 | Nov 27 2009 |
BEZIERBOY No problems whatsoever with version 4.18.5 on my OS X 10.5.8 Leopard system, and I've heard this version is fine on Snow Leopard as well. So ignore my ranting about version 4.18.4 :) Gets the job done, full of features, easy to use, and I've run it for hours with no crashes. All the other file-sharing programs I've tried are either unstable, minimal and lacking features, don't get many results, or have become so dated they barely run correctly.
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 | Nov 8 2009 |
BEZIERBOY You can still get 4.18.3 at http://sourceforge.net/projects/frostwire/files/ Works fine in 10.5.8 for me. Next time I won't overwrite the old version with new right away :-)
(Version 4.18.4) | |
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 | Nov 8 2009 |
BEZIERBOY Will not run on my 10.5.8 MacBook. Deleted prefs, ran in 32 bit mode, put in Applications folder, still locks up on launch. Anyone else? Any reports from 10.6 users?
(Version 4.18.4) | |
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| Nov 9 2009 |
BEZIERBOY Working now. Just redownload fixed version. Thanks to developer for quick fix.
(Version 4.18.4) | |
| Sep 22 2009 |
TALATHARB Still only runs from aapplication folder. please fix this!
(Version 4.18.3) | |
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| Nov 8 2009 |
TALATHARB still runs only from applications folder on boot disk :-(
(Version 4.18.4) | |
| Aug 9 2009 |
TALATHARB The erroneous behaviour from version 4.17 is back: "Only runs from the applications folder..."
(Version 4.18.1) | |
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| Apr 10 2009 |
KP.GORES Only runs from the applications folder which is a major pain in the butt. Tried to contact authors or register in the forum: doesnt work. :-( besides that: nice replacement for limewire.
(Version 4.17.2) | |
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| May 11 2009 |
GUBATRON This issue was fixed on 4.18. Now you can run it from an external drive if you want.
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| Sep 22 2008 |
IGREG I do not know if I want to use this anymore. I am afraid of the new setup window, it looks like it wants to take control of files on my computer. I decided not to complete the setup and may delete it entirely.
(Version 4.17) | |
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| Nov 3 2008 |
CASTLE ROSE You think it's a trojan horse after you've already used FW for how long? OMG BTW it works fine for me.
(Version 4.17) | |
| Apr 29 2007 |
HOLYPOLY The chat window takes years to load with this new version, and the chat option can't be turned off - it loads even if the corresponding box in "Community Chat..." is unchecked. Deleting the .plist file doesn't help. Version 4.13.1.6 didn't have this problem.
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| Aug 21 2008 |
CASTLE ROSE I don't know what computer your running FW on but it works fine for my w/o any problems. I'm using an old G4 Cube and chat opens fine, and closes correctly. Maybe the problem is that you don't have your ports and firewall setup correctly. What ever your problems are it's not the programs fault. FrostWire heeps getting better and better for me. Keep up the good work guys!
(Version 4.17) | |
| Apr 21 2007 |
ROCKSOUNDER The best place I have found for reviews of Macintosh software. I've been relying on "descriptions." rather than reviews, and on reviews published in magazines. It is refreshing the reactions of those who actively use the programs.
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| Apr 19 2007 |
Downloading a couple items and it uses easily 50-70% of processor. 10.4.7
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| Apr 12 2007 |
ANF2RES Although the requires for FrostWire 4.13.1.7 are stated as OS 10.3 and Java 1.4 and later, this version will not load on my computer running OS 10.3.9 and Jave 1.4.2. Any comments?
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| Apr 17 2007 |
WONDERING It looks like it needs Java 1.5.x. (from Frostwire website, and MU has updated their reqs to show that now.) I am not sure if Apple has issued a Java 1.5.x for Panther, I know they have issued it for Tiger. I have always been a little mystified by the way Apple or Java or both come up with version ID: (from Apple site:) : "Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0 Release 3 includes version 1.5.0_05 and improves functionality of J2SE 5.0 on Mac OS X v 10.4 Tiger 10.4.2 and later. This release does not replace the existing installation of J2SE 1.4.2."
(Version 4.13.1.7) | |
| Mar 12 2007 |
MADSENJ Better than LimeWire b/c it does not nag you to register, otherwise it is exactly the same.
(Version 4.13.1.6) | |
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| Jan 23 2007 |
GANATRONIC This is the app I used with linux, and I was always happy with it. So once I switched to Mac I opted for this over limewire. So far it's working great! This latest version, 4.13.1, is using 118mb of memory. That doesn't seem too bad. It's certainly not slowing anything down. Well-built, smooth-running, great app!
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| Jan 21 2007 |
SEPTIMUS ALTERNATIVE LimeWire client??? It's the best Gnutella client out there! I love it! Just my 2 cents....
(Version 4.13.1.5) | |
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| Jan 21 2007 |
TOBES This seems to be hit and miss with people but personally I think it ROCKS! Fast, solid, tops, well done developers!
(Version 4.13.1) | |
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| Dec 28 2006 |
DOUG S. I'm rather disappointed with this app. I thought it would be a viable alternative to Limewire and it's really not. I have a MacBook Pro, 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo and it was using up 112% of my CPU! It was taking more processor power than Photoshop and almost as much RAM! On top of that, it keeps detecting an non-existant firewall and dropping all downloads to 0 KBps. I don't know what the benefit of this app is to Limewire but as it is I just don't see one.
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| Dec 9 2006 |
DOC RENAUD I've always had great success with Frostwire, That I prefere to Limewire for numerous reason. No problem with it, really. Always get what I want, that is not the case with other P2P app.
(Version 4.13.1) | |
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| Nov 22 2006 |
INUYASHATHEGREAT I could get an amazing connection of 0%. No firewall, with DSL, and OS 10.3.9
(Version 4.10.9) | |
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| Feb 24 2006 |
MAUC I really like this application .. its exactly the same as LimeWire .. and as far as I see .. it uses less CPU resources! and .. 0 publicity ( get pro things etc ... ) ..nice app!
(Version 4.10.9) | |
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| Jan 18 2006 |
VIRTUALRUFFY If you are using Limewire and then run this program and choose to go back to Limewire then your incomplete downloads are lost. I saw nothing better about this and was extremely annoyed to find out it messed up the incomplete downloads. I see nothing better about this versus Limewire. | |
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 | Jan 20 2006 |
BRUCE_Y My experience is a little different: I have successfully gone back and forth from my LimeWire Pro v 4.9.37 to FrostWire (4.9.37 and 4.10.x) and have not lost any in-process downloads. However, one time when i was comparing one of my LimeWire Pro versions to a newer non-pro version, that switch process of running pro, then non-pro, then pro - I ended up losing and having no more in-process downloads. It seems that the Pro version stores information about incomplete/in-process downloads differently than the regular/non-pro version. So I think it is true that FrostWire is = to LimeWire Pro. Thus, if you had LimeWire regular (not Pro) and took a look at FrostWire it might have re-written the incompete/in-process download data db differently, and so losing the data when you went back to regular LimeWire. If you wish to get them going again, you may have to stick with either FrostWire or a version of LimeWire Pro until those downloads are complete. (or, my reply may be too late for that...) Hope this helps. (Something like this should be on the LimeWire website...)
(Version 4.10.3-1) | |
| Feb 1 2006 |
BINARYPACKRAT This sounds like u can't teach an old dog new tricks. No offense.
(Version 4.10.5) | |
| Dec 28 2006 |
DOUG S. I'd like to say I've also successfully reverted my downloads back to LimeWire. I'm using the latest version of both as of 28 December 2006.
(Version 4.13.1) | |
| Dec 27 2005 |
HOLYPOLY The new version seems to suffer from a huge memory leak (I mean HUGE).
(Version 4.10.0) | |
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 | Jan 4 2006 |
ET VOILà This has been fixed in 4.10.0-2
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| Feb 1 2006 |
DOM21 Yeah but why was it released that way?
(Version 4.10.5) | |
| Oct 19 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Why we have a lot of gnutella clients (Acqlite, Cabos, Acquisition, Limewire, etc.) and none for the faster gnutella2 network?
(Version 4.9.34beta) | |
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| Oct 19 2005 |
ET VOILà all the apps you named are using the Limewire core. And BTW G2 is SLOWER than Gnutella. It hasn't been worked on since its introduction while Gnutella has improved many times.
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| Oct 20 2005 |
ANONYMOUS In my experience G2 seems faster, maybe because it's less popular and therefore less busy; in the Windows environment there are several apps (Shareaza, iMesh, Gnucleus, etc.) that can connect with both networks.
(Version 4.9.34beta) | |
| Oct 19 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Nice idea, I'm glad they remember that the gnutella project is a public thing, not private (or based on stolen code *cough* *cough* Aquisition)
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| Feb 23 2006 |
BRILDENLANCH I hate Dave too, but Im getting bored with this whole stolen code thing.
(Version 4.10.9) | |
| Oct 14 2005 |
ANONYMOUS I've given it a go and it picked up my incompleted Lwire downloads and resumed them so that confirms it's Lwire in a different guise.However, BE WARNED: If you start this up and have incomplete LW downloads, and then decide you don't like it and switch back to LW, LW will not be able to resume your incomplete downloads. Then if you think your stuck with Frostwire, because you've opened LW after trying Frostwire, Frostwire won't be able to resume them either. Put simply, even though it's the same program it seems to corupt or break its link to incomplete downloads if you open one then the other, then the other again. Confused. Give this a go after completing current Lwire downloads.
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| Oct 13 2005 |
Use Acqlite, Cabos, Acquisition or anything but Lamewire and it's sidekick Frosty the goofball...they both pretty much suck the same way.
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| Oct 13 2005 |
JON well, its the same exact thing as limewire. i downloaded it expecting maybe some sort of GUI improvement, but nope, its exactly the same. sorry, its no improvement over Limewire, so ill be sticking with that for now. throw on a new GUI, then maybe ill switch.
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| Oct 13 2005 |
ANONYMOUS Where'd this come from. Why is it 4.9.33 all of a sudden. Is this just Limewire dressed up to look like something else to avoid detection by the RIAA police.
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| Oct 13 2005 |
ANONYMOUS It's basically limewire with frost. I couldn't tell the difference between the two.
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| Oct 13 2005 |
ET VOILà It's LW, but its goal is to remove the DRM thing that will be included in LW soon (current LWs are ok) From FrostWire main page: "We are trying to maintain good relations to the LimeWire project. The FrostWire team (all of whom are still members of the LimeWire open-source community) regrets LimeWire's decision to start filtering content on Gnutella. However, we will continue supporting LimeWire development and do not wish to make fundamental changes to the LimeWire core itself. FrostWire will not break with LimeWire's design philosophy. FrostWire however, will never offer a PRO version. The FrostWire project will always remain strictly non-profit and free of any bundled software, including any ads or nags."
(Version 4.9.33beta) | |
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