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#Transmission torrent how to
Upon opening Transmission for the first time, a Mac OS X dialogue box should appear asking if you will allow Transmission to receive incoming connections.
To allow other peers to communicate with Transmission, you have to open your local firewall. Because of the nature of the internet and security reasons, routers create a local network that makes your computer invisible to the internet. However, this isn't always as straight forward as it may seem. If you didn't already know, BitTorrent is a system that requires you to share the file you're downloading.įor this to be possible, it is required to be accessible from the internet. A detailed guide is also available in Transmission's built in help, which can be accessed from the Help menu.