Torrents don't work!

I don't know why, but for some reason my os X won't allow torrents. The torrent comes up but never will start. Before I reinstalled, it worked. I don't know what's up. It's not my connection because i tried three different ones. Help me out!

Could you have provided some more info on what torrents you were using (as in, whether private or public), which torrent software, and such?

okay. i use tomato torrent from ishunt.

Are you picking torrents with decent seeders?

Like Stretch said, does the torrent have decent seeders? Have you checked your firewall permissions?

How do I check firewall on mac? I know my modem does not have firewall. I removed it for my windows a while back.

Open System Prefs and under the Sharing tab check your firewall settings.

It does not show any active firewalls. these are all default settings.

Have you tried Transmission? It's a better torrent client and has some good port forwarding thingies built in...

Azureus has been the only torrent client I've found for the Mac that can navigate around my router/firewall combo. I don't get the best throughput, but it certainly works depending on seeder/leecher ratio.

walkerj said:

Azureus has been the only torrent client I've found for the Mac that can navigate around my router/firewall combo. I don't get the best throughput, but it certainly works depending on seeder/leecher ratio.

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Wow. I like Azureus alot. Everything magically works now.. I don't understand why tomato torrent worked before I reinstalled though ?

Nevertheless thanks a bunch! I like my new mac friends alot. I was telling my girlfriend its cool downloads don't work cuz my mac friends got my back.

X2 on trying Transmission...best torrent program out there for the Mac IMO.

I used to use Azureus back on my PC. I wanted to download it on my mac and when I do i just get that dang Vuze program. What happened to the good old Azureus?

I agree, transmission is fantastic. They have updated it and it's come a long way. Utorrent should be coming out shortly, lets hope, it was an amazing dozer app. I've used it in cossover, but i'd much rather use a mac native app.

Right now, thats transmission.

I used to use Azureus back on my PC. I wanted to download it on my mac and when I do i just get that dang Vuze program. What happened to the good old Azureus?

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It's annoying isn't it!
Click 'Advanced' in the top right though and the Azureus we know and love will reappear!

I just downloaded a torrent that was nearly 5 gigs and I can not seem to find it, any suggestions?

Go into the file menu, select find, and type in the name of the file you downloaded.
It will show you where it is, or alternatively, select Spotlight (the little blue surrounded magnifying glass in the top right corner of your screen) and do the same.

To answer the original question too. Azureus is king for me. Tomato never works.

oh for sure, thanks I tried that out too but I just found out that that torrent was not downloading... bummer

i third or forth or w/e a try for transmission. i used azureus on windows, and used it when i switched to mac. it's a great program. but transmission is so much simpler, and better. and also doesn't take anywhere near the amount of resources that azureus takes.

The latest Azureus doesn't eat processor power like the old versions.
I have used Transmission too, I just didn't like it as much, but it is good.
If you make torrents it's a bit limiting I found.