ReflectedLight Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 i currently have an HP and have never had a problem downloading freeo music and copying to a media player. Does anyone have any experience downloading free music with a macbook or apple computer??? is it done basically the same way as with the HP??? Reason I ask is because I might buy an apple computer for a family member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibleairwaves Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 It depends on how you're doing it. I'm pretty sure you can use BitTorrent on a Mac. If you're using LimeWire or Kazaa...well, you shouldn't be using those anyways because they're a massive security risk to your computer (so is BitTorrent, to a lesser extent). If the music files are in WMA format, you may need to convert them to MP3, AAC, or WAV files as well. /Not that I endorse copyright violations or anything... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ouchithurts Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Limewire Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 QUOTE (ouchithurts @ Aug 30 2009, 11:57 PM) Limewire limewire what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvgeddy05 Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 QUOTE (ouchithurts @ Aug 30 2009, 11:57 PM) Limewire Limewire always screwed with my Mac real bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted September 2, 2009 Author Share Posted September 2, 2009 QUOTE (iluvgeddy05 @ Sep 1 2009, 02:20 PM) QUOTE (ouchithurts @ Aug 30 2009, 11:57 PM) Limewire Limewire always screwed with my Mac real bad. you mean it's pretty easy for limewire to mess up computers? i remember using it on my dell about 5 years ago but don't remember getting any problems from limewire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladirushfan80 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 I've had Limewire on my Mac Book pro for as long as I've had my Mac. No problems... EVER. Guess it depends on your Limewire setting, perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LerxstIsMyHomeboy Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Even though you are an ass for stealing music, Transmission is an excellent Bittorrent app for the Mac. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReflectedLight Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 QUOTE (LerxstIsMyHomeboy @ Sep 7 2009, 11:33 AM) Even though you are an ass for stealing music, Transmission is an excellent Bittorrent app for the Mac. right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvgeddy05 Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 QUOTE (ReflectedLight @ Sep 2 2009, 06:54 PM) QUOTE (iluvgeddy05 @ Sep 1 2009, 02:20 PM) QUOTE (ouchithurts @ Aug 30 2009, 11:57 PM) Limewire Limewire always screwed with my Mac real bad. you mean it's pretty easy for limewire to mess up computers? i remember using it on my dell about 5 years ago but don't remember getting any problems from limewire. well, I never paid for it so that's probably causing some issues (or used to when I used it). It would freeze my computer up, causing me to force-restart. This was on an older imac desktop so maybe the macs now are more stable. But also, I find it's now full of spam. Instead of getting song title results, I would get porn Even if the song had nothing suggestive about it. My music DL'ing days are done anyhow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushfanNlv Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Buy your music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barney_rebel Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 http://forums.macrumors.com/showpost.php?p...240&postcount=7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuppetKing2112 Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 Never ever use Limewire or any other P2P program because that shit will give your computer viruses. But BitTorrent works great on Macs. The program to get is uTorrent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimboGames Posted September 12, 2009 Share Posted September 12, 2009 QUOTE (rushfanNlv @ Sep 11 2009, 04:05 PM) Buy your music. Ditto. Downloading music illegaly is stealing. Internet service providers are begining to cooperate with authorities to find those that are downloading. In the past, they focused on those providing illegal music. Downloaders are next. Regardless of the operating system, leave the torrents off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisibleairwaves Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 QUOTE (JimboGames @ Sep 12 2009, 09:40 AM) QUOTE (rushfanNlv @ Sep 11 2009, 04:05 PM) Buy your music. Ditto. Downloading music illegaly is stealing. Internet service providers are begining to cooperate with authorities to find those that are downloading. In the past, they focused on those providing illegal music. Downloaders are next. Regardless of the operating system, leave the torrents off. Downloaders have been the main target for a few years now, and that's starting to end (too many innocent people got extorted by the RIAA's lawyers, it made for bad PR). The newer target is getting ISPs to simply block or slow down all BitTorrent traffic, including the legit stuff. I still buy most of my music, but only because I like having the physical copy. The RIAA's tactics killed any moral objections I had to downloading long ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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