While these lawsuits are often class-action cases, some have been targeted at individual users in an attempt to make an example of them. Uploading these copyrighted files can put you at risk of a civil lawsuit. Even though P2P file-sharing technology is legal, many of the files exchanged via P2P are indeed copyrighted. Not bad for 700 MB XvID file.TechNadu does not condone illegal file-sharing or copyright infringement. we performed a download of Lost Episode 17 from this season in about 2 hours while CHiPs and a Lost spoiler were also downloading.
SvenOnTech also reported that, “Download speeds seem to be as fast, if not faster, than other clients we’ve used on both PC and Macs.” They also stated that “…. All very conveniently and nicely done, I might add. For example: AVI, QT, and MPG files automatically downloading to your Movies folder and, or, that your MP3 downloads would automatically go into your Music folder, and that images would go to the Pictures folder, or which ever folder you choose, etc. Also nice was that you could also predetermine where each type of downloaded file goes, via the preferences. Plus again, like myself, they loved that you could limit the bandwidth speed for an individual torrent and that you could either click on the download or upload meter and make changes via the drop down. Other things that I loved about XTorrent, like SvenOnTech, whom are just some of those folks that just happens to think that Xtorrent is easily the best of its kind, bar none, was that they, like myself, loved the fact that by simply “Clicking on one of the downloads it would give you detailed information such as the tracker URI, amount of seeds and leaches, as well as a graphical display of a box complete with multi-colors that indicated either the downloaded, uploaded, or remaining bits.” The list goes on…Īs many already know, torrent apps, despite their popularity, have pretty much remained a little too hard for the average person to use, because it forces them to wade through torrent trackers, find their file, make sure it has enough seeders, and then lastly open the torrent downloaded file in their torrent application to enable the download. Automatic port configuration (UPNP & Airport NAT-PMP). Time and user-activity sensitive bandwidth limits.
Xtorrent does a lot more… iTunes, iPod, iPhone, and Apple TV support. In true Mac form, it successfully marries a high-performance and advanced download core with a truly easy to use interface. Xtorrent has the svelte body of a supermodel and the brute strength of an iron man. Just like the search interface, you’re only one click away from downloading the latest content. Ditch your RSS reader and your web browser… Xtorrent lets you subscribe to RSS torrentcasts directly. Xtorrent consolidates the work of many apps into one. Easily narrow your search results using the straightforward media type and keyword filters. You can browse the files and folders of a torrent before downloading and see its real-time swarm status. It’s ridiculously easy… and it’s only in Xtorrent. One click later and you’re downloading your content. Type keywords in and the results show up right in Xtorrent. It is written by David Watanabe, the author of several high quality OS X programs such as the critically acclaimed Acquisition, NetWire RSS and Inquisitor for Safari.
Today Techgage reviews Xtorrent, the highly anticipated BitTorrent program for Mac OS X.