Step by Step Guide to Using Magnet Links with uTorrent

Magnet links have been around for years and they've been in wide use for at least a couple. Yet The Pirate Bay's recent move to use magnet links exclusively, unless the torrents have very few seeders, below 10, has still caught a lot of people off-guard.The way magnet links work behind the... [ read more >> ]

Step 1 - click on the "Get This Torrent" to grab the magnet link

Step 2 - Firefox will ask you what application to use for magnet links, if uTorrent is installed it should be on the list. Google Chrome will ask you whether to launch the application associated with magnet links; check step 8 if you have problems

Step 3 (optional) - you can select "Remember my choice for magnet links" in Firefox or "Remember my choice for all links of this type" in Chrome to not have to see the dialog every time

Step 4 - uTorrent will open the magnet link and ask for a download location but you won't be able to select individual files

Step 5 - the torrent will be added to your list and uTorrent will start looking for seeders and peers as well as start downloading meta data such as individual files

Step 6 - for BitTorrents with a decent number of seeders, the meta data should land in seconds and the files will begin downloading soon

Step 7 (optional) - if you only want some files you will have to wait for the meta data to be downloaded from seeders and peersq

Step 8 (optional) - if you have problems, check whether uTorrent is associated with "torrent" files - Options > Preferences > General

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