whats crackin everybody. i just got a G5 and am new to macs. i need a sweet file sharing program a la winmx or kazaa.
what do u all use?

I use LimeWire and it works ok. Congrats on the purchase of your G5.

yeah - limewire is the only mac one i know of.

damn you! g5 grrrrrr. my g4 feels so old

Do not, I repeat, DO NOT download Limewire. The best file sharing app I've found is Acquisition. But Limewire will destroy your computer and you won't even notice until it's too late.

really? what does it do? i haven't actually installed in my new system yet, but i used it in 9.2 and it seemed alright.

I second the motion not to download Limewire. It will jack your whole system up!!! I downloaded it a two months ago and it totally messed everything up on my G4, (luckily everything is back to normal) if you love your Mac and care for it's well-being and good health you'll forget you ever heard of the cursed file sharing program called Limewire. Seriously though don't do it. Check out what happened to this guy:

http://forums.studentfilms.com/eve/forums?a=tpc&s=2086066451&f=7246029451&m=8041090101&r=8041090101#8041090101

Anyway thank you for your time.

Nate Fackrell

http://www.studentfilms.com/film/get.do?id=690

Limewire is serious spyware, for one thing. When you install it, it installs a lot of files in places like your startup/shut down folder and system folder. It executes its own scripts and commands when you try to do other things. It will transfer information over the net without you even knowing it, and a firewall won't do a damn thing about it.

Not to mention the program eats up a huge amount of bandwidth (as do most other decentralized sharing apps, but this one in particular eats more than usual). It's a resource hog and it's a sure way to get viruses, even if you're using a Mac.

Stay away.

Oh, and by the way, I have responded to this topic under the assumption that you intend to use the sharing app for legal purposes. I and this site do not support nor condone illegal downloading and am therefore not helping or assisting you to do so in any way, shape, or form, without regard for or in denial of blah blah blah, heretofore, thus until, and in exceeding of, and not including nor excluding etc etc etc.

Thank you.

void where prohibited, canadian citizens may be required to take a simple math test.

you know how pc's have ad-aware and anti-spyware stuff, what do you guys use for mac?

there are very few problems with adware and spyware on macs - i don't know of any anit-spyware/adware sort of programs - but i'm sure there are some.

I use an app called Little Snitch which alerts you if any app is sending info to the internet. You can block ports, IP address ranges, or an entire app from accessing the Internet. ...but I've never had any problems with spy/adware issues ever, yet.

Acquisition costs money. Is there any free p2p out there? Besides Limewire?

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Originally posted by Durden:
Acquisition costs money.

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Not if you can learn to ignore the pop-ups.

Yeah, I just discovered that. Thanks!

Why... wouldn't you just use bittorent...? And then hit up a site like Supernova?