Re: Re: Newbie -- Help with downloading for MAC

OK Emmadiva

Thanks for the hero thing haha. A few suggestions.

1. check that the file you downloaded (the torrent) ends with ".torrent" as its 
file extension (just single click on the name below the file to highlight it 
and check. (However chances are it should be, your worries about the torrent 
not having downloaded properly due to the length of download time are common. 
But the average torrent file is rarely any larger than 250kb so this is 
probably not the problem)

2. When it gives you the window to choose which program opens files with 
.torrent extensions, after right clicking/control clicking the torrent file and 
choosing "open with" and "other" (the one where it will not let you highlight 
BT for OSX 3.1 make sure that the top pull down menu "show" is not set to 
"recommended applications" but instead to "All Aplications", this should allow 
you to highlight the BT program. Then just put a tick in the "always open with" 
box before clicking the "open" button.

3. If the torrent file is downloaded from Donkax.com then it won't work at the 
moment as the tracker is down as discussed previously in this group. HOWEVER it 
should still let you go through the download process (just your upload and 
download rate will stay at zero) but it means that when the site is up again 
your preferences will already be set and you should have no further problems.

Good luck and if this still does not help then maybe you can email me at 
jarodonimac@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Jarod
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: emmadiva2002 
  To: BitTorrent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 11:44 PM
  Subject: [BitTorrent] Re: Newbie -- Help with downloading for MAC


  Hi Jarod!

  You're my hero!   Thank you for the quick link to a software download and the 
  detailed instructions.  However, I've hit a snag.  I don't think I've 
installed the 
  software correctly.

  I downloaded it to my desktop.  A disk copy icon appeared.  I double clicked 
  on it and a white software disk appeared on my desktop.  I opened that to 
find 
  a bittorrent icon and a readme file.

  Now -- I've tried all different ways to get the program to work with a 
bittorrent 
  file I downloaded.  I followed your detailed instructions to use the "get 
info" 
  window but when I choose an applictation -- the bitttorrent icon will not 
  highlight.

  I've tried placing the bittorent white softwared icon into my applications 
folder.  
  I've tried just placing it in my hard drive
  I've tried dragging the bittorent icon out of the white software icon into my 
  applications folder.  
  I've also tried dragging it just inside my hard drive as well as just leaving 
it on 
  my desktop.

  None of those options has allowed the icon to be highlighted from the 'get  
  info' window.  

  Even if I open the bittorent icon and try to open the downloaded from from 
the 
  menu screen 'open bittorent file' -- It doesn't recognize it.

  Help -- I'm not certain what I'm doing wrong but obviously it's something.

  One other piece of information.  The bittorrent file that I downloaded to 
test the 
  bittorrent program with, downloaded in less than a minute -- Could I may have 
  not downloaded the program?  

  I would really appreciate any help you can give me.  I'm desperate to get 
this 
  running.  I'm a complete download spaz.  Thank you so very much for 
  everything you've done so far!!!!





  --- In BitTorrent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jarod Harris" <harrisjarod@xxxx> wrote:
  > Hi Emmadiva
  > 
  > It is really a lot simpler than that. Just go to http://
  prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/bittorrent/BitTorrent_OSX_3.1.dmg
  > 
  > and click any of the download sites listed there. Install that single piece 
of 
  software onto your mac. Now download one of the BT files and save it to your 
  desktop.Either right click it (if you have a two button mouse or control 
click it if 
  you use a one button mouse) and choose "get info". From the new pop up 
  window choose the pull down "open with" and choose the bittorrent program 
  you downloaded and installed a few steps back.
  > 
  > Now simply double click on the bittorent movie or whatever file and choose 
  safe to desktop and you are done.
  > 
  > In future because you have set BITTORRENT as the default program to 
  open BT files with you won't need to do this again. Simply save the file from 
  the website to your desktop and double click on it.
  > 
  > Let me know if this helps,
  > 
  > Jarod
  >   ----- Original Message ----- 
  >   From: emmadiva2002 
  >   To: BitTorrent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  >   Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 3:50 AM
  >   Subject: [BitTorrent] Newbie -- Help with downloading for MAC
  > 
  > 
  >   Hi!
  > 
  >   I'm very new in and inexperienced with this.  I'm dying to start 
downloading 
  >   but I can't seem to figure it out.  Everytime I think I have -- Some 
something 
  >   goes wrong.
  > 
  >   From what I can figure out - I need python to download on my MAC 
  OSX.2.4 
  >   system.  So I downloaded. python -- Then I downloaded wxpython and the 
  >   pythoncard prototype.
  > 
  >   Here's my question.  In the installation instructions for the python card 
it 
  says 
  >   this, "Open the Terminal application and do a cd to that directory and 
then 
  run 
  >   the setup.py script using the 2.3a1 Python you just installed."
  > 
  >   Yikes -- Was that in english?!    What's the terminal application?  How 
do a 
  do 
  >   a cd to that directory?  What's a cd?   How do I use the 2.3a1 I just 
installed.
  > 
  >   Okay -- I'm pretty lame when it comes to computers.  I'd be willing to 
even 
  pay 
  >   someone who can help set me up/walk me through it so that I can start 
  >   downloading.   Help -- Please...
  > 
  > 
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