If you don’t really know what a magnet link is, it’s likely the future of BitTorrent, so added support is a very good thing. Beyond that, this latest update is full of nice improvements, including:
- Add support for trackerless torrents
- Add optional “incomplete directory” where partial downloads are stored
- Find more peers by announcing to each tier in a torrent’s tracker list, rather than only one
- Faster management of large peer lists
- Use less CPU when making encrypted handshakes to peers
- Better filtering of bad IP addresses
- Quick Look restored on Snow Leopard
- Improved reveal in Finder functionality on Snow Leopard
- Add speed limit “turtle mode” support (web client)
- Double-clicking a torrent opens/closes the torrent inspector (web client)
You can browse the full changelog here. If you’re a Transmission user, head to the download page for the latest. Not sure what BitTorrent client you prefer? Take a look at our Hive Five Best BitTorrent Clients.
Transmission is a free download for Mac OS X and *nix platforms.
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