Mac torrent search: best methods and resources

Torrents are a popular system for peer-to-peer file sharing. It was surrounded by controversy a while ago, when some torrents websites were closed down, so we just wanted to make it clear – torrent files are not illegal, downloading a copyrighted material is. Hence downloading torrent files that contain non-copyrighted material is fine, it does not violate any laws.

What does one need to download torrents? A torrent website and a torrent software search engine. How do you usually search for torrents? Most people go online and start googling for ‘free downloads no subscription’. Sorry to disappoint you but this way you are likely to end up at some dubious sites swarming with malware that will risk your computer’s safety. What you need is a good app torrent search engine for Mac.

This torrent search engine tool for Mac searches the following websites:

• ★ 1337x
• ★ Bittorrentz
• ★ Limetorrents
• ★ Nyaatorrents
• ★ Seedpeer
• ★ Thepiratbay
• ★ Torlock
• ★ Torrentdownloads
• ★ Torrentfunk
• ★Yourbittorrent
• ★ Anidex
• ★ EZTV
• ★ RARBG
• ★ Rutor

Please note that this list keeps expanding, thanks to the developer’s effort to deliver the best results.

Apart from powerful integral torrent finder, Folx provides abundance of other options necessary for day-to-day downloading like catching magnet links which most browsers fail to recognize. Also, Folx supports direct HTTP downloads via Proxy servers, guaranteeing privacy. Folx can be set to automatically intercept links in browsers, being fully compatible with Safari, Firefox, Opera and Chrome.

With Folx one can easily save online videos hosted by media sites like YouTube, including age-restricted videos. You can set video format and quality or extract only MP3 sound in case you don’t need the entire video.

Folx perfectly fits for convenient downloading. Unique tagging technology ensures comprehensive storage of downloads in folders according to the assigned tags. Additionally, Spotlight integration makes it super easy to jump directly to the downloaded files even without having to start Folx. One can turn on Apple Music (former iTunes) integration for a particular tag to automatically add the downloaded media to Music library.

Don’t let low speeds drive you crazy! With Folx, you can boost downloads to a large extent by splitting them in multiple concurrent threads, up to 20 ones. To free up network resources for other Internet tasks, Folx provides smart speed control which automatically adjusts download/upload speeds.

One more awesome Folx feature you definitely should know about is task scheduler with which you can smartly set up the time to start the download (say, at night when network is not jammed) and then to decide whether to shut Folx down, switch to sleeping mode or quit the app once finished. You don't have to worry about interrupted connection as broken downloads are autoresumed, so you don't have to manually restart them.

Here is your step-by-step guide on how to use Folx:

1. Download the application, install and launch it.
2. To search for torrents, you need to activate Folx PRO version. To purchase it, place an order, you can do it here.
3. Activate PRO edition.
4. Type in your search query and click Enter.
5. Folx will list the searching results that match your request. Choose the torrent you need and press button.
6. Check out your Downloads folder and find the downloaded file there. That’s it – Folx does a really good job, and it’s absolutely safe to use the application.

To sum up, its integrated Mac torrent search tool and exceptional management options combined with fast performance make Folx tailor-made for advanced downloading experience.

3. How does a torrent search engine work?

When searching for a torrent file, an experienced torrent user will never turn to conventional search engines likes Google since they often display untrustworthy results and can redirect you to a site containing malware. There are specially designed websites, like Nyaa, hosting P2P files and providing embedded search.

However, there’s even a better option allowing you to survey dozens of torrent websites for Mac simultaneously. Yes, we are speaking about torrent search engines. They are usually reasonably structured and obvious to use, so it will take you a few clicks to find the best file available. But how exactly do they retrieve the torrents from the other torrent websites for Mac?

Well, torrent search engines use particular algorithms to crawl other websites and return the most relevant search results to you. As you know, an uploader makes a file available through a BitTorrent node, but it is indeed the link to this node which a person makes available to the torrent site. Now a torrents search engine comes into play. But still, the method of torrent search engines cannot be explained in a few words as they are divided into two categories basing on the torrent listings type: intra-website and inter-website listing sites.

Intra-website listing search engines list the node links which were individually submitted by users and therefore implement a standard keyword-based search. The examples of this particular type can be 1337x or the Pirate's Bay.

Inter-website listing sites are those applying either inter-site or selective search. Meta-search engines aggregate data from multiple Mac torrenting sites (torrentz.eu, e.g.). Selective search engines, in their turn, give back the results after going through a particular set of the websites, which is significantly more efficient.

Now that you know how exactly search engines work, we will give you a list of the best torrent search engines Mac owners might be interested in.

5. Most popular Torrent sites

And here is a special treat for you – a list of 5 most-visited torrent websites. We have prepared it based on various traffic reports.

1. Torrentdownloads
   
   

   

   
   
   TorrentDownloads is one of the oldest torrent sites. Last time it was included in the top 10 torrent sites in 2011 to make a comeback only this year. Every month the site is visited by millions of users.


2. The pirate bay
   
   

   

   
   
   The Pirate Bay is inevitably associated with, well, piracy. The site is surrounded by a lot of controversies and it was closed down a couple of times. However it seems that the scandalous reputation only adds to the site’s popularity. The site offers plenty of resources from various web addresses.


3. RARBG
   
   

   

   
   
   RARBG started operating as a torrent tracker in Bulgaria. It first made appearance in Top 10 torrent websites some years ago and is going strong since then. The site was blocked by UK ISPs last year, which seems to be a not-so-big-deal for most sites in this list.


4. 1337X
   
   

   

   
   
   1337x is one of those sites built around the torrents community. It has been pretty active till recently, but now a lot of community members, moderators and administrators are staying away from the site due to security issues. There are concerns about the future of the site, but as of now it is still striving and attracts a decent number of visitors.



If for any reason your favourite torrent site is not working, you can use torrent proxy or mirror sites instead.

Well, that should be enough for you to start. Hope Mac owners will find useful this information about torrent clients and search engines. If you still have doubts or questions, do not hesitate to get in touch with me.