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Alpha uTorrent Client for Mac

For those of you who haven't already heard, here is a link to TorrentFreak detailing the release of an alpha version of uTorrent's Client for Mac. What does this mean for the Mac users? Well, Mr. Jobs, and the throng of Apple-geeks, can now claim the smallest footprint Torrent client... is now on the Mac.

[OK, my lame attempt at humor parodying Steve's thinnest, easiest, sexiest, everything-est claims.]

Regardless, we're big fans of uTorrent and happy that they are reaching out to other platforms.

New Function: Exclusion

Sometimes, search terms produce too many results. To help you limit your searches, we've launched the Exclusion function "-[term to be excluded]". How does it work? Here's an example:

palin -michael

I'm looking for content with/about Sarah Palin. If I search 'sarah palin', I might miss content that is just described as 'palin'. And if I search 'palin', I will get too many results with 'Michael Palin'. As a Monty Python fan, I'm not one to complain about the results, but I don't particularly feel like looking through all the results to pick out Sarah Palin content. So, if I type "palin -michael", the results will filter out all michael palin results. Although this does not necessarily mean all Michael Palin content is omitted, it does drastically reduce the number of results, and therefore, a higher likelihood that I will get 'sarah palin' content... Unless there happens to be a skit with Sarah Palin and Michael Palin that I'm unaware of...

Hmmm... the Lipstick Pitbull vs. the Killer Bunny.

Now searching NewTorrents

We've added NewTorrents per user requests. We've also removed Fulldls. We're in the process of testing other BitTorrent sites as well, so you may see some rotation. Why? Have patience grasshopper (For those of you too young to remember or seen the re-runs, check out the TV series, Kung Fu, with David Carradine. It's a classic line from a classic show.)

Let us know what other sites you would like to see by posting at the Speckly UserVoice page.

Cheers!

Quick Peek... You asked for it!

After launching our Quick Peek a few weeks ago, we had a positive response! A common response was, "Great option, but I didn't even know you had it until yesterday..." I guess we did too good of a job keeping things simple. To remedy that, we've added an simple binocular icon at the end of each listing. Click on that icon and it will launch a Quick Peek of the BitTorrent link. Let us know what you think!

Feel free to post your comments and suggestions on the Speckly UserVoice page.

Enjoy!