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Join Date: Apr 2007
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hi, i have been an azureus user for a long time but it almost seems bloated or maybe it is becaues it uses java. amnyway im looking for a good client that is very lightweight and fast with a decent range of features. please let me know what some of you use. thanks.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jul 2002
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2007
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Originally Posted by Thinine
+1
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Baninated
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: In yer threads
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: eating kernel
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Signature depreciated.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Newport News, VA USA
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Yeah, Transmission user here as well.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Netherlands
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Azureus.
But since all you guys use Transmission, I'll give it a try.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Transmission and BitRocket.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Transmission Again. I used to have problems with it crashing, but there have been some nice updates to it over the last 6 months or so, one of which solved it.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Detroit, Mi
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Transmission, FTW.
I love it, it is so simple, but gets the job done.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Dec 2007
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Transmission is the best torrent client i have ever used.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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Wow, Transmission is nice. I've been using Azureus for quite some time — not because it was good, but because everything else was even worse — but Transmission's clean interface and ability to not use up 40% of my CPU all the time is such an improvement.
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Chuck
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"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Any ramblings are entirely my own, and do not represent those of my employers, coworkers, friends, or species
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Vancouver, BC
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
Wow, Transmission is nice. I've been using Azureus for quite some time — not because it was good, but because everything else was even worse — but Transmission's clean interface and ability to not use up 40% of my CPU all the time is such an improvement.
Ya I tried using Azeurus some time back but the CPU useage was always through the roof compared to other clients. Now the newer versions of Azeurus (or whatever they're calling it) are trying to be a media hub kinda like the iTunes Store which makes it even worse.
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Baninated
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Transmission has REALLY came a long way too. Azeurus is just like any other Java application for the Mac. I really wish there was no visible or usability differences with Java apps on OS X, but there is. Otherwise I wouldn't mind Java based applications.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Los Angeles
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There's no way to get a native feeling application out of Java because it's not a native platform. I accept Java apps for what they are.
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"The natural progress of things is for liberty to yield and government to gain ground." TJ
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Baninated
Join Date: Oct 2002
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I only use them if there is no other alternative.
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Join Date: Oct 2006
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lol lot's of Transmission users huh. I've been using Azureus for a while and i haven't found anything wrong with it.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jun 2006
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Originally Posted by IAmZoraK
lol lot's of Transmission users huh. I've been using Azureus for a while and i haven't found anything wrong with it.
...except the fact that it's a memory-hoarding, CPU hungry bandwidth wasting bastard, right?
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Forum Regular
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Canada
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Azureus is ugly and fat but it's the most advanced and accurate. Transmission is light and pretty but has a tendency to bork ratios.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: San Diego, CA, USA
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I don't give a **** about accuracy — I just want to use my computer!
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Chuck
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"Instead of either 'multi-talented' or 'multitalented' use 'bisexual'."
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: Madison, WI
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Use Transmission, stay away from Xtorrent.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: 888500128
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Originally Posted by Aegis
Azureus is ugly and fat but it's the most advanced and accurate. Transmission is light and pretty but has a tendency to bork ratios.
Is there still a version of Azureus that doesn't default to the OMFG-IT'S-A-MEDIA-DOWNLOAD-CENTER-MAKE-IT-****ING-GO-AWAY interface?
I threw it out after having to manually switch to "expert" mode every single launch.
Switched to Transmission and am very pleased with it.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Portland, Oregon
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I don't give a **** about accuracy — I just want to use my computer!
Spoken like a true champ. You win in my book, sir.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Is it possible to run both simultaneously?
I like Azureus' ability to DL selectively parts of a torrent and check connections and progress in detail.
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I look forward to a future where the present will be in the past.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Transmission can do all of these things, too.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: London, UK
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Originally Posted by analogika
I threw it out after having to manually switch to "expert" mode every single launch.
Fwiw, there is a preference to always start in Expert mode. Forget what it is called or where it is located, but it is there, so you never need to experience the media hub interface.
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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I love the BitTorrent curses tool in combination with screen. This allows me to download torrents via the command line on a remote machine.
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Join Date: May 2007
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Originally Posted by Chuckit
I don't give a **** about accuracy — I just want to use my computer!
Easy now. I say it's inaccurate not out of a geeky love of torrent protocol standards, but because it has a history of incorrectly reporting stats and getting people banned on trackers. A number of trackers have it flat out banned as a client because of this (and a few other problems). Some people may care about that.
Originally Posted by analogika
Is there still a version of Azureus that doesn't default to the OMFG-IT'S-A-MEDIA-DOWNLOAD-CENTER-MAKE-IT-****ING-GO-AWAY interface?
Well it does have the silly media interface but it's toned down with a few options if I remember correctly. All I do now is click on the advanced tab and it looks like the Azureus of old. Not that that's any real treat. I'm still waiting for uTorrent.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Aiken, South Carolina, USA
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BitTyrant (based on Azureus) is pretty good. Otherwise, Transmission.
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Senior User
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: NY
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Originally Posted by Sijmen
Azureus.
But since all you guys use Transmission, I'll give it a try.
I too have been using Azureus for a while. Since Windows actually. I have noticed after the upgrade to Leopard I have been getting a lot of kernel panics when I leave it on all night when I am downloading something. Not sure if this has to do anything with the application.
Originally Posted by angelmb
Transmission and BitRocket.
I started using BitRocket and I like it a lot so far. I haven't heard of Transmission, I might give it a try.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Nov 2007
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What about the original BitTorrent? Anyone has thought on it?
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Mar 2001
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Originally Posted by seasurfer
What about the original BitTorrent? Anyone has thought on it?
It's all I use, except I don't use the GUI.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Kathmandu Nepal
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from ex-Azureus user: Transmission!
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Dead MBP 2.2 4gig / New Aluminum iMacs / "Old" iPhones / 1st Gen Ipod Shuffle
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Central PA
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I've used Transmission ever since Azureus started that media distribution mess. I've never heard of a client for OS 9 or earlier. Is there anyway to download torrents on a pre-OS X Mac other than totally skipping the Mac OS and running some version of Linux on it? I'm interested in knowing even if the solution is convoluted.
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Posting Junkie
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: 888500128
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Originally Posted by quicksilverG4
I've used Transmission ever since Azureus started that media distribution mess.
That was what drove me over, as well. I've been a happy camper, though.
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Join Date: Oct 2001
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I am really liking the LH-ABC client… sure you better look for another app icon and set the toolbar to be shown as text only, but besides that… it is really fast.
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