Default save location in OSX

**bennett4545** · February 13th, 2004, 01:24 PM

Sometimes I run into a .torrent while I am surfing away from home. I would like to be able to launch the download on my home computer even when I'm away. My solution was to email the .torrent file to my home computer, then have a mail.app rule which runs a script to automatically extract and launch the file. The problem is that everything gets stalled when the official BT client asks me where I want the file to go. Since I'm not sitting at my home computer, I can't tell it. I think possible solutions would include editing the bittorrent.plist file, or launching it with some sort of argument that tells BT to use a default save directory. However, I've hit a wall. If anyone has any experience with this, I'd love some help.

Thanks, Bennett

**shawners** · February 13th, 2004, 01:36 PM

or wait til you get home =) my solution fixes all.. Email it to yourself, and then download when your home.

carolinawolf · February 13th, 2004, 06:15 PM

don't know if this will help but, torrentstorm asks you one time where you want downloads , and puts them there untill you change,doesn't ask again

**d-koolest** · February 13th, 2004, 09:41 PM

You could use an Applescript. I don't know much about it, but I think it's possible to create one that would launch a file and answer "yes" or "choose" on a dialog.

**bennett4545** · February 14th, 2004, 02:17 PM

Originally Posted by carolinawolf

don't know if this will help but, torrentstorm asks you one time where you want downloads , and puts them there untill you change,doesn't ask again

I'm not opposed to using an alternative client. But, it needs to run on my Apple. Torrentstorm says it is Windows only. I've tried one alternative client (can't remember what its called) but I had the same problem as with the "Official" one. I think that Azareus might work, but I've used it before and like other big Java apps, it was very slow and cumbersome. I like the simplicity of the others.

Originally Posted by d-koolest

You could use an Applescript. I don't know much about it, but I think it's possible to create one that would launch a file and answer "yes" or "choose" on a dialog.

I actually have an applescript that successfully detaches the .torrent file and opens it with the BT client. It is my understanding, however, the the BT client isn't applescriptable. I have attached what I have to this thread. Maybe someone could tinker with it. It is a slight variation of the script found at...
http://discussions.info.apple.com/We...l.11@.599e081a

Originally Posted by shawners

or wait til you get home =) my solution fixes all.. Email it to yourself, and then download when your home.

Well, this is pretty much what I am trying to avoid.