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  • Top 10 BitTorrent Tools and Tricks
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  • 10. Use BitTorrent to Send Files



    Of course BitTorrent is a great place to go looking for files, but you can actually take advantage of BitTorrent's distributed download protocol to share your own files. This guide details how to create your own torrent to distribute a file on your computer. The guide covers creating the torrent with the popular, Windows-only uTorrent, but the feature is available in almost any BitTorrent client.

  • 8. Download BitTorrent in Your Browser



    I'd always recommend using a dedicated BitTorrent client whenever you can, but sometimes installing or running another app just isn't an option. In those cases, web application BitLet is a perfect solution. It runs BitTorrent downloads through an applet directly in your web browser; all you have to do is point it to the torrent file. (Read more)

    You can even stream music directly from a torrent in your browser with WeStream, BitLet's other in-browser BitTorrent tool. (Read more)

  • 4. Set Up a TV Season Pass with Ted or TVShows



    Whether you opt for Ted (all platforms) or TVShows (Mac OS X only), these apps ensure you'll no longer need to dig for the latest and greatest episodes of your favorite TV shows week after week. You just point them to what you like, and they automatically download new episode torrents as they become available.

    3. Search the Best of the Best with YouTorrent


    youtorrent.pngRather than get into an argument over the best torrent tracker/search engine, might I instead submit YouTorrent, a meta search engine that scours some of the best BitTorrent trackers for downloads and sorts the results by number of seeds. I know it's new, and who knows if it'll last (it doesn't even have ads yet), but—god willing—YouTorrent is currently the easiest place to look for a new, healthy torrent (barring some really good private tracker that most of us are not members of). (Read more)
  • I completely forgot to mention PeerGuardian2, a freeware IP blocker designed to protect your privacy from blacklisted IPs (like anti-P2P groups who might want to track your activity). It's not a sure thing, but a lot of people consider it a reassuring layer of protection.
  • Honorable mention update: I completely forgot to mention PeerGuardian2, a freeware IP blocker
    designed to protect your privacy from blacklisted IPs (like anti-P2P groups who
    might want to track your activity). It's not
    a sure thing    , but a lot of people consider it a reassuring layer of
    protection.
  • If you're new to BitTorrent, all of this may have come at you a little fast.
    Check out our beginner's
    guide to BitTorrent    , and once you're up to speed, take a look at our more
    advanced intermediate
    guide    .
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