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Transmission for Mac

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Transmission for Mac

  -  7.15 MB  -  Open Source
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  • Latest Version

    Transmission 4.06 LATEST

  • Review by

    Daniel Leblanc

  • Operating System

    Mac OS X 10.7 or later

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  • Author / Product

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  • Filename

    Transmission-4.0.6.dmg

  • MD5 Checksum

    b59011e51fcccd13f900bc01c47a6744

Transmission for Mac is a free and easy-to-use BitTorrent client software that is focused on enabling even novice users to enter into the world of Torrents without any need to invest time in learning how to configure client. It automatically watches over your preferred directories, blocks bad peers, and has a very intuitive web interface that can be accessed from any internet enabled device.

In addition to this, advanced users will appreciate inclusion of full and secure encryption, peer exchange, webseeds, automatic port forwarding, tracker editing, file selection, and comprehensive speed limits for both torrents and global download. This all means that immediately after starting this app for the first time, both novices and professionals can easily manage their online sharing and control all aspects of file transferring.

Main dashboard of Transmission features very simple interface, with all the basic tools for managing currently active transfers. Customization screen offers controls for changing both surface and deep features, with dozens of tools that are separated in seven main configuration categories – General, Transfers, Groups, Bandwidth, Peers, Network and Remote.

With support from open source community who produced countless updated to this program since its inception, Transmission for macOS represents one of the best made BitTorrent clients on the market today. In addition to Mac, it can also be used natively on GTK+ and Qt GUI clients. Another important fact of the app operation is that require very little processing resources (less than majority of its competitors) which make it perfect companion to every Mac user who wants to share and receive data using BitTorrent protocol.

Also Available: Download Transmission for Windows

Download Transmission for Mac Latest Version

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What's new in this version:

All Platforms:
- Improved parsing HTTP tracker announce response
- Fixed 4.0.0 bug that caused some user scripts to have an invalid TR_TORRENT_TRACKERS environment variable
- Fixed 4.0.0 bug where alt-speed-enabled had no effect in settings.json
- Fixed 4.0.0 bug where the GTK client's "Use authentication" option was not saved between's sessions
- Fixed 4.0.0 bug where the filename for single-file torrents aren't sanitized

macOS Client:
- Fix: Sparkle support for handling beta version updates
- Fixed app unable to start when having many torrents and TimeMachine enabled
- Fix: Sparkle Version Comparator

Qt Client:
- Fixed 4.0.0 bug where piece size description text and slider state in torrent creation dialog are not always up-to-date

GTK Client:
- Fixed build when compiling with GTKMM 4
- Added developer name to metainfo files
- Added the launchable desktop-id to metainfo files
- Fixed build when compiling on BSD

Web Client:
- Fixed a 4.0.0 bug where the infinite ratio symbol was displayed incorrectly in the WebUI
- Fixed layout issue in speed display
- General UI improvement related to filterbar and fixes download/upload speed info wrap

Daemon:
- Fixed a couple of logging issues

Everything Else:
- Updated flatpak release metainfo
- Fixed libtransmission build on very old cmake versions
- UTP peer connections follow user-defined speed limits better now
- Only use a single concurrent queue for timeMachineExclude instead of one queue per torrent (#6523)
- Fixed 4.0.5 bug where svg and png icons in the WebUI might not be displayed
- Fixed 4.0.0 bug where alt-speed-enabled had no effect in settings.json
- Fixed 4.0.0 bugs where some RPC methods don't put torrents in recently-active anymore
- Improved parsing HTTP tracker announce response
- Fixed compatibility with clang-format 18
- Fixed build when compiling with mbedtls 3.x

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