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Transmission 2.7

Free Fast, easy, and free BitTorrent client with advanced features and full encryption.
4.3 
Latest version:
4.0.6 See all

Use a fast, simple, and cost-free BitTorrent client that works seamlessly across multiple platforms. Customize preferences to ensure optimal performance, while also utilizing advanced features such as watch directories, blocking of unreliable peers, and a user-friendly web interface that can be easily configured. With full encryption, file selection capabilities, and support for webseeds, peer exchange, and automatic port forwarding, it is a comprehensive and versatile client.

Transmission is a free BitTorrent client for the Mac. It is one of the best BitTorrents for the Mac that I know of. And it should be in the top 3, along with uTorrent and Vuze. Each one of these applications has something different to offer. In the case of Transmission, it is ease of use and a great, simple interface.

The main window of the interface is very small, and it doesn't really need to be any bigger than it really is. All the torrents that you download are listed there and you can use the quick look feature to preview any files. This doesn't work all the time, but when it does it is a nice feature to have. It is not a Transmission feature, though. Quick look is carried out by Mac OS X.

The application performs quite well and it is incredibly light. It handled all the torrents that I tested it with just fine, and it maxed out my connection speed every single time. Transmission puts an icon on your dock which you can use to access the application. It also shows the current download and upload speed in real-time.

Transmission has Web and Terminal interface, which you can use to remotely manage the application. I tested the Web terminal, and it looks and works great.


v2.7 [Sep 26, 2012]
- Fix crasher on OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard All Platforms
- Improved speed with the µTP protocol
- Fix bug that caused some incoming encrypted peer connections to fail
- Fix bugs with the speed limit scheduler
- Fix crasher with magnet linksMac
- Notification Center support on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
- Torrent files can be previewed with Quick Look in the Finder
- Add an option to remove transfers when seeding completes
- Fix displaying the Web Client with Bonjour
- Fix bugs with Time Machine exclusions
- Other minor interface tweaks and bug fixes
- Removed Simplified Chinese localization because of lack of localizerGTK+
- Require GTK+ 3.4Qt
- Control speed limit from the icon tray
- Improved behavior when clicking on torrents in the torrent list
- Fix bug where torrent files were not deleted
- Fix bug with unicode characters in the default locationWeb Client
- The file inspector tab displays files nested under directories
- Improved scrolling on iPad
- Fix incorrectly rendered characters
- Fix bug involving attempts to post notifications without permission

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