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    P2P in OSX?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by The_AwesomeSauce_Sho, Aug 29, 2010.

  1. The_AwesomeSauce_Sho

    The_AwesomeSauce_Sho Newbie

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    Planning on buying a mac book pro 13" in a couple of weeks(saving money). My question is, are you able to run bittorent/utorrent applications on OSX?
     
    The_AwesomeSauce_Sho, Aug 29, 2010
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  2. Nick

    Nick Professor Carnista

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    Yes, I use Vuze for Mac. I just download HM Linux, and am in the process of downloading Ubuntu 10.04.
     
    Nick, Aug 29, 2010
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  3. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    I use uTorrent. There's also transmissions, but I ditched that after months of them not fixing the problem making it crash, But I think it's fixed now.
     
    Seshan, Aug 29, 2010
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    the premiere bit torrent application (utorrent, aka microtorrent) is has a mac version. there are a lot of other programs that do the same job as well.
     
    masterchef341, Aug 29, 2010
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  5. lastrebelstanding

    lastrebelstanding Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm currently using Transmission. I haven't noticed any odd behavior, crashes or freezes so I think they've fixed all the problems.
    I was using Tomato Torrent before which has a very small footprint and is also free but it's very simplistic and doesn't offer many features.
     
    lastrebelstanding, Aug 29, 2010
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  6. Khris

    Khris Yes I am better than you!

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    I use uTorrent after getting annoyed with the numerous crashes with Transmission.
     
    Khris, Aug 29, 2010
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    lastrebelstanding Notebook Evangelist

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    Really? It's stable as a rock for me but I'm also running Transmission 1.54 with OS X Tiger on an old PowerBook G4.
    Maybe that makes a difference, who knows.
     
    lastrebelstanding, Aug 29, 2010
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  8. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    I've been using Transmission for years... never had any stability problems at all.
     
    doh123, Aug 29, 2010
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  9. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    My crashes started after the SL update.
     
    Seshan, Aug 30, 2010
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  10. doh123

    doh123 Without ME its just AWESO

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    didnt run into it myself... probably didn't use it right at that time.. I think that problem only lasted like a week or two. right when SL was released
     
    doh123, Aug 30, 2010
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    Ori0n Notebook Enthusiast

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    Like others have stated, uTorrent, Vuze, and Transmission seem to be the big ones. I know that with Vuze you can drag and drop video files into media folders and it will automatically format them for streaming to other devices like Xbox 360 and PS3. That was always a nice feature, but I personally prefer uTorrent.
     
    Ori0n, Aug 30, 2010
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