14 DAY TRIAL // One of the most popular, C-written BitTorrent clients for Mac OS X, Transmission has reached its third Beta in version 1.50. The free application aims to be as efficient as possible. Details on the new release, as well as a download link are available just below.
Transmission is a BitTorrent client much like Vuze, or uTorrent. 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.
The new version brings back a useful feature into the Web UI, namely the "add torrent by URL." Additionally, Transmission 1.50 Beta 3 now has three high-priority peer connectivity fixes: one affecting Mac users, one affecting encrypted peer traffic, and one affecting swarms with low peer counts, the changelog reveals.
One of the more recent releases of Transmission (the first 1.50 beta) added support for Internet Protocol is 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.