utorrent or magnet

[Guest edsmeg]

I have noticed some sites wanting you to DL using a magnet. in some cases a torrent file is not available.

does anyone know what a magnet is and how to use it?

[BadaBing]

As far as I know it's only a shortcut, a faster way to start downloading from your BT client instead of downloading the file, finding and adding it to your BT client.

[Guest shifter]

The short answer is nothing. In fact, it could mean that downloading torrents takes one or two fewer clicks, since all you have to do is click on the link to start the download. When magnet links first came out, not all torrent clients supported them, but now you can use magnet links with just about any semi-popular torrent client out there including your favorites uTorrent, Transmission, and Deluge, among others, so you shouldn't notice a problem with that.

Good read about Magnet Link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_uri

[Guest luluka000]

Many torrent site use magnet links because the biggest advantage to magnet links is that they are completely anonymous. The links are just a hash and are the same on every page so no one can know if a user actually downloaded a file or not. ;)

[Guest edsmeg]

oh I get it, thx guys, maybe I will try and use a magnet and see what happenes

[Guest DeLBaSS]

A magnet link will do as the name suggests. Suck up all the sources from different trackers to one download. Hopefully, making downloading faster :-)

[Guest mophocrackho]

just a link to open utorrent

[Guest aziiz3]

Magnet first

[Guest crashtinkle]

Magnet just makes your torrent program download the .torrent instead of your browser.

It is still downloaded and stored in someplace on your computer, depending on the program.

But that's pretty much all it does. Opens your torrent program and downloads the .torrent file and starts it for you.

[Guest simmons5]

Its an anonymous link to Utorrent.

[Guest godoftracks]

just a link to open utorrent

never laugh too much for a answer like that :D

[Guest HellYeah]

utorrent

As far as I know it's only a shortcut, a faster way to start downloading from your BT client instead of downloading the file, finding and adding it to your BT client.

[Guest sam1700]

utorrent is best program for download ;)

[kevdogg777]

does anyone know why it doesn't do anything at all when I click on a magnet link? I have to copy the address then add torrent by url.... any easy way to fix this?

[Guest ahmed2029]

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