How to Leech on Utorrent
Utorrent is a popular BitTorrent application available for the Windows and Mac OS X operating systems. BitTorrent is a form of decentralized file sharing across the Internet and relies on users to simultaneously download and upload files to distribute them. The files are downloaded in chunks (or bits), that are seeded back out to other users downloading the same file. The more people seeding the file, the faster other users can download it. Leeching refers to the downloading of a file without seeding it. While this goes against the basic idea of BitTorrent, not all users are comfortable with others downloading files from them. Within the uTorrent application, you can limit the amount of uploading (seeding) to simply leech files.
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Instructions
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Open the uTorrent application.
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Open the “Preferences” via the menu bar.
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Select the “Bandwidth” tab in the Preferences window.
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Place a check in the “Upload” box labeled “Limit manually to” and set the value to “1 kB/s”. Place a second check in the “Upload” box labeled “Limit seeding rate to” and set the value to “0”.
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Place a check in the “Seeding” box labeled “Stop at up/down ratio” and set the value to “0.10”.
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Save the settings and close the Preferences window.
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Tips & Warnings
Be sure to quit uTorrent when your files finish downloading.
