<html> <head> <META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <link media="all" rel="stylesheet" href="../styles/TransBody.css" /> <title>Port Forwarding the Mac OS X Firewall</title> </head> <body> <div id="mainbox"> <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>Port Forwarding the Mac OS X Firewall</h1> </div> <br> <p>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. Click Accept. <p>If this doesn't happen, you can add Transmission to Leopard's firewall manually: <div summary="To do this" id="taskbox"> <ol> <li>Open System Prefs >> Security >> Firewall. Make sure "Set access for specific services and applications" is selected.</li> <li>Click the "+" button and select Transmission from you Applications folder. </li> <li>Make sure the pull down menu is set to "Allow incoming connections". </ol> </div> </div> </body> </html>