P2P Client for Mac

[Brian Miller]

Can some recommend the best and free P2P client program for me?

In the alt software list for OSX, Neowin has listed some P2P clients.

What can you guys personally recommend me, and why do you prefer it?

[Duffydemon]

transmission. Simple and best.

[instant.human]

The software list is based on reccomendations of users, so what you find there is basically what neowin-users are using.

Transmission gets my vote, though. Don't use it that much anymore but I remember it being great.

[tiagosilva29]

If you want a BitTorrent client, Transmission is probably the best choice for Apple.

[Gerowen]

+1 for transmission. I use it on Linux and it's very good.

[Brian Miller]

Thank you everyone. I had used Azureus in the past on Windows and I was looking for one that is easier than that but more configurable.

[crazzyyfool]

uTorrent for Mac?

[The_Observer]

+1 for uTorrent for MAC, dont see any problems with it!

[krmathis]

+1 for Transmission

[maxsquared]

I had issues with uTorrent for Mac, my router restart when I've I use it.

I use Transmission for torrents and Unison + Giganews + VPN for news groups

[Ionium]

No problems with uTorrent so far... plus the custom dock icon I have for it sexyyyyy :D

[DigitalE]

Transmission.

[Bloodwork]

I'll put my vote in for transmission. I used uTorrent first and prefer Transmission.

[Rudy]

For torrents i'll agree with everyone and say transmission

For downloading music etc I would suggest Acqlite

[Dinggus]

I use uTorrent on my iMac, Transmission on MacBook Air, and FrostWire for my music.

[John S. Veteran]

+1 uTorrent

[.Neo]

I've used uTorrent for a while, but moved back to Transmission. uTorrent for Mac's development is way too slow for my taste and I think its interface leaves much to be desired for.

[Xtreme $niper]

Hmm... Wow people are pretty split on uTorrent vs Transmission... What are the differences? I'm currently using uTorrent because it seems to be simple enough and it gets the job done. And it's pretty lightweight (even though it does trigger my discrete GPU in my MBP).

I think I used to use Transmission when I first got a Mac (the uTorrent client was either not made yet or was in early beta) and I didn't like it. But I've heard that it's improved since then. Maybe I'll have to check it out even though uTorrent seems fine enough for my needs.

[.Neo]

My main issue with Transmission was that it didn't had trackerless support, but I always preferred its interface over uTorrent's. Trackerless support has since been added to Transmission, so at this point both clients perform pretty much the same when it comes to downloads. For me it's now purely a matter of which interface I like the most.

uTorrent's interface just seems to scream "early beta" to me and I think its sidebar serves no real purpose (I know you can hide it, but that ugly button is still there at the bottom).

[PyX]

Transmission for me.

I saw screenshots of the very first version (beta?) of ?Torrent on the Mac, but wanted to keep going on with Transmission, so I have no clue what happened with ?Torrent since then. :laugh:

But I?ve never been deceived by Transmission except in the versions prior to 0.8 when it was banned by a lot of trackers. Since then it has been rock solid, and 2.3 is coming out really soon.

[DeadEndAccount]

Transmission pretty much because it has the benefit of having good group of developers, a dedicated Mac guy and being something that runs on multiple platforms yet remaining native on each one tells me at least as an end user there is some attention to detail :D

[AgusL]

Transmission or uTorrent, both are good programs.

Development of uTorrent is slow, but it is taking shape.

[Guest]

Transmission always seemed faster for me. And I prefer the UI.