How to Download a Torrent on Mac with uTorrent. A Torrent (simply put) is a file shared between peers--there is no server involved. Files are transferred from distributors (known as seeders) to requesting clients (known as leechers. Download uTorrent For Windows, Mac & Linux – Have you ever heard of torrent files? Maybe after hearing the torrent, you will immediately wonder “What is uTorrent?” We are pretty sure that many people ever heard about this word.

Visit the Torrent site you trust and search for the torrent you want. Type in the search bar the name of whatever you are trying to download. Make sure you are specific otherwise you might get some random results. • For example if you search 'WWE' you're going to get a ton of results, probably not the one you're looking for, so try searching something more specific, for example, 'WWE Wrestlemania 29 New York/New Jersey Full Event' you're going to find what you're looking for. • If you don't know any Torrent sites, look up the movie/game/music/book you want to download on a search engine and add the word 'torrent.'

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You might also want to add 'mac.' Look at the list of Torrents available. Have a look at the first few in the list. Decide which one you would like based on the file size (bigger files take longer to download but are better quality), and file type you need (avi, mkv, mp4, etc). • If you are unsure about which to pick, go with the one with the most seeds. • Click on the file and have a look at the comments section.

Check that people have commented saying that it works, is good quality, is the correct file, etc. If there are none or few comments, do not risk downloading it.

Download the Torrent. You can do this by clicking the little magnet, or the link that says 'Get this Torrent.' Make sure not to press 'download direct,' 'download,' or 'magnet download' or you will get unwanted pop-ups and redirections.

• As you download the Torrent, you will begin to seed the parts of the file you have already downloaded. • Even if your download has finished, uTorrent will continue to upload the file, to other Users in the uTorrent network. Only if you either remove the file from uTorrent or quit uTorrent, the Uploading will be stopped. Wait for the Torrent to download completely. Μtorrent will automatically open the link/file (or you will be asked to open it with a program; set µtorrent as default). Μtorrent will also open a second window, in which you have to click the button in the right bottom corner, saying 'OK'.

• The download length will depend on both the size of the file and the number of 'seeders' or people sharing the file. • The more seeders, the faster a file will download as the torrent will take pieces of the file.

When it comes to torrents, one of the most commonly asked questions is “Is downloading torrents legal or illegal?” Torrent clients, such as uTorrent Vuze and the official BitTorrent client, are used to download immense amounts of data on the Web, and there’s no question that much of it is illegal. Here we’ll talk about how torrent downloads work, when they’re illegal, and how to protect your privacy when you’re using them. So What Is Legal and What Is Illegal? The short answer: as long as the item is copyrighted and you don’t own it, then downloading it (for free) via torrent is illegal. Using a torrent client and downloading torrents in itself isn’t illegal, as you could be downloading things that aren’t protected by copyright. The long answer: This varies from case to case. Most countries have basic common laws against intellectual property theft.

If a piece of music is copyrighted and you don’t own it, you can’t download it legally. The same goes for a movie, a game, or anything else you may want (unless the copyright-holder decides to make it free either temporarily or permanently, as is often the case with video games). The line gets kind of fuzzy here, since people ask themselves many different questions about their own country’s laws. In general, a copyright is registered to an individual or organization that creates something. This copyright has a time limit, usually equivalent to the lifetime of the creator and a. Some copyrights are for life plus fifty years. Others are for life plus seventy years.

Look up your country in the previous link if you’re unsure of your laws. Of course, your mileage may vary, as some things may not be protected by the law where you live, or copyright law may not be enforced at all. So if you’re downloading a free Linux distribution through your torrent client, you don’t need to worry. But if you’re getting John Lennon’s “Imagine” from The Pirate Bay, you’re doing something that in all likelihood is breaking a law. Related: Torrent Privacy Whatever it is you’re doing is not any of my business. But it is my business to make sure you know just how “anonymous” you are in the torrent network.