1) Intro

March 15th, 2009 Leave a comment Go to comments


Want to download free music albums, DVDs, and computer software on your Mac? Already using something like Limewire with ads/nags, slow download speeds, and lots of fake files? Torrents are the solution you’ve been looking for!

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The problem is many people are quickly confused when confronting torrents. Follow this guide to learn everything you need in order to make your Mac torrent experience as easy and automated as possible.

If you want to skip around this tutorial, here are the main sections:

What are Torrents?
Download a Torrent Client (Transmission)
Transmission Port Forward Setup
Static IP Setup
Port Forwarding Router
Transmission Tweaks
Searching for Torrents
How to Spot a Good or Bad Torrent
Opening Completed Torrent Downloads
Slow Speeds?
TV Junkie?
Questions & Comments

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  1. Alain
    August 9th, 2009 at 08:34 | #1

    I’ve followed this to the letter, including opening Transmission on my firewall, but the port remains closed.

  2. Kaplan
    July 29th, 2010 at 22:53 | #2

    For those with “Port Closed” problems, try setting the Airport base station to bridge mode (in the Connection Sharing tab). Often the Port Closed error is a result of using Airport as a second wireless router after the one your ISP provided, so you would need to port forward each router separately, which can get complex.

  1. February 23rd, 2009 at 00:23 | #1