Thread: How to automatically download torrents on a mac

Hey there fellow mac users. I have found a pretty cool little app made specifically for us that allows you to automatically download RSS feeds to a location of your choice. And if your using my personal favorite client transmission(very simple and light), you can have the file start downloading automatically from the same chosen folder using the "auto add" feature found in Transmission here:

Preferences >> Transfers >> Adding >> Auto add

The app is called Automatic and can be found here:

Coding Curious :: Automatic

The pdf manual included gives pretty straightforward information on setting up new subscriptions. There are a few extra rules needed for a few shows like House, 24, CSI, ER, and Law and Order. Just read and follow the manual and everything should role smoothly for you.

I recently discovered another nice little app called TVShows that is similar to Automatic. This app can be found here:

TVShows automatically downloads your favourite shows



What is TVShows ?
TVShows is a Mac OS X application that automatically downloads your favourite shows. You don't need anymore to manually download torrent files, TVShows does it for you. Manage your subscriptions and preferences from within the TVShows application, and TVShows takes care of the rest: a background process is automatically launched at a regular interval to check for new episodes.

What is not TVShows ?
TVShows is not a Bittorrent client, it (just) automatically downloads the correct torrent file at the right time. TVShows will automatically use your preferred Bittorrent client to download the shows.



There is one other app I found that is similar to TVShows but is multi platform(Windows/Mac/Linux) called Ted(torrent episode downloader) which can be found here:

ted: torrent episode downloader - downloads new episodes for your favorite TV Shows

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