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Transmission 2.50

  -  4.06 MB  -  Open Source
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Sometimes latest versions of the software can cause issues when installed on older devices or devices running an older version of the operating system.

Software makers usually fix these issues but it can take them some time. What you can do in the meantime is to download and install an older version of Transmission 2.50.


For those interested in downloading the most recent release of Transmission for Mac or reading our review, simply click here.


All old versions distributed on our website are completely virus-free and available for download at no cost.


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What's new in this version:

- Fix crash when adding some magnet links
- Improved support for downloading webseeds with large files
- Gracefully handle incorrectly-compressed data from webseed downloads
- Fairer bandwidth distribution across connected peers
- Use less CPU when calculating undownloaded portions of large torrents
- Use the Selection Algorithm, rather than sorting, to select peer candidates
- Use base-10 units when displaying bandwidth speed and disk space
- If the OS has its own copy of natpmp, prefer it over our bundled version
- Fix Fails-To-Build error on Solaris 10 from use of mkdtemp()
- Fix Fails-To-Build error on FreeBSD from use of alloca()
- Fix Fails-To-Build error when building without a C++ compiler for libuTP
- Requires Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard or newer
- Animated rows in the main window (Lion only)
- Quarantine downloaded files (to protect against malware)
- The inspector no longer floats above other windows (by popular demand)
- Mist notifications: basic notification support for users without Growl
- Support pasting a torrent file URL into the main window (Lion only)
- Minor interface tweaks and bug fixes

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