“Although many Mac users are content with Azurues (Vuze is a bloat, and Java is best not talked about) and Transmission (I don’t like this app, even though a lot of people swear by it), a lot of them have been patiently waiting for µTorrent to make its way to our favourite platform. It has had a strong fan following on the Windows platform and is generally regarded as one of the best torrent clients in existence. So when µTorrent developers talked about the Mac version back in June 2007, there was a lot of buzz. The project was then dropped due to a lack of active developers,” Ashwin Ravindran reports for Smoking Apples.
“However, hope has been restored now as a leaked version of µTorrent makes its way through the very medium that it plans to rule. Marking its first public appearance, which happened a little earlier than expected, TorrentFreak reported the leak of the alpha version to The Pirate Bay, one of the largest public trackers in existence,” Ravindran reports.
“The official version should be out soon. You can even signup at the µTorrent site if you want to be notified as soon as it lands. As should be evident by the nature of its release, this is a very early and unstable version, which is why we’re burdening ourselves with the risk of taking it for a spin and testing it,” Ravindran reports.
Full review here.
Transmission works for me.
Plus, Transmission is PURE MACINTOSH, not some icky port.
I’ll still check out the final release.
I use Transmission quite often to get legal bootlegs from artists that allow it… and it works great for me.
“Leaked µTorrent” is just funny in and of itself.
Transmission all the way for me. Fast, easy, uncluttered.
@Reese: I agree wholeheartedly that Transmission is the best torrent client in the world, but uTorrent is not a port. It is written ground-up in Cocoa and features a Leopardised interface. Certainly gonna be good.
On a Mac, you could download all the torrents you want without the viruses and other vulnerabilities, no? Or would you still have to be careful?
Yup, you can download them without being careful.
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@R2
What’s a virus?
You don’t have to be careful – you just can’t be stupid. Every now and then when you’re new at it, you’ll download something compressed and encrypted with a link to a website that insists that the video download will only play with their malware infected player that you can download for free.
One look at that, and you should be smart enough to know that it’s not for real.
Oh – and for the record, their malware infected media player only runs on windows… But – that’s the sort of thing that even mac users should be cautious of.
It looks very much like the layout of xtorrent, but without the searching and feed subscription.
Just noticed, it does have subscriptions.
just stay away from pr0n. It’s addictive and destroys lives. For help, visit:
http://www.providentliving.org/pfw/multimedia/files/pfw/pdf/69582_AddicitonRecoveryManual_36764000_pdf.pdf
xtorrent is all you need! and worth EVERY penny.
http://www.xtorrentp2p.com/
For Torrenting, specifically: When I boot up Azurues I don’t even know what to do with it. Transmission – for torrenting?
If you want to open a torrent application and start torrenting, immediately, it’s XTorrent all of the way. And it’s my type of app. too, it’s simple, it’s clean, it works, the interface is complete, nothing’s broken, and there hasn’t been an update since I bought it two years ago. Yeah of course, the developer might have taken my 10 bucks and escaped to Mexico, but more likely, it’s one of the very few apps that is simply done, as in finished, completed – And all before I bought it. Just think of it, a software application that is actually finished – it’s unheard of.
I’m waiting for µTorrent just out of curiosity, but how do you improve on perfect.
@yep,
No it’s not. Just look at me.
Wait, I’ll be right back – gotta take care of business…..
@Mr. Peabody,
“I’m waiting for µTorrent just out of curiosity, but how do you improve on perfect.”
You make it free.
Ok $25 bucks – He might have taken my 25 bucks and escaped to Mexico, and even though that’s double what I initially stated, I still don’t think he did – escape to Mexico.
@Cubert,
The best things in life may be free, but the things that simply work, or work simply, or whatever – yeah – You’re gonna have to pay for it. Money makes the world go ’round, and when there isn’t any money changing hands then there probably isn’t anything of real value transpiring either.
Love,
Mr. Peabody
P.S.
Since my love is quality love, it isn’t free either.
Last post, I promise, (Unless Cubert wants some more quality love).
Dear MDN: Please remove the pop-up information thingy above the “Submit” button before I go completely looney.
Thank you.
Mr. Peabody,
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The check is in the mail.
@yep,
I forgot to add that I have done porn for a website (starred in – longtime MDN readers know the story), and it ended up being the best decision I ever made. Here’s why: It led to me getting fired from my old job, which made me realize how miserable, stressed, and overworked I was. Now, I have my dream job, and I am a much happier person with less stress and more free time on my hands.
See, porn is good!
Porn – good!!
Fire — BAAAD!!!
(T-shirts — good!)
Xtorrent is banned on most private trackers cause its data reporting system is bogus. It is still a nicely designed application though.
Transmission is nice if all you want is the entire torrent, but I find it very limited. Azureus is well known to be bloated and Vuze is overkill. uTorrent would be perfect for me as it’s what I use on my work PC.
@ Sarasota
What makes you think Transmission is only good for an entire torrent? If you don’t want the whole thing, just uncheck the items you don’t want in the info panel. Piece of cake.
xtorrent all the way. I never heard before that it’s a banned client. Honestly, that sounds quite odd to me.