14 DAY TRIAL // Transmission, the popular BitTorrent client for Mac OS X, has received a new update packing fixes and improvements. Cross-platform changes, Mac-specific fixes and improvements to GTK+ and Daemon are noted in the changelog.
Transmission is a BitTorrent client much like Vuze, or uTorrent. The software is open source, while most of the code is licensed under the GNU General Public License, with select code licensed under the liberal MIT License. The program boasts a simple, intuitive interface designed to integrate tightly with any OS.
The program 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. It also allows you to efficiently ration commodity, only slowing down your system when you actually focus on it.
The v. 1.72 release notes reveal that all platforms supported by Transmission have received the following fixes: fixed 1.70 crash with assertion "tv->tv_usec >= 0;" fixed 1.70 crash with assertion "tr_peerIoSupportsFEXT( msgs->peer->io );" fixed error in reporting webseed counts via RPC. Improvements have been carried out to DHT announce management and to file preallocation on embedded systems.
One Mac-specific fix can be spotted in the changelog – "fix problem where a small set of users could not add torrents," Transmission’s developers say. GTK+ fixes include: fixed 1.70 crash when setting options in the Properties dialog; fixed a rare crash in desktop notifications; can now sort the file list by priority, download, and completeness; adding a torrent from a browser sometimes didn't work; various usability improvements.
Transmission can be downloaded and used for free on any machine running Mac OS X 10.4.11 or later and is a Universal Binary, meaning both Intel and PowerPC Macs are supported. Use the link below to grab the latest version of the software available.