Bits on Wheels
Bits on Wheels is the first 100% Native BitTorrent client for the Macintosh. It is completely written in Objective-C and Cocoa. The Mac BitTorrent client with a live 3D view of your swarm.
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Bits on Wheels is the first bittorrent client written for the Mac. It is the first client to show a realtime 3D view of your downloads.
Don't forget to setup/check your Preferences when using version 1.0.x for the first time.
Please visit the Bits on Wheels' page for all your technical questions, suggestions, bug reports...
You will also find screenshots, news, etc. And don't forget to check the often-updated News page too! Features:
- You can now click and rotate/move/zoom the 3D Swarm view ! Use the command/option/control keys while dragging to move/zoom/rotate the view.
- New 3D Swarm representation : Vertical Race ! Peers start at the bottom and raise up as they complete a torrent.
- New 3D tools palette lets you rotate and zoom the 3D view. 3D Options have been moved there.
- IP addresses can now be selected and copied to the clipboard, inside the Peers view.
Fixes : - Endgame was so-so in 105 and seems to be real nice now.
- When rechecking hash, the available pieces weren't re-sorted resulting in 0 piece being downloaded.
- Crash when updating the validated graph.
- Removed a couple deadlocks.
- Crash in race condition.
- Vsual artefacts while checking hash in 3D swarm view.
- Tidying up multi-threading.
- Memory leak when stopping torrents. Another leak with outgoing connexions.
- Better Peer handshaking when peer has 0 piece available.
- Most Panther crashes.
- Many fixes here and there.
Mods : - Modified the pieces ring in the 3d view to be more accurate.
- Changed the amount of requested pieces to avoid stalling.
Known Problems : - Panther only : BoW seems to be incompatible with some APE modules.
Many users of the BitTorrent network have problems with there speeds so for this we suggest you check out our Zeropaid thread in the forums on how to Improve Your BitTorrent Download Speeds. Once you get this setup why not check our torrent tracker sites for the latest in the best BitTorrent sites for the latest downloads. Once your good, go and Get BitTorrent News to catch up with everthing.
RELATED GUIDES: What is BitTorrent? A Beginner's Guide - Easy, step-by-step guide for those wanting to learn more about what BitTorrent is and how it functions. Improving BitTorrent Download Speeds - How to make sure that you're getting the most from your connection speeds.
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