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downloading torrents in OS X
- Thread starter woopud
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I've not used Tomato Torrent much (my favourite is Transmission but it's 10.4+ only) but when you open the torrent file in it, it *should* start downloading immediately. What exactly happens when you double click the .torrent file in the Finder?
When I double click the file it opens up a text document with all jibberies.
When I click on a toorent that I want to download it wants me to choose an application to open it with but it won't let me choose any of the clients I want like bittorrent, azerues or tomato cause they're not highlited.
Bert
When I click on a toorent that I want to download it wants me to choose an application to open it with but it won't let me choose any of the clients I want like bittorrent, azerues or tomato cause they're not highlited.
Bert
hmm wel you can try azureus but that really is a filthy ram hog it work in jaguar though http://azureus.sourceforge.net/
correction there is only azureus left
unless you want to go to gnutella but i doubt that
from what i remember azureus is pretty decent just make sure you have alot of ram to keep it happy it runs on java
correction there is only azureus left
unless you want to go to gnutella but i doubt that
from what i remember azureus is pretty decent just make sure you have alot of ram to keep it happy it runs on java
Here is a list of torrent clients for Macs.
http://torrentfreak.com/mac-bt-clients/
I use utorrent on my Windows laptop, though, because it features port randomization and encodes the packets so they don't look like bittorrent packets to my ISP.
http://torrentfreak.com/mac-bt-clients/
I use utorrent on my Windows laptop, though, because it features port randomization and encodes the packets so they don't look like bittorrent packets to my ISP.
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he might be using a version that wont work in jag, i ran into that, i finally found a version that would work in jag. its been so long ago i cant remember the version it was ( i think tom said the right version to try)
It should... but there may be a problem with OS X's file mapping. If you get info on a .torrent file, does Tomato Torrent show up in the "Open With" list? If not, try selecting it manually by choosing "Other..." in that list and then navigating to the application. You might need to enable "All Applications" in the popup box at the bottom of the dialogue. OS X should then associate that file with Tomato Torrent, so double clicking it should open the app.
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