14 DAY TRIAL // Transmission, the popular BitTorrent client for Mac OS X, has reached its sixth beta for version 1.50. The software is free to download and install on any Mac running the latest version of Tiger or higher (Leopard).
According to the release notes for Transmission 1.50 Beta 6, the update in question has three high-priority peer connectivity fixes: one affecting Mac users, one affecting encrypted peer traffic, and one affecting swarms with low peer counts. Additionally, the "add torrent by URL" feature has been reintroduced into the Web UI.
Transmission is a BitTorrent client much like Vuze, or uTorrent. The software is open source. Most of the code is licensed under the GNU General Public License with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License.
Built from the ground up to be a lightweight, yet powerful BitTorrent client, it sports a simple, intuitive interface designed to integrate tightly with any OS. It runs natively on Mac OS X, seamlessly configuring your network, banning peers who send corrupted data intelligently, using protocol encryption and built-in Peer Exchange. Everything is done in the background, so users needn't worry about manipulating settings. Whether you want to queue your torrents for maximum performance or throttle their speed during peak periods, Transmission lets you do both. It also allows you to ration commodity efficiently, only slowing down your system when you actually focus on it, meaning that your other work won't be affected.
One of the more recent releases of Transmission (the first 1.50 beta) added support for Internet Protocol version 6. Internet Protocol version 6 – in short IPv6 – is the next-generation Internet Layer protocol for packet-switched Internetworks and the Internet. Currently the dominant Internet Protocol version, IPv4 was the first to receive widespread use, being designated as the successor to version 4 by the publication of a Standards Track specification, RFC 2460, in December 1998.