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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Mac OS X 10.5 Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 PPC, Mac OS X 10.6
- Date added: October 24, 2009
- Total Downloads: 37,539
- Downloads last week: 757
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 10 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Paul Hughes on June 10, 2009
Transmission is one of the very best choices for a BitTorrent client on the Mac, being both extremely lightweight (some users even manage to run the Ubuntu version on their cell phones!) and fairly feature-packed. Transmission's interface is very easy to use--and easy on the eyes--and this open-source app provides a whole host of clever features and flexible settings, especially when it comes to managing your bandwidth.
Transmission lets you queue downloads, set "Speed Limits" for certain times of day, stop seeding when you've met a specified ratio, and more--all with live download stats viewable directly in the dock, along with support for Growl notifications. As if all of that weren't appealing enough, Transmission is also free, making it a very attractive option for anyone who works with torrents.
Publisher's description
From Transmission Project :Transmission has been built from the ground up to be a lightweight, yet powerful BitTorrent client. Its simple, intuitive interface is designed to integrate tightly with whatever computing environment you choose to use. Transmission strikes a balance between providing useful functionality without feature bloat. Furthermore, it is free for anyone to use or modify.
Transmission runs natively on over five operating systems. Seamless configuration of your network, intelligent banning of peers who send corrupted data, protocol encryption, and built in Peer Exchange are some of the features which enable Transmission to download your files as quickly as possible. All this is done in the background, without the user having to worry about complicated settings.
These days, bandwidth is a precious commodity. Transmission allows you to ration this commodity efficiently. You might want to queue your torrents for maximum performance. Or throttle their speed during peak periods. Transmission easily lets you do both, and thus only works its hardest when you want it to. Support for Growl notifications and dock badging keep you updated with what's going on so you can get back to doing more important things.
What's new in this version:
- Fix a potential crasher on Snow Leopard
- When creating a multi-tracker torrent, give each tracker its own tier
- Fix minor protocol error that didn't send a port message to some peers
- Fix display glitch when changing sort to "Queue Order"
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Version: Transmission 1.76
Pros: no voodoo that requires special education.whatever you need for p2p is obvious.it is like a pet on the desk-top,not a monster (vuze!) that fills up the whole house (figuratively).
Cons: i havenīt found anything about it i donīt like.
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