Software update: Transmission 1.74

Transmission developers released version 1.74 of their eponymous program on Monday. Transmission is a lightweight cross-platform open source Bittorrent client with a simple interface. The program was developed for use under Mac OS X, but the download page also includes versions for Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD. Version 1.74 should, among other things, handle the data better in case the program or the operating system crashes. Furthermore, the program now stops downloading when the data is moved to another location, instead of downloading it again. Below are all the changes made in this release:

All Platforms:

• Better data recovery in the case of an OS or Transmission crash
• If a data file is moved, stop the torrent instead of redownloading it
• Fix bug that didn’t list some peers in the resume file and in PEX
• More helpful torrent error messages
• DHT now honors the bind-address-ipv4 configuration option
• Fix Debian build error with miniupnpc
• Fix Cygwin build error with strtold
• Update to a newer snapshot of miniupnpc

Mac:

• 64-bit compatibility
• Queuing system will not exclude transfers with tracker warnings
• Links to original torrent files are no longer maintained
• Fix bug where changing the global per-torrent peer connection limit did not affect the current session
• Fix bug where changing settings through RPC would result in wrong values ​​being saved for three fields

GTK+:

• Fix crash that occurred when adding torrents on some desktops
• Synchronize the statusbar’s and torrent list’s speeds
• Fix the Properties dialog’s “Origin” field for multiple torrents

Qt:

• New Russian Translation
• If Transmission was minimized, clicking on it the icon tray didn’t raise it

daemon:

• Speed ​​Limit mode support added to transmission-remote
• Add a “session stats” readout to transmission-remote

Web Client:

• Progress bar shows seeding progress
• Fix bug that displayed “%nan” when verifying a torrent
• “Pause All” only appeared to pause torrents with peers until refresh