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Transmission .90 released

by Christina Warren Oct 24th 2007 at 11:30AM

Transmission - the open source, lightweight BitTorrent client that is the closest alternative to uTorrent that us Mac users can get - has just released version .90.

New features added in this update include:

  • Encryption support (finally!), with an option to ignore unencrypted peers
  • The ability to ban peers that send too much bad data
  • Reporting only downloaded and verified good data to the tracker
  • Improved BitTorrent compliance and more

For OS X users, specific updates include:
A per-torrent action menu, optimizations to decrease memory usage, and general changes/updates to the interface to make managing files easier and to provide users with more options.

Note: Users upgrading from version .72 or earlier will lose any data from uncompleted downloads, so please beware and either move your torrents to another program or finish downloads before installing the upgrade.

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Mathews

4. i updated, not from .72, and had three crashes on the first hour. had to leave after that, but i'm not too happy with the upgrade.

Posted at 12:02PM on Oct 24th 2007 by mikel egurra

I am having the same problem =/ I am using Leopard and i really don't know whats the problem with Transmission, works fine the old versions, but know is normal he crashs and lost a lot of download =/

October 31 2007 at 1:34 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
FuriousCookie

anyone notice how the new version uses up more memory as usual?

October 29 2007 at 2:31 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
guerro

It should read, "We mac users..." not, "Us mac users...." Think about how it would sound if you left out "mac users". Would you say it is the best torrent client US can get? Or the best WE can get ? Just trying to help.

October 25 2007 at 10:40 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rp

Im not sure why anyone would suggest that Az is speedy. Perhaps it is speedier than Transmission, but when you compare snails to slugs there isn't going to be much of a difference.

October 24 2007 at 7:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mim

Try out "deluge". It can be obtained using the MacPorts. It supports encryption and it's like uTorrent but for Linux. :)

October 24 2007 at 5:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nick

Same speed issue as the other folks here. Part of the reason I like torrent so much is because you can get new files quickly. What's the point in using Transmission if it will take me twice as long to download? I'll keep using Azureus, thanks.

October 24 2007 at 4:38 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Peter

is anyone else haveing trouble with the system after upgrading? It looks like Transmission is making the computer go much slower!

October 24 2007 at 3:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Dylan

I love the simplicity of this program. It is definitely my favorite torrent program on the mac. It seems to download fast enough for me, but i'm not sure if maybe i'm missing out on some speed. hmm.

October 24 2007 at 2:13 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Cyberwhore

@ Dannel #5

Maybe I should have worded my question differently.

I know Transmission can theoretically do it but how does it perform in real life?

October 24 2007 at 1:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Stephen Lang

Great, this is just in time for downloading Leopard before Friday! ;-)

October 24 2007 at 1:45 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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