<html> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link media="all" rel="stylesheet" href="../styles/TransBody.css" /> <title>Using Transmission</title> </head> <body> <div id="mainbox"> <A NAME="TransFAQ"></A> <div id="banner"> <a name="menus"></a> <div id="machelp"> <a class="bread" href="../index.html">Transmission Help</a> </div> <div id="index"> <a class="leftborder" href="../html/Index2.html">Index</a></div> </div> </div> <div id="pagetitle"> <h1>Managing your transfers </h1> </div> <ul> <li>Torrent files contain information about the actual file you want to download (eg a movie), and connect you to the swarm of peers sharing it.</li> <li>Transmission can watch a certain folder (eg your Safari download folder) for torrent files and then open them automatically via Preferences >> Transfers >> General.</li> <li>By default, Transmission deletes the original torrent file upon opening. If you remove a transfer, in order to resume it you will need to reopen the original torrent file in Transmission. Simply choose 'Save a Torrent Copy as' from the File menu before deletion to avoid having to download the torrent file again.</li> <li>Once your download is complete, you can set a default ratio to automatically seed to, and then pause. This can be adjusted in Preferences >> Transfers >> Management, or in real time using the Action menu.</li> <li>Both seeding and downloading transfers can be queued, and Transmission can skip over stalled transfers, in order to maximise queuing efficiency. Queuing can be configured in Preferences >> Transfers >> Management.</li> </ul> </div> </body> </html>