Does Limewire WORK?!
 

Hello.

I'm after help. This is the second time I've downloaded Limewire and attempted to use it. After getting frustrated last time and binning it, I've just had another go and I FEEL LIKE DOING THE SAME!

I'm fairly computer literate, but no expert, and after going through all the FAQs etc, still cannot make head or tail.

If anybody could spare the time to help me, I'd be very grateful.

I searched for a file I wanted. I highlighted it to Download. It said it couldn't do it because it was "awaiting more sources". This happened dozens of times even for 4-Star items.

Then, suddenly, SUCCESS! For the very first time a file started to download. It got to 85% downloaded then suddenly stopped with the usual "awaiting more sources" message.

Question 1 - Why does it keep doing this, and is there a way I can get it to work?

When I was joining Limewire, I was asked which files I would like to share. I entered a file as a default which has a couple of film clips in. However, when I looked at Library "shared" there is nothing there. However, files I didn't want to share were there in "trash" and were being shared. WHY?

Question 2 - How do I make files I want to share available?

Question 3 - Can I make sure that stuff on my computer is NOT available to share without firewalls?

If anybody CAN help me I would very much appreciate it. I'm on the verge of binning it all again.

I'm on an iBook, Mac 8.6 OS.

Thanks,

Ray
raygreen100@hotmail.com

Hello again.

This is a genuine post. PLEASE can someone tell me if Limewire works.

I was going to buy the Pro after testing the freeware. However, it just doesn't work - I can't download anything!

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks for any help received.

Ray

PS I've sorted out the files available to share problem.

Yes, it does work, - especially for smaller files < 100MB. You might have to babysit LimeWire while downloading. Click-and-forget downloading unfortunately doesn't work very well with gnutella at all.

Thanks for the info.

Limewire no good for mp3s then?

Ray

mp3s are one of the few things Gnutella is good at.

Cheers again, trap_jaw.

Is Limewire the Mac version of Gnutella?

I'm after swapping MP3s, and wonder how to do it on Mac format.

Again, I've been unable to download MP3s! (Between 2% and 85% complete before stopping: "awaiting more...")

Thanks a lot,

Ray

Cheers again, trap_jaw.

Is Limewire the Mac version of Gnutella?

I'm after swapping MP3s, and wonder how to do it on Mac format.

Again, I've been unable to download MP3s! (Between 2% and 85% complete before stopping: "awaiting more...")

Thanks a lot,

Ray

LimeWire is one of the few Gnutella clients (besides Phex AFAIK) available for Mac, yes. For other operating systems there are many more gnutella clients. Xolox, BearShare and Gnucleus for windows or gtk-gnutella, mutella, qtella for linux for example.

I hate it when that happens, but there's not much you can do about it.

Rescue strategies
 

If a download stalls (sorry, when a download stalls becase it does that more often than not) you must immediately kill the download and recommence the download from its original position in the hit list (not from a separate listing in any browsed list of the host you may have made). If you are quick, you can often catch the end of the connection before it is deleted from the routing system. I tend to sit with the original source hits highlighted ready waiting — in appropriate cases, I have already ungrouped to identify the specific host from whom I am downloading.

If that fails, search again for the specific item using exactly the same typographical layout as shown in the download box. Second or third hits will often refresh the partial item as it sits in the download position. Be prepared to make rapid sequential searches and to make download requests aggressively rather than wait passively for the system to interrogate for "lost" connections. I tend to set up the search boxes ready for rapid repeat searches when a source host is obviously going to be unreliable. In all this, do not forget to delete the hit boxes to keep the original hit list in place. Losing the original listing closes off a restart option prematurely.

I know all this sounds a nuisance because it means you have to concentrate when you are downloading, but I treat downloading like a computer game and, given the speed of my reactions, once I find a host at reasonable kb/s speed, I rarely lose the complete download.