QTM for Mac - please read
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At this time, there are no plans for a QTM {Quick Torrent Maker} for Mac.
Here are the reasons;
1. Tom would need to buy a Mac
2. Learn the entire system
3. Write the application/program and then test it out
Then of course you have all the bug fixes that he might have missed.
Tom is a very busy man and he doesn't have time to mess around with another program, let alone a completely new {new to him} operating system.
So unless the Mac community makes their own application, you will need to make and upload torrents the old fashioned way.
Anyone having issues using a Mac on our site, please see the Mac thread in the support forums.
http://tracker.gaytorrent.ru/forums.php?action=viewtopic&forumid=2&topicid=381
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You can discuss the topic here, but do not put support issues in this thread as they will be deleted.
Use the support thread, linked to in the above post, to discuss support issues.
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Does he happen to know linux? If he can make a linux port, it will most definitely maybe probably work for a mac.
Then again, I'm a bit unreliable, as my Mac experience is mainly on 68k macs (AKA "The Crappy Grey Box"), and I only got my Mac G3 server (running OS9, a good upgrade from what it was shipped with) a couple of months ago. My experience with Mac is playing around with them at Fry's.
However, I do read a lot of wikipedia, and have plenty of experience with UNIXish systems. Mac OS X is built on top of Nextstep, which uses Mach - It's UNIX-based. I'm sure that gtk has been ported, and I know for a fact that Qt works on it.
On that note, it might be a good idea to rebuild it for Qt, which makes portability a matter of ease. All you need to know is C.
trolltech.com, by the way.Then again, most of my argument is pretty baseless because I have no idea what's in a .torrent file.
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Tomato allows one to make torrents on MAC OS. I don't know if it's quick (I don't make torrents) or anything I just know the option is there. Hope that helps.
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Finally i bought myself a MAC BOOK PRO…
i also managed to install xcode...
sooner or l8r you will get your MAC PORT!!!! ::)
be patient - i only need to learn about the GUI stuff on mac
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Well done Tom. Welcome to the dark side
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Well done Tom. Welcome to the dark side
i would say, the bright side…
i have also XP installed on that machine... fucking nice and fast..
have already plans to switch my desktop pc also to mac hardware.... so i can run both os's on one machine
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Good move
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@tom:
Well done Tom. Welcome to the dark side
i would say, the bright side…
i have also XP installed on that machine... fucking nice and fast..
have already plans to switch my desktop pc also to mac hardware.... so i can run both os's on one machine
Yep
Once I converted I never went back… still have to run Vista but that's not by choice, need it for some of the web-interfaces I need for work to display correctly. But everything else im now a Mac convert. -
very nice
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@tom:
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be patient - i only need to learn about the GUI stuff on mac
I would be careful talking about gooey stuff on a porn site!
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Would it be too much to ask for OS9 compatibility?
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Would it be too much to ask for OS9 compatibility?
Depends on an affordable developer environment on a capable (and and affordable too) OS9 computer to develop something you can get for free:) If you can have something like AIR applications running on OS9 too - that could become a solution for QTM too
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Well, if you are looking for an affordable development environment that will compile for both X and 9 (and 8, and 7, and well, you get the idea) check out hXXp://www.stazsoftware.com/futurebasic/index.php
On the other hand, for $70 more (US Dollars), the folks over at hXXp://www.realsoftware.com have RealBasic, which will compile and run on OS X, Wintendo, and Linux. Make it $100 if you can't qualify for the academic version, and $500 if you want the "professional" version.
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I've recently downloaded and installed a little program called "MakeTorrent", which sits in your dock, and happily builds a .torrent file for whatever you drop on it. I'll update things as soon as I get some feedback on the torrent I just uploaded, but if anyone wants to look at it in the meantime, check out hxxp://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/25157 or mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/MakeTorrent.shtml.
Oh, and if you are looking for some of the results of this program, check out Police Daddy Marco Martinelli (AVI + Pictures), as soon as it gets approved.
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Hello:
I rarely make torrents. I do not have the bandwidth to actually seed a torrent properly and I don't think its fair to others to do a half-assed job of it. That said, a really good all over Mac Client which included a good torrent maker would b outstanding.
Your programmer iw precisely right when he says he does not have time to learn a new program and OS. It show he's got some standards and understands some basic things about Operating Systems and porting – which is a lot more than I can say for others who think they are the best thing sine pink ink and turn out pond-scum ports from other OS's.
Yes, a Linux port will likely work. There is enough in common because they OS X and Linux are both UNIX OS's. The problem is not in the guts of the program, its in the user interface. To be a succesfull Mac OS X GUI programmer you have got to have run the system yoursleff and understand on a conceptual basis what makes A Mac loook and feel like a Mac. It isn't just that it has a one button mouse and a thing called a Finder.
When you find a good Mac program, even one programming an networking protocol like bittorrnet, it will look,, feell, and act like it belongs nowhere else but on a Mac. Mac users get to be funny about things Mac-ish. Things Windows users don't think matter, matter a great deal to us, and most Windows programmers don't understand the way we think.
I'll give you a good example. Microsoft Office has a Windows Version and a Mac Version. They LOOK very much alike. A Windows Office user will not feel out of place using Office on a Mac. But the similarity ends there. Office for Macintosh was witting from the ground up as a completely different program. The Windows version and theh Macintosh version share NO code. This isn't a port, its a complete and total re-write. That's the reason that Office for Macintosh hs been the success story it is. The Macintosh division of Microsft is one of its biggest money (profit) makers. The reason is that the Mac division knows how to write a good Macintosh Application.
They aren't perfect and they've scrwed up. Mac users let them know in spades ... and its the reaons why you won't find Office 97 for Macintosh --- in was withdrawn and sccraped. Office '98 for Mac on the other hand was a resounding success.
Rather no Mac version and make do with what torrent programs exist than yet another bad port from some other OS. BTW. Azureus/Vuez written in Java is not a bad program on Macintosh. In fact its a surprisingly good one. It works out of the box. As a new user I ahd no troulbe setting it up and it is still my favourite torrnet program for Mac. Transmission which is Native Mac OS X (that is written in Objective-C) gave me ntoing but probblems and ground my system practically to a halt. I'm only now giving it a second chance after the programmer (who seems to be very committed to making this work) did some extensive revisions. We'll wait and see how well it performs.
BTW. Although SUN writtes Java for Llinux and for Windows, it does not write Java for Macintosh. Apple told SUN they preferred to write their own version of the Java Virtual Machine. That's why Mac Users don't download Java from SUN. Apple writes Java for themselves and does it to SUN's standards which is why they have never been sued by SUN over their Java implementation like Microsoft was. Apple programers write Java to SUN's specifications. It works well just the way i works on Windows or on Linux.
cheers,
RimmerDawg -
Is there currently an open source version of the current app that can be made available?
This would allow the open source community to help collectively collaberate and adapt it to fit any operating system and submit the code, etc for approval, or as a "beta" release for the community to post some sort of forum on in order to support it's progress and development?
If such a thing does exist, how would one go about acquiring it to help adapt it to various platforms and submit the end result as a release cantidate. Ultimately, for open source support, a forum specific to operating system could be created as they become available.
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I'll give you a good example. Microsoft Office has a Windows Version and a Mac Version. They LOOK very much alike.
I don't mean to sound offensive, however Microsoft is a multi-billion dollar corporation that spands its offices throughout the world. Although GT is even more awesome than Microsoft ever could be (for so many wonderful reasons), due to the sheer difference in size, resources, and funding, it is not always possible to support more than the average mainstreem user's typical configuration.
That being said however, I'm sure that a lot of that also has to do with the little known fact that Microsoft owns 51% of Apple.
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just to let you know, i havent even boot my windows system quite a long time…. :cheers:
i only use my macpro or macbook
i'm still haven't started using xcode yet. but i have still plans todo that in future.
since i was ill for a very long time and i'm also into other projects i havent got the time in the past.when i go on this, first i will do qtm1.4 with some long awaited bugfixes. once this is done i start porting it to osx.
open source? - interrested programmers can get in contact with me.
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Hi guys - I'm a prolific uploader of torrents and a former Apple employee (6 years) so I'm all Mac. May I suggest using the P2P Mac app called Transmission? It is the superior P2P app for Mac users and you simply drag your video or file into Transmission and the program assumes you want to make a torrent. Fill in the boxes, follow the GayTorrent.RU upload rules (you can only use GT.RU's private tracker) and upload. Very easy.
