How to Configure Fire Torrent
Many people use P2P (Peer-to-Peer) programs known as torrent clients to download and share programs and files over the Internet. The most common of these is probably BitTorrent, with many other smaller programs also being used. Torrent clients work by downloading larger files from many different servers at once. As a client computer downloads a file, it makes available to other computers those parts of the file that it has already downloaded.
Because many people do not need a full-featured torrent software such as BitTorrent, the company known as FireAddons has written and released a small torrent client called Fire Torrent that acts as an extension for the popular Firefox browser. This document explains how to configure Fire Torrent once it is installed.
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Instructions
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Determine what version of Firefox you are currently using. To do this, in Windows:
Click on "Help" and "About Mozilla Firefox."
On a Mac:
Click on "Firefox" and "About Mozilla Firefox."
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Go to the Fire Torrent download page (see Resources).
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Download the correct version of Fire Torrent based on your Firefox version. If you are running Firefox 3.6, download and install the Beta version; otherwise, install the regular version.
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Once Fire Torrent has downloaded and installed, restart Firefox to complete the installation.
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When Firefox restarts, an "Addons" window will appear. Select the "Fire Torrent" section of the window and click "Preferences." Another window will open with standard and advanced preferences. It is best to leave these at their default settings, with the exception of the "Downloads Save Path" in the "Advanced" options window. Browse to the location to which you'd like to save your downloaded torrents, and click "Open." All torrents will now save in that location.
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Tips & Warnings
If at some point you wish to reconfigure your settings, simply select "Addons" from the "Tools" menu and repeat step 5.
It is normally best to leave these at their default settings, unless you are certain what you are doing.
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