There are a handful of excellent BitTorrent clients for Mac, but uTorrent takes the cake thanks to its great feature set, admirable flexibility, overall speed, and $0 price tag.
Pps I wrote this on my phone and forgot to post lol, sry if I'm late to the party rofl. Ps im guessing you want to use this in some modded client like tekkit, I suggest trying to just apply those mods to a hacked client to see if it can work. This probably won't work because most of the mods in Tekkit or any mod pack out there today require an installed which iirc directly modifies Minecraft. Hack client for mac xray and reach the core. (still a hacked client) Ps im guessing you want to use this in some modded client like tekkit, I suggest trying to just apply those mods to a hacked client to see if it can work.
Note: If you don't know much about BitTorrent and want to learn, check out our beginner's guide to BitTorrent.
Download Torrents With a Torrent Client Browser Extension. One of the most popular ways to download torrents through your browser used to be the Java based Bitlet tool. Best Free Torrent Client for Windows/Linux/Mac of 2018 We started using Vuze about seven years ago. We have used many torrent clients that are available like bittorrent, utorrent and many other.
WebTorrent is the first BitTorrent client that works in the browser, while WebTorrent Desktop is a desktop version that brings torrent streaming to Windows, Mac, and Linux. That means you can watch movies and TV, or listen to audio books and music while the torrent download is still taking place. This is a special application to run Windows-based programs on a Mac. If you already know how to run this, then you are good to go. We will be publishing a tutorial here how to do it soon. This open-source product is designed specifically for Mac so that it achieves the fastest download speeds possible. It's not as feature-rich as some of the other PC-based and Linux-based competitors, but it will definitely meet regular user demands and get your torrent files downloaded quickly.
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µTorrent
Platform: Mac OS X
Price: Free
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Features
- Download torrents (obviously) and manage/prioritize multiple torrents
- Search for torrents directly from the app
- Automatically download torrents by subscribing to torrent RSS feeds directly in the app
- Play and stream media files with progressive download
- Remote monitoring and control
- Ratings and comments of torrent files
- Send files of any size with a simple drag and drop
- Hide any features you don't care about to make the uTorrent interface as minimal as you like
- Run uTorrent in portable mode on a USB drive so you can take it anywhere you go
- Use themes and skins
- Add features through the uTorrent App Studio
- Automatically adjusts bandwidth usage so if you're making a Skype video call or downloading a file from the web you won't have to worry about uTorrent getting in the way
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Download the official BitTorrent® torrent client for Windows or Mac—from the inventors of the bittorrent protocol and developers of the #1 bittorrent download client worldwide. WebTorrent, the streaming torrent client for the browser, Mac, Windows, and Linux. WebTorrent Desktop is for streaming torrents.
Where It Excels
What's great about uTorrent is that it manages to have a massive feature set and still maintain a remarkable amount of simplicity. If you already know how to find torrent files you just add them and let uTorrent download. If you don't know where to find torrents, you can search directly from uTorrent. It also supports torrent RSS feeds for automated downloads. Another really great thing uTorrent can do is manage the bandwidth it uses based on what you're doing in other apps. If you need to download with another app, it'll automatically free some up. If, for any reason, you don't like a particular feature in uTorrent you can generally hide it. It gives you the full interface to start, but you can make it about as minimal as you want. Overall, uTorrent is a really solid app with great features and plenty more in the pipeline.
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Where It Falls Short
There isn't much to complain about with uTorrent. The only downside to running it on a Mac is that the Windows version tends to get new features first. If you use it on a Mac, you're likely going to be waiting a little longer for the same features. Also, uTorrent is working on a paid version so you may end up paying for some of the features you want down the line. (Note: not existing features, but new ones.)
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The Competition
Transmission (Free) is what you want if you don't care much for the nearly endless features of uTorrent. It's really a fantastic, super lightweight BitTorrent client with plenty of great features like web control and full encryption. It's also completely open-sourced.
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xTorrent is a beautiful BitTorrent client with many of the great features you'll find in uTorrent, and although it's technically free you have to pay if you don't want throttled download speeds. That's kind of a deal-breaking restriction, so as far as we're concerned it's $25 for a license. While it's really a fantastic option, there are so many free and excellent BitTorrent clients out there it's hard to justify paying anything at all. Acquisition has the same pros and cons, but will cost you a little less for a pro license.
The Official BitTorrent client (Free) is lightweight and simple. We prefer Transmission when you're focusing on those criteria, but if you want to try something else it's another decent option.
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Of course, there are plenty more. If you have a favorite we didn't mention, share it in the comments!
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BitTorrent is still a great way to transfer large files, but it’s only as convenient and efficient as the application you use to seed and download them. This week, we’re looking at five of the best BitTorrent clients, based on your nominations.
Earlier in the week, we asked you for the best BitTorrent clients—the ones you used yourselves, and the ones you thought offered the best mix of features and performance. You responded with tons of nominees, but here are your top five, in no particular order:
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µTorrent (Windows/Mac/Linux)
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µTorrent (or uTorrent) is one of the most popular BitTorrent clients, and has enjoyed broad use partially because it’s fast, feature-rich, and supported and developed by BitTorrent, Inc, which in a way makes it the “official” BitTorrent client. Even so, one company can’t own a protocol, so BitTorrent is just one option in a vast sea of clients. To its credit though, µTorrent does retain the ease of use, speedy downloads, and fine controls over your download and upload speeds and bandwidth that made it popular in the first place. It has all of the features you would expect from a good BitTorrent client, including the ability to resume stopped downloads, download things in sequential order, support for encrypted files, support for remote control via mobile apps, download scheduling, port forwarding, and more. It’ll even throttle itself back as soon as you start to use bandwidth heavy applications on your computer. µTorrent also makes it easy to find and download the official BitTorrent Bundles, which are packed with music, movies, and other great free, freely-licensed entertainment to enjoy. It’s also completely free.
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µTorrent doesn’t come without more than its share of controversy. Many of you nominated it and supported its nomination based on its features, speed, and ease-of-use. For many of you, it’s been your first and only real BitTorrent client. However, many of you chimed in and pointed out that while µTorrent was definitely on top years ago, recent controversies—like so-called “premium” versions for a fee, µTorrent versions that also used your computer for Bitcoin mining, tons of sleazy banner ads, and an overall shift away from supporting a community of users and directly toward using that community to make money have soured you on the application, even if it’s still good. Many of you cast your vote for it anyway, saying you preferred to run older versions that don’t have all of the cruft added in later iterations, while others expressed your frustration at a great app, now gone downhill. You can read it all in its nomination thread here.
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qBittorrent (Windows/Mac/Linux)
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Built as a free-software, open source alternative and feature equivalent to µTorrent, qBittorrent is cross-platform, lightweight, well polished, and free of many of the issues that made its inspiration controversial. That doesn’t make it a plain clone though—its somewhat spartan UI hides a wealth of features that make the client popular. qBittorrent can be configured to send email when your downloads are complete, you can search for files (even by category) inside of the app instead of digging around for reliable downloads, supports web-based remote control, port forwarding, IP filtering, and more. It’s remarkably powerful for those folks who need those features. Others just like it because they’re disaffected by other tools, and they’re looking for something that’s light and just does what you need it to do. True to its open source, community-driven nature, it’s completely free (although the project does accept donations.)
Many of you who nominated and supported qBittorrent did so specifically because you moved from µTorrent and wanted something with the same features but didn’t want to put up with the ads or questionable updates and practices behind your former favorite. Many of you specifically said that instead of complaining about µTorrent, the best option is to just use this open source alternative, and put your opinions where your downloads are. To that point, you also praised qBittorrent for being very similar to the app that inspired it, feature-rich and lightweight, while still giving you all the tools you need and then some (many of you called out the ability to search for files right inside the app as a huge perk.) More than a few of you praised its Linux support specifically, and others said you enjoyed setting it up to email you when your downloads were finished, and that you liked that it supports proxies. Some of you noted you missed the bandwidth throttling and speed scheduling features of other clients, but all in all, it’s a good option. Read more testimonials in its nomination thread here.
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Transmission (Windows/Mac/Linux)
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Transmission is a simple, lightweight BitTorrent client that many of you who use OS X machines, Linux boxes, or even Raspberry Pis preferred. It’s super-lightweight, runs quietly in the background with or without a UI (it’s up to you) which makes it perfect for servers, NAS boxes, HTPCs, and other systems where you may want to do some downloading or automate your downloads. Transmission can be remote controlled by a web client or through the terminal (via SSH), and those old schoolers among you may remember when Transmission was the only good BitTorrent client available for OS X. As it’s always been, it’s free, open-source, and there are distro-specific versions available for Linux users who want something customized to their system. Transmission gives you robust system notifications for your active and completed downloads, download scheduling, port forwarding, remote management, encryption, and just about everything else you might expect from a well-built client.
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Many of you echoed some of the biggest perks that Trnamission’s own developers tout on their features page, namely that in OS X, it runs natively, it’s lean but feature-rich, and can be remotely managed. Many of you praised it for being free and open source, and not holding its features back for a premium version or including ads, sponsored links, or banner ads to help keep the project afloat. Some of your said it’s great in Linux and OS X, but a little meh in Windows, and wished it had proxy support, but others of you praised it for working flawlessly (even on your Raspberry Pi, NAS, and other headless systems), and for being so good you’ve never wanted to replace it. You can read more testimonials in its nomination thread here.
Deluge (Windows/Mac/Linux)
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Deluge earns points for being one of the oldest BitTorrent clients available, but also one of the most lightweight. It’s completely free, cross-platform, and supports things like encrypted downloads, private torrents, password protection, bandwidth scheduling and throttling, remote management via a web-based of console-based interface, proxy support, and third-party plugins. Those plugins are where Deluge’s power really shines through—and there are tons, developed by the community around the app to extend its features. The ability to customize the client to your needs and then set it and forget it, as well as manage it remotely, makes Deluge another great option for lightweight needs or for headless setups like home servers, NAS devices, or other remote systems. Plus, it’s completely free and open source.
Many of you said you rediscovered Deluge after leaving other, more bloated clients looking for something a bit more streamlined and easier to use. Almost all of the comments in its nomination thread praised how lightweight and easy to use Deluge is, how speedy it is on just about anything you need to install it on, and how it keeps bloat to a minimum so you can load it up with plugins if you need to, or keep it lean and trim if you don’t. If other clients used to be great and have declined over the years, many of you who may have skipped over Deluge in the past have rediscovered it—or at least love it more now than you ever have. You can read more in the nomination thread itself.
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Tixati (Windows/Linux)
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Tixati is a relatively new BitTorrent client compared to many of the others here, but that doesn’t mean it’s not powerful, or light on system resources. The client is a little basic, but it boasts a wealth of features you may like in a client, including easy view of all of your downloads, a simple and easy to use UI, support for magnet links, port forwarding, IP filtering, event scheduling, and a simple native installation that doesn’t require you install a bunch of frameworks just to get it running, and one that doesn’t hide ads or anything else under the hood. It may be missing some of the more advanced features of some of the others, but it’s certainly one of the fastest and easiest on your machine, which may make it worth a look if you’re displeased with other options. Similarly, Tixati installs and uninstalls cleanly on your system, and the Tixati web site is like a guide to torrenting for beginners—which makes sense, since the client is no-nonsense and focused on the basics too. It’s completely free.
Those of you who nominated Tixati praised it for being fast, reliable, simple to use, and completely free of the nonsense and BS that often plagues other BitTorrent clients. Some of you praised it for hiding some strong configuration options behind that simple interface, and others praised it for being one of the most streamlined clients you’ve had the opportunity to use, especially nice in a time when many other clients are busy adding features—and potentially, bloat. Some of you bemoaned support for remote management by mobile app, and the lack of an Mac client, but for those folks using Windows and Linux, you suggested it’s worth a look. You can read more in its nomination thread here.
Which Torrent Client Is The Best
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Now that you’ve seen the top five, it’s time to put them to an all-out vote to determine the community favorite:
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Honorable Mentions
This week’s honorable mention goes out to rTorrent (OS X/Linux), a text-based BitTorrent client that actually made the top five the last time we looked at this category. If you’re looking to manage your downloads without all of the overhead of a heavier client, or just at the command line or via SSH, this is the client for you. Many of you noted that rTorrent runs on seedboxes (for good reason), and others noted that you’ve seen it running on routers and other headless systems just to keep things nicely streamlined. Its learning curve is a little higher than a tool with a GUI, but that doesn’t make it any less powerful or less valuable to learn. You can read all about it in its nomination thread here.
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Have something to say about one of the contenders? Want to make the case for your personal favorite, even if it wasn’t included in the list? Remember, the top five are based on your most popular nominations from the call for contenders thread from earlier in the week. Don’t just complain about the top five, let us know what your preferred alternative is—and make your case for it—in the discussions below.
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