"Search" always finds TONS of things I want in Mactella, problem is - I can't download any of them. Nope, not a one! I get the same thing - opening connection/ connected to (IP address)/ sending push request - then it sits there for literally hours. and hours. until I finally give up and go to sleep.

Not to mention what's with the new popup window for every single d/l attempt? my desktop is a mess whenever I use this program

Progress bar in Mactella is useless, it has no relation to reality. Too bad it's not more accurate like Limewire is. Lime's progress bar seems quite accurate to me.

I have a cable ISP and I still am unable to complete d/l's in Mactella, so I doubt the prob is your connection. I've been attempting to use Mactella over a month now. Limewire works just fine, and I get completed d/l's from lime regularly. Reading the board I see it's a fairly regular problem that's not addressed in the FAQ - hopefully someone has some answers to solve this?