Monday, April 23, 2012

How to download torrents



uTorrent is the most famous bit-torrent client


First of all, I would like to say that I DO NOT SUPPORT piracy at all, and torrents should not be used for pirating files.

Why are torrents preffered?

Torrents give you a faster download speed. If you have a slow internet connection, downloading a 100 megabyte file can be a pain. If youre internet connection refreshes, or something goes wrong, then all that you have downloaded, gets lost and you have to retry. However, with torrents, they save the files on the disk as it downloads. So, it you're on 99% and the internet goes off, you dont have to worry.


What you need to start downloading torrents


Before you get started, you need a client to download torrents. My favourite is uTorrent which comes for both Mac and PC.


The Link for uTorrent : http://www.utorrent.com/


Okay, now what?


After you have downloaded uTorrent, you have to select a torrent.
There are many website you can search torrents from. Some of them are : 

Torrentz - is a search engine for torrents.

You can get to the website by clicking on their names.

The Rule


The Fundamental rule for selecting a torrent that will give you a good download speed is always select a torrent with maximum number of seeds. This is where most people go wrong, and start hating torrents because of the confusion they cause. The best way to locate a torrent with maximum number of seeds is by using sorting. You can do this on most of the websites by clicking on "Seeds" or "SE" or "S" after you have searched for the torrent. 




Thanks for reading.
If you have any suggestions, tips or something to add, please comment!

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