorrent; small, simple and fast.

Gaelinic said:
1. Anyway, what settings should I have on Transmission?
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Depends on what you want. Look around the Preferences and see what you like.

Gaelinic said:
2. Under Preferences, I checked the Blocklist box "Prevent known bad peers from connecting." Does this act like Peerguardian?
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Yes.

Gaelinic said:
3. Should I download Peerguardian for the Mac? Is Transmision sufficient?
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I have no idea though I have heard using them both is a little overkill.

Gaelinic said:
4. What other applications do you recommend?
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You'll find most of the best apps here.

http://macupdate.com/hotpicks/

I also recommend WebKit.
 
+1 to transmission. It is drop-dead simple, and has never failed me. Get peerguardian if you really want; I have it, but am not really seeing much benefit from it.

I am REALLY surprised though that no one has come on here yet to scorn us all that "Torrents are the devil", and that "we aren't supposed to talk about piracy on here" :D
 
illegallydead said:
I am REALLY surprised though that no one has come on here yet to scorn us all that "Torrents are the devil", and that "we aren't supposed to talk about piracy on here" :D
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Because there are perfectly legitimate uses for bittorrent. Nobody's mentioned any illegal activity, and it should probably stay that way if you don't want the thread to get locked if past threads are any indication.
 
There is utorrent for mac...Personally, I use Azureus and I've compiled PG's list of blocked IP's into a .txt file and put it into Azureus, so it automatically blocks everything that PG does, without running 2 apps!
 
miles01110 said:
Because there are perfectly legitimate uses for bittorrent. Nobody's mentioned any illegal activity, and it should probably stay that way if you don't want the thread to get locked if past threads are any indication.
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Ha ha, not to be accusatory but the majority of peeps on this forum that use these torrent softwares are using it for just that, pirating software. I just love it when people post about "Legitimate" reasons for using torrents. Like what? If you're downloading specific softwares like from the company you work for which could be considered "legit" there's no reason to care which torrent software is too complex or too simple. Also companies will have a private site for the employees to download softwares without the use of bittorrent.
The average age level on MR is about 12-18, what legit reasons would one be downloading torrents for?
 
HLdan said:
Ha ha, not to be accusatory but the majority of peeps on this forum that use these torrent softwares are using it for just that, pirating software.
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An educated guess maybe, but nothing more than that unless you can produce some hard numbers (which you can't).

I just love it when people post about "Legitimate" reasons for using torrents. Like what?
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How about downloading a Linux distribution?

The average age level on MR is about 12-18, what legit reasons would one be downloading torrents for?
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Again, numbers?
 
just got utorrent lite for mac--- awsome

also transmission is very good too


these are the fastest--i felt aurleus was a bit slow
 
miles01110 said:
Because there are perfectly legitimate uses for bittorrent. Nobody's mentioned any illegal activity, and it should probably stay that way if you don't want the thread to get locked if past threads are any indication.
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haha thats kinda my point. People will not make a peep of using it for anything illegal, yet there are still plenty of folks ready to jump down your throat for it. :rolleyes:
 
Hello, i'm going to use this thread, hope you dont mind... i'm new on mac too. :p

I'm having a problem with my Transmission, its always failing...

i'm using version 1.5b should i use one that isnt beta?

cumps
 
netsk8ter said:
Hello, i'm going to use this thread, hope you dont mind... i'm new on mac too. :p

I'm having a problem with my Transmission, its always failing...

i'm using version 1.5b should i use one that isnt beta?

cumps
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I'm currently using 1.42 and it's running just fine, so you might want to downgrade for the time being.
 
I've tried all of the torrent apps for OS X, and Vuze (even though it's UI isn't the best) has performed the best for me... Transmission coming in last. Also, make sure and download PeerGuardian. Just only select the P2P list for it to block, otherwise I've heard it can get kind of intrusive.
 
Why do you need a peer guardian, as far as I know Linux and other legit software that is distributed through bittorrents aren't flooded with bad peers.
 
MadGoat said:
Why do you need a peer guardian, as far as I know Linux and other legit software that is distributed through bittorrents aren't flooded with bad peers.
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Why not? It's just an easy safeguard. Especially if ever using torrents for music or video.
 
utorrent FTW.

simple interface, and you don't run into issue with your connection not being able to give you the green light status.

(assuming you have the proper port open on your router)
 
miles01110 said:
How about downloading a Linux distribution?
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Hehe, that's the only thing I ever hear people use as an example of a legitimate bittorrent. :)

…I suppose it makes no difference that any linux distros can be downloaded from a variety of websites (including sourceforge) directly.
 
One vote for Transmission- it runs well, even on this Tiger iBook G3 :D It's one of the better-designed programs I've used in my life, seriously- every once in a while I'll think of a feature I want and it's already tucked away somewhere in Transmission. I've screwed up a few downloads and Transmission has always recovered as best as possible. I can't figure out how to use the remote access part properly, though :(
 
It's what works for you - I used uTorrent on the PC as it gave me the fastest service. I'm using Transmission on my Mac as it's simple (like uTorrent) and so far I've had no problems so I won't be trying any other torrent clients. Transmission offers a a bad peer update so I guess it's like a firewall of sorts.
 
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