BabyGirl Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 [color=deeppink]To make this to the point, I'm looking for a good MP3 downloading program for Macintosh computers. My boyfriend recently got internet connected to his but since I use a PC, I'm completely illiterate when it comes to Macs. If anyone has good suggestions, please PM me. Thanks! :)[/color]
Transtic Nerve Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 Tell him to take it back. Mac simply don't cut it. lol. Search on [url]www.download.com[/url] UNDER the option of Macintosh (it's on the top right somewhere, default is windows I think) Search for like "p2p program" or "sharing program" or something to that nature.
Semjaza Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 The main one on a Mac is Limewire. Should be easy enough to find, as it's crossplatform and rather popular.
Guest cloricus Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 I remember limewire version 0.01... hehehe... And I throw it out. Apart from being able to network and fix them I haven't used a mac for over 3 years now. So I have no idea.
The Harlequin Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 [font=gothic][color=crimson]Well, I'm using a Mac right now. So.. Anyway, yeah, Limewire is about the best you'll get. Unfortunately, that doesn't exactly mean a lot. If you actually want a decent player too, the best Mac format MP3 player would definately be iTunes, by a long way.[/font][/color]
Guest cloricus Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 [color=teal]Lol... Sad Sad mac ppls. The best thing you can do is get Linux. Flynn you have a pc, why you using a mac? No one really makes progs for mac because no one uses it. It has the most stable fs and os but that's about it. Why bother.[/color]
The Harlequin Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 [color=crimson][font=gothic]Simple. When connecting to the internet... Status: Dialing Status: Verifying user name and password Status: Logging on to network Status: Disconnecting Incessantly. And god damn iPrimus deserve to be shot.[/font][/color]
Guest cloricus Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 Yeah I know a few people have probs with iPrimus, but hay their a crap isp.
Red Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 [quote]The main one on a Mac is Limewire.[/quote] [b][color=003399]I don't know if it's LimeWire or something with an incredibly similar sounding name, but I've seen one of the Terms and Conditions of one of the program. It clearly states that by installing the program, you are allowing a Trojan horse (among other viruses) to be installed to your system. Pleasant, huh? Anyway, I think you should follow Transtics advice, download.com have some great stuff, and you should surely be able to find something for the Mac :)[/b][/color]
JCBaggee Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 [color=red]Macintosh. *shudder* I heard of one on TechTV a looong time ago...it may have been Limewire, but I'm not sure. I'll look into it... --Chris[/color]
Semjaza Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 Anywayyyyyyy... Elite, as far as I know LimeWire doesn't do that. Tons of other ones install tons of crap on your PC even after saying no to all the options. Grokster and Kazaa for example. LimeWire connects to Gnutella networks, which some people like. Using LimeWire about a two years ago wasn't a bad experience on my part. Considering they are at school, I'd assume they are up on some sort of network, meaning the typical problems 56k people complain about (slow, kicked a lot) are hardly as much of an issue. I had none of those problems when I used it. If you read the comments for it at download.com, you'll find that most people using it on a Mac are total idiots and try to open it in programs that of course won't work. It's a .sit file, and so it has to be opened in StuffIt. Apparently, most of them can't figure that out. (If you install it and it freezes, just increase the virtual memory a bit). There aren't many other Mac P2P programs. Acquisition (it's at download.com too) is supposedly very good, but I've only heard about it from one person. It connects to gnutella too, meaning that there should be a lot of results. The only other one anyone has talked to me about is Myster. It runs on Java and apparently is decent. I don't know much more than that.
The Merchant Posted February 7, 2003 Posted February 7, 2003 Ok im a mac owner, so the best program for dowloading MP3 files is defenetly iSwipe 1.2 from hillman minx software. go here to download it ====> [url]http://www.hillmanminx.com/[/url] Now if you want over all files, is best if you use limewire or myster 5.0
The Harlequin Posted February 8, 2003 Posted February 8, 2003 [font=gothic][color=crimson]I've heard of the ones you suggested Semjaza, and they aren't anything special. As for people not knowing what a StuffIt file was...they just deserve to be shot. Haven't heard of iSwipe though. May bother to check it out.[/font][/color]
The Merchant Posted February 9, 2003 Posted February 9, 2003 isp swipe is not well known, but is one of the best filesharing programs out there.
The Harlequin Posted February 10, 2003 Posted February 10, 2003 [font=gothic][color=crimson]After I posted that, I closed the window, and saw the word "iSwipe" on a folder, right in front of me. Less than happy.[/font][/color]
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