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Transmission Tweaks

Now that the port forwarding is setup, lets tweak some options in Transmission. Open Transmission’s Preferences:

General

- “Auto resize” keeps the window as small as possible while still allowing you to see all current transfers.
- The “Badge Dock icon with” checkboxes will allow you to easily monitor your upload and download speeds.
- Unchecking the “Prompt user for” boxes will keep Transmission silent and less annoying.
- “Check for update” will help keep things running smoothly by keeping Transmission up to date.

Transfers: Adding

- “Default download location: Download to:” folder where the torrent will automatically be moved once it’s finished downloading. I like this because I have one folder where I can see all my newly completed torrent downloads.
- “Keep incomplete files in” folder where the torrent file will be held while downloading until it’s complete.
- “Start transfers when added” will automatically start downloading the torrent when opened. This works perfectly in conjunction with the aforementioned “Auto Add.”
- “Trash original torrent file” will delete the small .torrent file after the torrent has been started. This helps keep things tidy, as after the download has begun, the .torrent file is no long needed.
- “Auto add” is one of my favorite features. Any torrent placed in this folder will be automatically opened in Transmission. Therefore, set this folder to the same folder Safari and Firefox use to save downloaded files (note: you can also setup Firefox to automatically open .torrent file in Transmission).

Transfers: Management

- “Stop seeding at ratio 1.00” means that you will upload a 1:1 ratio of the file you downloaded. This is fair to the torrent community, as you are sharing the same amount you downloaded. If you want to conserve network bandwidth or just be stingy, set this to the lowest value: .01
- The remaining “Queues” options help limit network bandwidth and computer memory

Bandwidth

- These settings really depend on your internet connection speed. For newbies, I recommend unchecking “download rate” and “upload rate.” If you notice your network is really slow when downloading torrents, start limiting these until you find a happy medium. These settings work good for me on a 10mb down cable internet connection.
- “Speed Limit mode” allows you to set slower speeds either on a schedule or on demand (for example, enable this mode when you need to make a VOIP phone call but your torrents are taking up too much bandwidth). Speed limit can be enabled instantly by clicking the turtle icon in the bottom left of the main window.

Peers

- The greater the “Global maximum connections” and “Maximum connections for new transfers” the more likely your network and computer with get bogged down. For my network, I find the below settings to work well.

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