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Overseen by New York-based Lime Wire LLC, the open-source LimeWire software comes in free and professional versions. The latter costs $21.95 and runs on Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
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in Mac Softwareedited January 2014
in Mac Softwareedited January 2014
Thinking that maybe he better implementation of Java in OS X would mean it would work better, I installed and trieed out LimeWire today. Still stinks. It works now, but it stinks.
In OS 9, not a single download ever started transferring data. Never did a byte of an incoming file arrive at my HD.
In OS X, maybe one in five started downloads actually start, and one in ten finish. Grr. I wish Scour were still here! Why can't Gnutella be like Napster! I thought all peer filesharing programs worked the same way!
In OS 9, not a single download ever started transferring data. Never did a byte of an incoming file arrive at my HD.
In OS X, maybe one in five started downloads actually start, and one in ten finish. Grr. I wish Scour were still here! Why can't Gnutella be like Napster! I thought all peer filesharing programs worked the same way!
Comments
- We really need a fast track client (morpheus/kazaa)
<img src='graemlins/hmmm.gif' border='0' alt='[Hmmm]' /> - I've downloaded it (LimeWire) several times and it's never worked right. I'm out of the MP3 downloading phase, but I still wish it worked better for those still into it.
- jeez, what's wrong with you guys?
I never, I repeat, never have a problem with Limewire, on os9 or osx. I have almost always found the mp3's that I was looking for, downloads almost always finish, I always get tons of hits....
Maybe I'm just lucky but I've been using it almost since it came out and I love it. - [quote]Originally posted by kaboom:
<strong>jeez, what's wrong with you guys?
I never, I repeat, never have a problem with Limewire, on os9 or osx. I have almost always found the mp3's that I was looking for, downloads almost always finish, I always get tons of hits....
Maybe I'm just lucky but I've been using it almost since it came out and I love it.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Perhaps you have a static IP address, or at least have an ISP that allows incoming connections to a dynamic IP? Most people can only connect out, and so cannot connect to each other. That's why a system based around a central server works for them whereas a true P2P system most often does not. Unfortunately a central-server system is much more easily shut down.
-- ShadyG - I've succcesfully downloaded stuff from LimeWire. The problem is that it's so slow. I think it's a little better in OS X but overall it still sucks.
- The problem is not with LimeWire itself; the problem is with the people to whom you are connecting. Remember that users may cut their uploads to a small number or to a small amount of bandwidth if they feel stingy. When I can connect to a good server, I can usually transfer things a-okay.
- Is the mac community still hot on carracho or not? As the kids like to say today, that used to be the shit! What hapened?
- Carracho is slowly de-evolving into Hotline. A lot of the servers are turning into 'UPLoaD 2 DoWNLoaD!' places where only the elite who whave top-notch software to trade can get in.
<img src='graemlins/hmmm.gif' border='0' alt='[Hmmm]' /> - Carracho has been showing a lot more servers that require uploading before giving download priveleges. Hmm - don't follow federal law, but follow our rules!
Jeez. I use Carracho to look around for funny movie clips, stuff you won't find on the Internet. Lots of college stupidity is easily accesible.
Peer-to-peer file sharing saw its heyday in the late 1990's with the rise of Napster and other services. LimeWire was among the earliest platforms to permit users to share movies, music, and computer programs. It once had millions of users. Today, about 700,000 continue to use the service in the wake of crackdowns on copyright infringement.
Using LimeWire is simple. The first step is to download the application. LimeWire is free to download. The installation process takes only a few minutes, and the program will automatically open a window with downloading options.
At the top of the window there is a search bar. The user types in the media that they are looking for. Anyone on the LimeWire network who has the file can then be used as a download source. The program can conduct downloads of a single file from multiple sources at the same time in order to speed up the process.
Media that users have selected will appear in the program's main window. Users are able to view the progress of their chosen downloads. Once the files have finished downloading, they may be opened and viewed. The user then joins the network of those who have the file, and the user will contribute to subsequent downloads requested by other users.
Unfortunately, LimeWire and other peer-to-peer file sharing platforms have come under the watchful eye of authorities tasked with rooting out copyright infringement. At the present time, downloads from this platform are very limited. Users should also be aware that LimeWire has been used by hackers in the past to deliver malicious viruses.
Using LimeWire is simple. The first step is to download the application. LimeWire is free to download. The installation process takes only a few minutes, and the program will automatically open a window with downloading options.
At the top of the window there is a search bar. The user types in the media that they are looking for. Anyone on the LimeWire network who has the file can then be used as a download source. The program can conduct downloads of a single file from multiple sources at the same time in order to speed up the process.
Media that users have selected will appear in the program's main window. Users are able to view the progress of their chosen downloads. Once the files have finished downloading, they may be opened and viewed. The user then joins the network of those who have the file, and the user will contribute to subsequent downloads requested by other users.
Unfortunately, LimeWire and other peer-to-peer file sharing platforms have come under the watchful eye of authorities tasked with rooting out copyright infringement. At the present time, downloads from this platform are very limited. Users should also be aware that LimeWire has been used by hackers in the past to deliver malicious viruses.