BitTorrent for Mac
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Editors' Review
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Full Specifications
- GENERAL
- Release
- February 5, 2020
- Latest update
- February 29, 2024
- Version
- 7.4.3.45549
- OPERATING SYSTEMS
- Platform
- Mac
- Operating System
- Mac OS X
- Additional Requirements
- macOS Catalina | macOS Mojave | macOS High Sierra | macOS Sierra | OS X El Capitan | OS X Yosemite | OS X Mavericks | OS X Mountain Lion |
- POPULARITY
- Total Downloads
- 663,944
- Downloads Last Week
- 17
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User Reviews
2.9/5
21 User Votes
its a great great app but beware
waxwoks_2k30November 8, 2015- Pros
- fast , stable , easy to use
- Cons
- comes loaded with spigot - adware - BitDefender wont even let me download it ;) beware . for that i had to give it a rating of 1 tho id love to give it a 5 .
- Summary
Simple and gets the job done. Great application.
derwinvOctober 2, 2010- Pros
- Works well with no extra bells and whistles. Simple interface and navigation.
- Cons
- None that I've noticed so far.
- Summary
- A must have application for the Torrent community. Thanks.
Very difficult to figure out how to use.
gwgerrityAugust 12, 2010- Pros
- Presumably contains the latest tweaks for the BitTorrent algorithim: can?t wait for the tweaks to migrate to uTorrent and/or Vuze.
- Cons
- Just not useful except for geeks who are torrent experts. As a retired Computer Scientist of 30 years experience, I do understand the theory behind bit torrent: I am just not expert enough to figure out how to use this application.
- Summary
- BitTorrent is too difficult to use for the average BitTorrent user. I could never get it to search for torrent sources even when I knew the name of a desired application. I only was able to get it to work when I knew the URL of a source: in that case, it downloaded the application very quickly, but didn?t seem to locate other sources. Choose uTorrent: its faster and much easier to use. Vuze also works for me.
it didnt work with my macbook pro
coffee_addictJune 6, 2010- Pros
- not able to try
- Cons
- it didnt work with my macbook pro
- Summary
Crashing, cpu hog, slow, vastly inferior to Vuze.
holografixSeptember 28, 2009- Pros
- Simple, doesn't try to be more than it should.
- Cons
- No easy way to test for port forwarding. Slow to connect. Doesn't minimise to the top bar. Occasionally hogs my cpu at 90%+ and causes my Macbook's fan to trigger. Ugly.
- Summary
- Buggy software that will annoy you. Get something else. Vuze is bloated with useless features but at least it works.
Horrible Speed...Mac users: Use Transmission!
gsmiller88August 10, 2007- Pros
- The layout is very clean and the site FAQ is great
- Cons
- Way too slow! It will take you DAYS to download a file that's less than 1GB in size on even the fastest connection. They claim the more files you 'seed' the faster you can download but that is not the case! Average file speed is less than 4 KB/s. If you're on Mac OS X get Transmission. You'll download files many many MANY times quicker.
- Summary
Decent Torrent client for the Mac
tzweersMay 20, 2007- Pros
- works good
- Cons
- live stats about down/up traffic could be nicer presented.
- Summary
If using Mac, download Transmission.
elchinnoJanuary 21, 2007- Pros
- Can be used to upload torrents
- Cons
- Bad connections, must program certain routers to use connection ports
- Summary
Its free and it does work.
AFCSCNovember 2, 2006- Pros
- I was able to download some torrents files that "Tomato" could not.
- Cons
- It seems to be much slower than "Tomato". It appears to have a 'memory leak' problem: it crashes after about 4 hours of operation and has to be restarted. The user interface is not as informative and intuitive as it could be.
- Summary
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- Cons
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- Summary
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