Thread: best torrent programs for mac

so ive read an article when i wanted to get into "torrenting" and from what i got from it transmission was the best,

so i used it for a while, then updated,
then, it started to suck,



it crashed, it took forever to quit (excuse was that the app needed to contact the tracker, but i think 20-35 min is a bit much for just "contact")

so i got rid of it,
then i reminisced from my pc days and remembered azureus,
so i did the google thing and came up with vuze(formally know as azureus)

so i dig it,
nice interface,
fast(ish) downloads considering my bandwidth,

im just wondering now, what else is out there???
mind you the article i read about torrent apps for mac was written in '07

thanks,
-elopez1989

i still use transmission... well, not really anymore now cuz i have a seedbox.. but anyway, i never updated transmission and i never got any crashes or anything, so i think the update did bad for ya.. lol

:( transmission update is like AIDS on monkey,
its gonna spread, ive heard utorrent is good,
better even!

what is seedbox??
and from one mac user to another,
any good torrent trackers??

sorry for the change of subject btw,
still wondering about best torrent apps for mac!

I use uTorrent and Transmission.

I used to use tomato torrent, and I love utorrent but as it is beta for mac some private trckers might ban you for using it. Though being utorrent you should beo k in most instances.

ya, i think im gonna look up utorrent,
any advice for torrenting on a mac?
better speeds? port forwarding? best rackers for mac?

transmition and try looking for STC.org...its a nice site for mac lovers..

Can't you run Wine and use build 1820 of uTorrent?

I don't know if it's possible since I don't own a Mac, nor do I have any experience with Wine at all. But I think you could try that. Transmission is the best client for Mac, but I guess if you're having problems with it, you're gonna need to find something else.

You could try Deluge, but getting it to work on Mac is not simple from what I gather.

Originally Posted by Rare

Can't you run Wine and use build 1820 of uTorrent?

I don't know if it's possible since I don't own a Mac, nor do I have any experience with Wine at all. But I think you could try that. Transmission is the best client for Mac, but I guess if you're having problems with it, you're gonna need to find something else.

You could try Deluge, but getting it to work on Mac is not simple from what I gather.

I use uTorrent for mac, I find it faster than Transmission. and Rare, I think you mean Darwine, it's for Mac OS X, Wine is for linux