What's the best torrent downloader for mac?

markthedrum1 · 20-05-2009 10:37AM #1

Basically that's it. I'm still using limewire and it's terrible. Anyone know what is the best bit torrent type downloader to use on an apple mac?

I tried utorrent but couldnt get it to work. In sayin that, it was about 6months ago. For some reason I couldn't any song I wanted to download to download for me. Then when it would look as though it was gonna start downloading, it would show a dial up speed (even though I have 3mb broadband) and it wouldn't do anything then. 3 hours later and it was still the same.

So can I get some tips on how to work it and what's the best one to use, thanks.

cornbb · 20-05-2009 10:41AM

Transmission is pretty easy and foolproof: www.transmissionbt.com

nialler · 20-05-2009 11:35AM

I've always used Tomato myself for torrents, using Unison at the moment for Usenet .nzb downloads, getting around 1.2mb a sec so getting a show in no time, star trek downloaded while I had a shower, not that I condone downloading anything like that ;-)

redenemyjoe · 20-05-2009 12:17PM

Vuze (formerly Azureus) They have a class media brrowser for new trailers and short films, definitely my favourite.

Vuze

You should give it a look.

ozt9vdujny3srf · 20-05-2009 12:29PM

nialler wrote: »

I've always used Tomato myself for torrents, using Unison at the moment for Usenet .nzb downloads, getting around 1.2mb a sec so getting a show in no time, star trek downloaded while I had a shower, not that I condone downloading anything like that ;-)

you sir, need to go to http://www.sabnzbd.org

I think transmission is the best BT client on mac. There is also utorrent, which is supposed to be good but nowhere near as good as the PC version.

I hate vuze - I hate any software that starts adding a pile of "features" on top of its original function.

Sad Professor · 20-05-2009 12:45PM

Another +1 for Transmission. It's by far the best Mac torrent client at the moment. Although uTorrent for Mac is worth keeping an eye on.

I don't like Azureus either.

redenemyjoe · 20-05-2009 01:01PM

Wow, maybe I should look around.

im...LOST · 20-05-2009 01:11PM

Transmission for me too.

Borneo Fnctn · 20-05-2009 01:47PM

Transmission is what I use.

faceman · 20-05-2009 02:42PM

I very rarely use torrents but I use Transmission when i do.

pleasant Co. · 20-05-2009 02:44PM

Use both Transmission and utorrent, for features/options/user friendliness transmission is an absolute wonder. If utorrent for mac ever gets similar features to it's windows variant then the it'd be a close call between the two, right now though it is transmission all the way. I use both because sometimes utorrent is more connectible and sometimes transmission is more connectible.

hosi · 20-05-2009 02:56PM

I'm wondering why people still use torrents if there are much faster and more convenient ways to download stuff (eg. Rapidshare).

pleasant Co. · 20-05-2009 03:05PM

hosi wrote: »

I'm wondering why people still use torrents if there are much faster and more convenient ways to download stuff (eg. Rapidshare).

Rapidshare is rarely faster than torrents, at least the ones I seem to go for (i'd also argue that it's far less convenient if what you are downloading has to be downloaded in parts due to rapidshare's filesize limitations [referring to free account of course]). Unless you're suggesting people go and buy a rapidshare account, in which case I'd wonder why those people aren't using a usenet service.

Duck Soup · 22-05-2009 10:59PM

Yep, Transmission for me as well. Vuze is decent and has more bells and whistles, but Transmission is light, easy to use and seems a little speedier all round.

jester77 · 23-05-2009 09:23AM

I've tried Vuze, transmission and utorrent for mac. None of them were satisfactory, I'm now running the windows version of utorrent through darwine. Works great and does everything I need without being a resource hog.

fbradyirl · 25-05-2009 03:09AM

Transmission for me. The speeds I'm getting these days are very high since I increased the number of peers in the preferences (note: doing this will make downloads hog your net connection but you will get 15x times the speeds). I downloaded Windows 7 in about an hour or less.

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 25-05-2009 10:25AM

redenemyjoe wrote: »

Vuze (formerly Azureus) They have a class media brrowser for new trailers and short films, definitely my favourite.

Vuze

You should give it a look.

Sounds like pile of bloat.

pleasant Co. · 25-05-2009 10:31AM

Sean_K wrote: »

Sounds like pile of bloat.

oh, it is!

fiddlemeragged · 26-05-2009 08:24AM

Adding to the praise for Transmission here.

Have been using it for over a year with no real issues at all, it has a light memory footprint and is very responsive.

CivilServant · 26-05-2009 05:05PM

Utorrent is the best.

pleasant Co. · 26-05-2009 08:03PM

Not on osx it isn't, someday it might be though...they've a way to go yet.

drzhivago · 31-05-2009 10:44PM

redenemyjoe wrote: »

Vuze (formerly Azureus) They have a class media brrowser for new trailers and short films, definitely my favourite.

Vuze

You should give it a look.

+1 vuze brillliant

johnk123 · 01-06-2009 10:07PM

fbradyirl wrote: »

Transmission for me. The speeds I'm getting these days are very high since I increased the number of peers in the preferences (note: doing this will make downloads hog your net connection but you will get 15x times the speeds). I downloaded Windows 7 in about an hour or less.

Thanks! Didn't know this.... sounds good if i want to finish a download quickly!

But yeah, i use transmission and never had any trouble with it. Clean interface etc etc. Although i dont use it that often

spannerotoole · 09-06-2009 05:21AM

Peeps, you should really try Opera, it has a built in torrent downloader. It's fast and does everything an internet suite should do.

tinner777 · 28-08-2009 11:04AM

anyone using utorrent? is it better than vuze? Thinking of swapping as snow leopard seems to break vuze

Sad Professor · 28-08-2009 12:41PM

tinner777 wrote: »

anyone using utorrent? is it better than vuze? Thinking of swapping as snow leopard seems to break vuze

What's wrong with Transmission?

tinner777 · 28-08-2009 12:59PM

Sad Professor wrote: »

What's wrong with Transmission?

nothing, as far as i know, just always used vuze. I'm thinking of making the jump to another program that is ok both on windows and mac

Jev/N · 29-08-2009 01:26AM

Vuze is fine, have used on both mac and PC but would have to agree that transmission is the best for mac - works really well and no frills!

cnocbui · 31-08-2009 12:42PM

Transmission is excellent.

I haven't tried Vuze for torrents yet, and as for bloat, try streaming videos from a Mac to your Xbox using Transmission.

Sometimes bloat is good.

Thomas_S_Hunterson · 31-08-2009 12:53PM

cnocbui wrote: »

I haven't tried Vuze for torrents yet, and as for bloat, try streaming videos from a Mac to your Xbox using Transmission.

Sometimes bloat is good.

Why would you want to use a torrent application to stream media to you xbox?

Why wouldn't you use a media server application?

cnocbui · 31-08-2009 12:56PM

Sean_K wrote: »

Why would you want to use a torrent application to stream media to you xbox?

Why wouldn't you use a media server application?

Such as?

What's the best torrent downloader for mac?

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