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skywalker4588 • 2y ago •
BETA: Discord Server

Folx Pro works pretty good for me but I can’t say it’s the best. It’s simple safe and does the job
CO MMU NITIES is what I need from the torrent app.
RULES

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Hopeful-Clothes-6896 • 10mo ago •
r/announcements
Well, I can confirm that Folx is the best Torrent Client for Mac.
r/apple 18 Share

r/ApplePhotos Ok_Hat1598 • 6mo ago •

thanks man, working like a charm

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joshkuttler • 3mo ago •
r/askscience
Thanks, I just downloaded it.

r/confession 14 Share

r/Grass_io hyperblue128 • 9mo ago •

I have the paid version of Folx Pro and absolutely hate it. This is the most unstable app on
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my Mac.

r/ios 5 Share

[deleted] • 8mo ago •

r/iphone
I agree. for whatever reason, the speed is abysmally slow? the same torrent on
r/iphonehelp Transmission is my normal download speed.

r/lifehacks 1 Share

RetroALB • 7mo ago •

r/LifeProTips
how do you bind transmission to your VPN. I cant seem to find the setting
r/macbook
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umbrokhan • 8mo ago •

r/NepalPics folx wants access to control finder? do I allow access or not?

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r/NepalSocial

eggianaa • 4mo ago •

r/offmychest
how else is it supposed to put the file into it..
r/opensource
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r/philosophy marci-boni • 3mo ago •

r/pics this is hilarious

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r/pihole
umbrokhan • 3mo ago •
r/PrematureEjacul…
I'm new to Macbook Air. LOL.
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busuta • 2y ago •
r/self
I don’t know how it compares to others but here is an option ; transmission

r/StremioAddons 22 Share

r/Xiaomi The_Brilliant_Idiot • 3mo ago •

Recent, end of 2024: Just adding that this is by far the best option. Free, instant
download. Works great on macbook. Instantly added entire seasons of shows and it
R ES O U R CES converted from torrent ->mkv. Then used Handbrake to convert to Mp4

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blake_armstrong • 2mo ago •

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If you're converting to mp4, try Subler. It doesn't re-encode the video, it just
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Careers angervision • 2mo ago •

Press Unfortunately, Transmission just hangs up my mac Mini and drops connections down to 0
when there is a decent amount of peers connected (not a huge amount, but like 50+). It's
kind of annoying and you cannot access the system remotely during this period of time as
Communities well as it slows down download quite a bit. Remote UI is also quite incapable.

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Topics Thrashymakhus • 2y ago •

qBittorrent has a good reputation in most trackers.

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JesiDoodli • 6mo ago •

Privacy Policy
from their site:
User Agreement "The macOS version is barely supported, because we don't have active macOS
developers/contributors.The project is in need of macOS developers. If you are a macOS
developer willing to help, just go to our bug tracker for a list of macOS related issues. Or
try to fix bugs that you yourself have discovered and annoy you."

i heard great things about qBittorrent but after i read that i came here to find an alt

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Thrashymakhus • 6mo ago •

Thanks for the update! I haven’t actually used it in a few years but this is good info to
have. It worked well from me when I used it but I’ll look for something else if I need a
torrent app again.

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JesiDoodli • 6mo ago •

i think the general consensus is that transmission is the best for intel macs, folx
is the best for silicon macs, and qbittorrent is best for windows.

i actually was taught how to torrent on qbittorrent - i originally learned how from
a guy at my mom's office lol

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johannthegoatman • 4mo ago •

qbittorrent worked well for me for a long time until it just didn't

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Disastrous_Key_8631 • 4mo ago •

I have this same experience. It worked great.... until it didn't.

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wakablazer • 1y ago •

I don’t like it anymore. It uses a lot of ram

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MilkChocolateMog • 10mo ago • Edited 10mo ago •

Also, for me, it'll just stop working randomly until I restart my Mac. Also, sometimes it
will tell me "Error: End of File" and it's annoying to keep having to Force Resume it
until it works again, and even then sometimes it will say 100% completed but there
will be some files that are stuck at like 99%, even if I delete the torrent and try
redownloading those files.

Everyone recommends it with glowing praise, but I think it sucks.

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Littlefinger6226 • 7mo ago •

From their download page:

The macOS version is barely supported, because we don't have active

macOS developers/contributors.The project is in need of macOS
developers. If you are a macOS developer willing to help, just go to our
bug tracker for a list of macOS related issues. Or try to fix bugs that you
yourself have discovered and annoy you.

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PeshPes • 10mo ago •

to be honest your coment did the trick for me, thank you

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Polyglot-Onigiri • 2y ago •

qBittorrent

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auspoliticsnerd • 2y ago •

I think that both qbittorrent and transmission are good, but if you’re an Apple silicon user I’d go
with qbittorrent because the transmission silicon version is still in beta

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arthav10100 • 1y ago •

I have been using FDM (Free Download Manager) for 5 years, and it works almost perfectly.

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ParsnipFew6823 • 3mo ago •

Plus one for FDM. So much better than Folx.

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5v100a • 6mo ago •

motrix

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AdContent7193 • 5mo ago •

This is super awesome, thanks. Used trouble with transmission for years and it be down
for reasons i tried to comprehend, qbitorrent ive tried everything to get my laptop security
let me download it but it says it has malicous software,but this man rocks. I hope it is not
owned by anyone nefarious.

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Programmer7329893 • 2y ago •

Another Reddit post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/riq51s/torrent_clients_for_mac/

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Substantial_Cat_1848 • 8mo ago •

Qbitorrent

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Capable-Flight-9558 • 7mo ago •

its not working for Mac Sonoma version.

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RealityHurts923 • 7mo ago •

Yes it is working.

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Ok_Advantage8913 • 7mo ago •

Just maintain maj key when clicking on the file to open it

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Mental-Ad7957 • 7mo ago •

u need to go to security settings and allow it to open

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Littlefinger6226 • 7mo ago •

I wouldn't recommend them anymore because —

From their download page:

The macOS version is barely supported, because we don't have active macOS
developers/contributors.The project is in need of macOS developers. If you are a
macOS developer willing to help, just go to our bug tracker for a list of macOS
related issues. Or try to fix bugs that you yourself have discovered and annoy you.

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kkBubuk • 8mo ago •

I've used for several years Vuze.. it's easy, clean, fast.. give it a try :)

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Emotional-Battle-821 • 7mo ago •

agree, fast , clean way butter than utorrent

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J1gShaun • 4mo ago •

I've used Vuze for at least 7 years and never had a problem. Then I had to reinstall my Mac
OS system, and now Vuze will not communicate upload or download. The app runs, but
nothing happens. I've tried a few times to reinstall, but the same thing happened. Still,
great software; tracks all DLs so you never duplicate; it's faster than BitTorrent or
Transmission, and while the paid version adds functionality, the free version does
everything you need. I will say, because of my tech issue, I've switched to Transmission,
and it works well, too, but it's not as easy to use. For example, when you delete an item in
Vuze, the file will auto-delete from the download folder. Transmission makes you find it
and move it to the trash. Vuze lets you create DL libraries and gives you all kinds of
information about torrents. You can also search for downloads right in Vuze, though I can't
vouch for that function because I don't use it. The learning curve is a little steeper than
Transmission, but it's worth it.

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PositionOk645 • 3mo ago •

Same here. Vuze has been seamless and problem free for the past 4.5 years since I
migrated to the Mac from PC. I am about to buy the M4 Macbook when it comes out
and I hope Vuze will still work.

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Amazing_Key_9932 • 4mo ago •

Transmission is great but lacks Proxy support. Because of that I moved to Folx, their free
version does the job and supports proxy.

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dukedorje • 3mo ago •

peerflix

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cahhdmus • 3mo ago •

what about Deluge for mac? i've the last updated version is from 2017. but is it worth it?

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Fantastic-Media-9353 • 2mo ago •

what about FDM (free download manager) best torrent and web download app for mac

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blvdskvll02 • 2mo ago •

FDM is always really slow for me, used to be great but now everything i download just sits
there

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Creative_Ad7208 • 2mo ago •

to be honest transmission has always worked great for me on intel and silicon

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Soumya_99 • 1y ago •

You can try WebTorrent, it works pretty good.

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Playful-Glove-2957 • 1y ago •

https://www.mac-downloader.com/folx-download.html

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Caliiintz • 3mo ago •

used to be my go to client, but it's an abandonware, last update was in October 2022

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Playful-Glove-2957 • 1y ago •

compatible with the latest Mac OS

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HumboldtDG • 1y ago •

Folx crashes a lot on beta OS builds and isn't currently working on my setup, intel. FDM Is
usually the best but also has been unstable with my setup. been using a Ramdisk to
download to, apple ssd being what it is.

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LarrydLion • 9mo ago •

Folx works fine on my M1 iMac, but hangs my Intel Mac mini every time there is a big
file (lots of parts, lots of file handles). When it hangs, it is impossible to recover
without a hard boot of the Mac, which is a pain. The developer's support is very
patchy.

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PositionOk645 • 3mo ago •

How is you M! mac fairing so far? Any issues with downloading large torrent
files? I'm thinking of purshasing an Mac mini instead of macbook to save some
$$$. I mainly use my MAc to DL 4k movies and TV shows via torrent.

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