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Xtorrent

Xtorrent

Advanced torrent client.

Version:  2.0 (v83)

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Version 2 crippled

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Contributed by: t2lek Sunday, October 11 2009 @ 03:03 AM PDT

Product Platform: MacOSX

Used Product For: Over One Year

Recommend Product: NO

I've been using xtorrent since it was released and Acquisition before that and have been relatively happy with both products.....until now.

Since upgrading to version 2 I find that searches are pretty hopeless as there is a load of junk results that are returned making finding legitimate torrents a chore. Even when I do find a torrent that I searched for it's hit and miss as to wether it starts to download. I believe that this is because a lot of trackers block the developers torrent apps for some reason unknown to me. At least in version 1 you could tell if a tracker had banned the client easily enough. Now you can't and the torrent just sits there in your queue doing nothing.

I've also found that download speeds seem to be a lot slower and many torrents seem to just stop downloading part way through and the only way to get them going again is to either pause & restart the download or restart the app.

I think i've just about had it with this app for the time being and will be looking to try an alternative. It's a shame because I really do like the app but it's just not working in its current state. I agree that the customer service from the developer is lacking but I could live with this if the app did a good job.

So what's the best torrent out their for osx?.....Transmission?.... please let me know.
  

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