14 DAY TRIAL // Mac and BitTorrent users should be happy to learn that a new version of the popular Transmission application is immediately available for download as an updated beta that delivers an impressive number of fixes, as well as a trio of Mac-specific tweaks.
Transmission is a BitTorrent client and a popular peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing application with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License. The app is generally licensed under the GNU General Public License.
The program boasts a simple, intuitive interface designed to integrate tightly with any OS. Transmission feels right at home on Mac OS X and is a Universal Binary, suitable for both Intel and PowerPC systems.
It runs natively on Mac OS X, seamlessly configuring the user’s network, banning peers who send corrupted data intelligently, as well as using protocol encryption and built-in Peer Exchange.
The folks at the Transmission Project have updated the app to version 2.20 Beta 3 which, for Mac OS X-only, delivers interface tweaks, fixes issues in the German and Spanish localizations, and adds support for ZIP and other compression formats in the blocklist downloader.
Not only Macintosh users, but also Linux users of Transmission should expect the following additional changes after applying the 2.20 Beta 3 update:
· Remember downloaded files when a drive is unplugged · File re-verification is no longer needed in some situations · Fix "Too many open files" error · Show the total downloading and seeding time per torrent · Fix webseeds · Better support for IPv6-only trackers · Add the ability to shutdown Transmission sessions via RPC · NAT-PMP and UPnP now also map the UDP port · Update the DHT code to dht-0.18 · Faster parsing of bencoded data · Improve support for running scripts when a torrent finishes downloading · Fix reannounce interval when trackers return a 404 error · Fix checksum error on platforms running uClibc 0.9.27 or older · Fix memmem() errors on Solaris