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Where to download programs?

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.jr
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Anyone know of any good sites that I can download programs that don't come in as .exes? Im on a mac, and can't open them. Any work arounds?


For the PCs - http://www.egydown.com/
May 29 2009 2:58AM
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ArnieP
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Torrents, then make sure it is the ISO file, and then virtually mount it(tehehe) and install it from there.
May 29 2009 3:27AM
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.jr
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No I dont want torrents, looking for .rar files. How can I check before I start downloading if it is a .exe program?
May 29 2009 11:34AM
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mmallender.
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well usually if the download window pops up and asks you if you want to save/open it when its done, it will tell you what kind of file it is, and it will for sure have the file extension on the end of it in that little window if it doesnt tell you what kind of file it is
May 29 2009 12:12PM
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chapz
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download.com -->MAC section
May 29 2009 12:18PM
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Chickendodo
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No, trust me.  You want torrents.  Anything else is stupid.  You can torrent a .rar file.
May 29 2009 3:21PM
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.jr
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No trust me, I have a rapidshare account. I don't want slow ass torrents.
May 29 2009 9:12PM
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Chickendodo
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Good luck finding a single program then.  If torrents are that slow for you, it's not the torrents fault.
May 30 2009 2:46PM
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.jr
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You're ignorant, have you ever tried to torrent on a mac?
May 30 2009 2:48PM
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mmallender.
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what program have you tried to use?
May 31 2009 2:48AM
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.jr
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uTorrent, Bittorrent, vuze, off many different sites and on many different macs. Consistently .rar files have come in quite faster. I can get torrents to run great on PC's but never as fast as .rar's on a mac.

If im fucking up so hard allen, what do I need to do?

Not that this matters at all because I have never found anything that I couldnt get through just typing in .rar on google and pulling through rapidshare.
May 31 2009 2:58AM
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Jwenz
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okay not sure if this has been mentioned...but mac doesnt use .exe that is probably why they wont open. you need to be looking for .dmg

once you have those they should open. your problem with torrents isthat you probably aren't opening ports to allow it to go quicker (very vague description i know, but search google about it and you will realize)
May 31 2009 10:17AM
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.jr
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haha more than aware on both these points.. how do I fix it though?
May 31 2009 11:39AM
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chipkalback
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what about piratebay.org ... mininova.org ... both have dedicated mac sections i believe, and if they're going that slowly for you then just click 'seeders' on either site and they'll reorganize starting with whichever has the most seeders, which typically also means the quickest download time, although that can be subjective.
May 31 2009 12:20PM
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.jr
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Yes used both of those, there has to be something wrong with my ports, or maybe just what I want no one else every seeds.


Either way, back to the original topic. Does anyone have a site that hosts downloads of every program, like the link I posted, just in .dmg files?
May 31 2009 12:26PM
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FMeissner
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http://thepiratebay.org/browse/302
May 31 2009 12:49PM
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fragglemuffin
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freemacware.com has some cool shit, but if i want something good like photoshop i just search torrents like "photoshop for mac"
May 31 2009 1:44PM
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.jr
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Trying to download a file right now. On average this is what the programs pulled in.
Transmission 10-20 kb/s   
Vuze 5-15 kb/s
Bittorrent  12-20kb/s

At this point I gave up and found the file through rapidshare.

Now when I download .rar files
400-500 kb/s


Same sized file, read 6 minutes for .rar's, on average 1 hour and 45 minutes for torrents. As I am typing this I have a file downloading thats hitting an amazing 1.5 kb/s on transmission and says 2 days 5 hours.
Jun 3 2009 9:59PM
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BusyJohnSohn
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I have a mac and use transmission, it works dope, you just need to find torrents with a bunch of seeders. I have a membership on demonoid and can find anything I want for macs
Jun 3 2009 10:13PM
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neutralzombie
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i use mininova(not greatest but find a lot) and azureus, on macs too
Jun 4 2009 9:55AM
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.jr
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Im sorry but read the fucking thread, Ive said no torrents 15 different times. I dont care if it works, I dont have 2 days to download one program.
Jun 4 2009 10:38AM
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