BitTorrent 4.27.2

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Popularity:
#1 in Communications (out of 46 products)
License:
Free
Editor's Rating:
3.0 stars
Average User Rating:
2.5 stars (out of 18 votes) Rate it!
Downloads:
260,722
Requirements:
Mac OS X
Limitations:
No limitations
Date Added:
July 17, 2006
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Publisher's description of BitTorrent

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BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer (P2P) client designed to efficiently manage the downloading of large, high-quality, digital files such as video, music, and games. The client is used to search the Internet for legal torrent files, which can then be quickly downloaded to a user's machine. As files become more popular, the speed in which they can be downloaded increases through the use of a central tracker and peers. This technology saves time over traditional methods, while maintaining the integrity of the file. Version 4.4.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, and bug fixes.

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Editor's review of BitTorrent

3.0 stars

With all the other good BitTorrent clients out there for the Mac now, it's hard to make the case for using the official BitTorrent client for downloading torrents. (Note that this confusingly named application shares its name with the company, entertainment network, and popular protocol BitTorrent.) The current interface is much more clean and useful than in previous iterations, and BitTorrent does deliver on what it promises, with features like automatic port mapping and local peer discovery. But with well over a year since the last update and scant documentation, BitTorrent just hasn't kept up with the competition. Overall, we think BitTorrent does a fairly good job, but with some slow response times, a lack of development, and a noticeably aged interface, you might want to look elsewhere.

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Average user rating: 2.7 stars out of 18 votes
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2 stars

2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Version: BitTorrent 4.27.2

"Its free and it does work."

by AFCSC on November 2, 2006

Pros: I was able to download some torrents files that "Tomato" could not.

Cons: It seems to be much slower than "Tomato". It appears to have a 'memory leak' problem: it crashes after about 4 hours of operation and has to be restarted. The user interface is not as informative and intuitive as it could be.

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3 stars

3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

Version: BitTorrent 4.27.2

"slow, bad connections"

by melchediesec on August 14, 2006

Pros: meh, it's a torrent client that works basically

Cons: it's slow at loading (macintel), it loads the torrent files slowly and it handles the connections badly.
try using Transmission, it just rocks.
(transmission.m0k.org)

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2 stars

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: BitTorrent 4.27.2

"If using Mac, download Transmission."

by elchinno on January 21, 2007

Pros: Can be used to upload torrents

Cons: Bad connections, must program certain routers to use connection ports

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2 stars

2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

Version: BitTorrent 4.27.2

"Slooooowwwww"

by woman3838 on August 4, 2006

Pros: Free

Cons: Sloooooowwwwww
Windows version is much better

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2 stars

Version: BitTorrent 4.27.2

"Horrible Speed...Mac users: Use Transmission!"

by gsmiller88 on August 10, 2007

Pros: The layout is very clean and the site FAQ is great

Cons: Way too slow! It will take you DAYS to download a file that's less than 1GB in size on even the fastest connection. They claim the more files you 'seed' the faster you can download but that is not the case! Average file speed is less than 4 KB/s. If you're on Mac OS X get Transmission. You'll download files many many MANY times quicker.

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