To date, the method that allows you to download or share files making the most of your network connection and avoiding incurring problems due to excessive traffic accumulated on a single content (situation that happens when many people download simultaneously) is definitely to exploit peer to peer networks, and in particular exploit file sharing systems such as powerful Torrent networks.
This content sharing system is based on the assumption that there are no servers, that every user must act as client and server, from seed and from peer. That is, it must ensure that every user, while downloading, must simultaneously be an active part in the sharing process. This leads to really high performances that tend to increase as the number of people trying to download a certain content increases.
To date, the most popular client for accessing Torrent networks is uTorrent, but there are many free and safe alternatives for Mac OS X, which allow access to the same networks with additional functions. So here are the best alternatives to uTorrent for Mac OS X.
Transmission Project
The Transmission client for years is the main torrent client for Apple platforms. This software was born as a project of the independent community of developers for Mac OS, and the success of the software was such that today it is also available for Linux and Windows (thanks to an unofficial fork).
The main features of this client are the selective download, the encrypted connections and the possibility of exploiting it to create torrent files for their own shares. It also allows you to forward connections on a single port to overcome any limits imposed by the ISP or a proxy.
Tribler
Another good program to exploit torrent networks from Mac OS X is Tribler, this software (particularly heavy, perhaps due to the graphic interface much more accurate than many other alternatives) works with its own internal search engine that is outside the main torrent repositories, such as The Pirate Bay or Corsaronero, thus working even if these were to be closed.
One of its main features is attention to anonymity, allowing not only the obfuscation of incoming and outgoing connections, but also the use of the Tor protocol to obtain a maximum level of security when using this service.
Deluge
Deluge is a torrent client, open source and free, which makes of its ease of use, immediacy and simplicity the strong point. We talk about a particularly light software that allows access from any platform to torrent networks, and at the same time to overcome any sort of limit that the telephone operators or network administrators impose on your connections.
Among the inevitable options we have the management of the band available for download and upload and the ability to control it remotely through a web interface designed ad hoc.
FrostWire
FrostWire is not just a client for downloading and uploading files on torrent networks, but it is a real media center for its own downloads. In fact, it allows you to manage the multimedia files that we are downloading by going to check the id3 tags, going to play and integrate perfectly with iTunes.
This software was born fork of LimeWire, born to defend the original project from any legal retaliation, today is one of the most complete and interesting app for torrent download from any platform, including Apple computers. It allows the management of the band and integrates a chat system to communicate with the community members during the download and upload activities.
qBittorent
One of the most popular alternatives, on any platform, to uTorrent is just qBittorent. This software was born with the aim of distinguishing itself as an ultra light and safe alternative to uTorrent. Graphically, and at the level of functions, it is not a very complex product, but rather simple but stable and functional. It integrates an internal search engine for files in .torrent and can be remotely controlled remotely using a browser and a web site in Ajax.
Allows, like almost everyone, the control of the available band for torrent files, limiting it or accentuating it according to its needs.