Limewire

ant043

Is Limewire any good for mac. I used it alot with windows for downloads and it could have been responsible for numerous viruses on my pc. I suppose my main questions are does it run smoothly on mac and did anyone have any problems with using it.

Thanks in advance

440Hz

Its fine, works perfectly. No dif to windows

ant043

think i read somewhere on macrumours i think that it corrupts files or something to that accord. Don't want it to slow down or anything. Is there any decent alternatives that mac people use ?

Creamy Goodness

440Hz wrote: »

Its fine, works perfectly. No dif to windows

except for the virii won't harm your mac

440Hz

Ive used it for years without any hassle, just have to show a bit of common sense when choosing your downloads is all, same with anything.

ZENER

+1 for Limewire. Like 440 says, just be careful what you download - all that glitters isn't gold.

ZEN

Dorsanty

Switched to Frostwire over the last month or so. Quite happy with it.

The latest Limewire versions are getting silly with torrent and media shop built into it. Damn thing keeps making new folders in my home dir everytime I moved up a version. I hate software that does that.

Also if you don't have access to a pro version of limewire the popup ad on startup gets annoying. Frostwire is free, Yay!

http://www.frostwire.com/

440Hz

I might check it out, cheers for the link.

i use a much older version of Limewire, pre-"all that crap"

Xavi6

I use utorrent on windows and my mate uses it on mac and neither of us have had any problems with it. No slowdown and great download speeds.

unklerosco

Xavi6 wrote: »

I use utorrent on windows and my mate uses it on mac and neither of us have had any problems with it. No slowdown and great download speeds.

U can't get utorrent for mac...

aidan_walsh

unklerosco wrote: »

U can't get utorrent for mac...

Presumably using Bootcamp or Parallels.

Sad Professor

There was a very early beta of utorrent for mac but only a few people every got it. Afaik all development has been abandoned now.

K.O.Kiki

Transmission does the same anyway

ant043

transmission picks up nothing for me. Is it the settings or something or maybe the router.

Thanks

Sad Professor

ant043 wrote: »

transmission picks up nothing for me. Is it the settings or something or maybe the router.

Probably. Have you opened a port in your firewall and/or router? Check the advanced window in Transmission's preferences to see if the default port is open.

unklerosco

I use transmission, works a treat....

ant043

in the port settings a yellow marker is coming up saying unable to check port status
any ideas

ant043

How do you select torrents for it. I know its a stupid question. Just don't know how
Thanks

Thomas_S_Hunterson

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Against the rules. Please read charter

aidan_walsh

You'd think with 2 and a half years experience you'd know the rules a little better :rolleyes:

440Hz

Sean, edited your post, check the charter!

Thomas_S_Hunterson

440Hz wrote:

Sean, edited your post, check the charter!

Fair enough. Sorry.

aidan_walsh wrote:

You'd think with 2 and a half years experience you'd know the rules a little better

There's legit torrents too