Transmission: Mac BitTorrent Client
Submitted by todd on Fri, 2008-05-09 06:19
Transmission is an Open Source Mac (also Linux) BitTorrent client that seems to be getting some buzz. I've never used a BitTorrent client on my Mac (the only place I used it is on my Linux box to download various gigantic Linux ISO files). If you've tried Transmission, let us know how it is working for you.
Just started using
Just started using Transmission yesterday. I recently switched to Mac from XP, where I had my favorite µTorrent. Transmission is built along the same lines, fast, simple and free.
I like transmission a whole
I like transmission a whole lot. Good control over individual torrents, but the biggest feature is the ability to dial in bandwidth on a timer. In the evening, when my wife and I are both using the internet, a Transmission session can be limited to, say, 30 Kbps, but be set to automatically use all available bandwidth between midnight and 5:30 AM.