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Transmission 0.90 brings encrypted torrents to Mac

Tom Clarke

Tom Clarke

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Transmission 0.90 iconTransmission is undoubtedly the best BitTorrent client available for Mac OS and thanks to the arrival of the eagerly awaited version 0.90, it’s now even better. The biggest news in this update is the inclusion of encryption for torrents. This new feature, already included on plenty of torrent clients, allows you to encrypt not just your torrent traffic but also the header information on each packet sent. This header information includes port data, which is what ISPs can use to ‘shape’ the way you use your bandwidth. In short, if you’re using encryption, it’s harder for your ISP to put the brakes on your seeding and downloading. See this post from TorrentFreak for some more information about encryption.

Apart from that useful new feature, Transmission 0.90 includes better statistics, files tabs, banning peers who send too much bad data and a sexy updated 512 x 512 icon. What more could you ask for?

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