Two Torrent Apps For The Mac

Well, I can safely say that your favourite torrent application for Windows would be uTorrent. There are just tons and tons of these applications. Which one to choose is the question ! I personally prefer using uTorrent because of its very familiar interface. I do love Transmission, but some users experience uploading/seeding problems with it, and unfortunately, I'm one of them. As far as I'm concerned, uTorrent and Transmission are THE BEST torrent applications out there for the Mac. Here's a quick look at the top two Mac torrent applications:

uTorrent

Its quite a familiar interface for the average Windows user. I love the simplicity of the UI. Its a no-strings-attached application, which is meant to perform the task its given, in this case, download/upload torrents. If you wanna make it look even more simpler, you could just click that small tab like button on the top right of the window and the button on the bottom left, to make it look like this:

This look is what I like to use on a day to day basis. Its completely clutter free. You can Start/Stop/Pause/Delete torrent just by right clicking in your list of torrents.

Pros:

• Excellent, simple hassle-free UI
• Good speeds, of course, on a good connection
• Easy download management

Cons:

• No Web UI
• Huge interface inspite of it being simple, takes away half your desktop

Transmission

The Transmission UI is ever more simpler than any other app available out there. I won't say much about it, cause the screenshot speaks a thousand words, no wait, a million pixels !

Pros:

• THE MOST simple UI out there
• Web UI for iPhone/iPod touch
• Organization of Downloads

Cons:

• Seeding/Uploading problems for some users

If you manage to get Transmission up and running, with proper seeding, consider yourself lucky !

The best part about Transmission is the organization of your downloads. Labels. Consider this, you're downloading some music, photos or some apps, and you want them to go into their respective directories, you can assign unique colored labels to them and make then go there after they complete downloading.

iPhone/iPod touch Web UI

Its just like a stripped down version of Transmission running on your iPhone. You can practically control and manage your downloads from around the reach of your WiFi network at home. You can also control it from anywhere in the world, provided you have your iPhone with you, have access to the internet, your Mac is connected to the internet all the time, and you have a static IP. Nerdy ain't it ?

Download links:

uTorrent
Transmission

Lemme know which one you like better, Transmission or uTorrent. Feel free to comment !