Uploading Torrents for Mac
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All the guides seem to be using Windows. I want to share some of my library but can't. I need a quick guide on how as a Mac user I can upload and share my library - convert them to torrents etc.
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It's been awhile since I had to use Mac and even longer since Windows but I was still able to finger my way around the guide & pervert so that I could upload via Ubuntu.
It depends a little I think on which torrent client you are using. Which ever program that is should have it's own guide to creating a torrent. Even google should be able to help with that aspect. The two important parts to remember when creating your torrent are to make sure you choose/click to make torrent private and the second is to include the gaytorrent tracker url. You can find it on the upload page and it's easiest (for me) to just copy and paste it from there.
After you have created your torrent that same upload page presents you with two options 1. creating with QTM (not an option for us) and the second is to "manually upload your torrent". Click the second choice. When there it's just a case of clicking all the details, uploading some pics and then actually uploading your torrent. After you have uploaded it on the page you are automatically taken to the listing where you download the torrent you just uploaded. Make sure you point your program to where you have stored the file and everything should be tickity boo.
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There is absolutely no difference between manually uploading with a Mac or with Windows.
You won't be able to use QTM but I don't anyway.
All the uploading is done via your browser and Semtex has given an admirably concise guide what to do.
BTW you don't 'convert' your files to torrents, you create a torrent file with your torrent client to upload here so you can share.
And just a slight correction, when you create your torrent you can put whatever you like in the 'Tracker' box. When you download your own torrent to start seeding, the site software (on all sites I use) will insert the correct information. I put 'this is just nonsense' in that box
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Listen to cannonmc.
He is the master of all things on this site.
I was his humble student so if you get stuck I also might be able to give you a hand. Its easier than it appears. -
And just a slight correction, when you create your torrent you can put whatever you like in the 'Tracker' box. When you download your own torrent to start seeding, the site software (on all sites I use) will insert the correct information. I put 'this is just nonsense' in that box
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Do you understand how much energy and fear I have wasted on nonsense? ON NONSENSE!?! The curse word that is bubbling up inside of me right now may make the neighbours cringe.
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OK, OK, I can change it
But then again, think how we'd have to get serious if we rejected 'nonsense' :cheers:
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Sorry, not sure if you misunderstood. I cannot begin to tell you how much fretting has been spent on that damn announce url. In the beginning it took me a number of times to realize I had also caught the space before http in it and that was why Transmission would do that Error You Are Invalid Start Again Do Not Pass Go Do Not Get A Handjob in the Alley Failure. To this day I make extra certain I have shaved that little error inducing but then wait, what, how does it complete the task
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Okay it has to look like a web address or Transmission won't create the torrent, at least for me. I tried twice with nonsense and on the second time crashed the program.
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OK, using uTorrent 3.0:
The attached is what I use to create my torrents. When I click on 'Create and Save' uTorrent does say that it isn't a valid torrent URL but carries on if I tell it to and creates a new torrent with the 'this is nonsense' tracker.
It seems Transmission is not so forgiving and demands a valid URL. I suspect any valid URL would do as you are only trying to make a torrent not download with one.
I also suspect that if you upload your torrent then download it for seeding gt.ru will insert the correct tracker URL for this site even if you have created it with, say, www.google.com.
You can always test this by opening the seeding torrent in a text editor after you have downloaded it and the first line should contain http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru:2710/announce.
As uTorrent doesn't clear the tracker box after each creation I do not need to search around for a tracker URL or even enter a 'nonsense' one. And I can use the same creation page for other sites and they will insert their own tracker URL when I download the torrent for seeding.
And please don't shout too loud…the neighbour's dog is sleeping
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Super easy with uTorrent, I'm not sure what QTM does but I just followed the manual upload instructions. File > New Torrent > then pick one file or a folder "directory" > copied the URL posted for the tracker and pasted it > click create and save
I have a stupid question… After uploading my .torrent file to the site, should I click on the torrent in my computer at any point? (the one uploaded) Or just ignore it and download the file from here, check, start seeding.
Oh and why make the torrent "private" as mentioned above?
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The two things I do differently on my iMac from what you are showing cannonmc I know you say not needed with the announce nut I just copy and paste it in. The only box I have checked is Private Torrent. I know at one point was having an issue with something else being checked but cant recall if it was at this step. Don't want to confuse by adding more things to the thread.
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Once you have uploaded your torrent, it is no longer needed anywhere on your computer
Once you have started seeding your torrent you can delete your downloaded torrent.
Just a note that uTorrent places its own working copy of the torrent in its own folder, in my case C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\uTorrent.
This is where the torrent gets deleted if you use 'Remove And Delete Torrent' in the torrent list
'private torrent' means basically that. It doesn't show elsewhere.
And 'preserve file order' is only when you post multiple files in one torrent. On the website, the files can look haphazard but this means when someone actually starts downloading the files show as the seeder intended
PS While I think about it, in uTorrent you can choose Create New Torrent and then just drag the file from your Explorer or equivalent onto the 'Select Source' box - saves a lot of farting about
PPS I have just uploaded a torrent using the same 'nonsense' torrent I used on another site. It is seeding nicely here
