I have been constantly switching back and forth between Xtorrent and Transmission for the last year. Sadly, I have never being satisfied with either one. But now I have a new choice.

Introducing µTorrent for OS X.

I am very glad µTorrent has finally made its way to OS X. I have always been a big fan of minimalization. Large applications that do relatively simple things tend to bug me. µTorrent’s 1.3MBs are very appropriate for a torrent client. The developers behind the OS X version made a great choice when they decided to re-build instead of simply porting the existing version. The OS X version has all the great features of the it’s Windows counterpart yet still is a completely different app.

Whether you did or didn’t like µTorrent for windows, I suggest you give this one a look. µTorrent for OS X

Back in 2006 when BitTorrent Inc. purchased uTorrent, it promised us Mac users a version to call our own. Fortunately, that day is here. On Nov.28th uTorrent for OS X 10.5 was released in beta.

Most of uTorrent’s well-known Windows features tagged along on the journey to the Mac, though some, such as RSS downloading, torrent creation, and the webui, aren’t here yet (boo). Fortunately, uTorrent’s developers are planning to bring and keep uTorrent for Mac in feature parity with the Windows version. Read the rest of this entry »