Tutorial #1 - How to work with torrents

Not so long ago, I found that a great percentage of internet-using people don't know how to work with torrents.

So, here you'll find some tips for working with torrent files.

First you will need to get some software to execute the torrents you'll be downloading, software like BitTorrent or uTorrent (like BitTorrent, but lighter) are probably the most used worldwide, but if you don't like to use mainstream apps, you can always use zButterfly like I do...

When you have all set-up, you just need a file with the .torrent extension. The "problem" is where to get your torrents from... You have tons of sites and torrent directories to choose from. The best and the one that I use is ThePirateBay.

Now you have to choose your files very carefully, because if you want to download something fast, you'll have to get the torrent with the greatest number of seeders.

The image above is what your search will look like at first. Now all you have to do is arrange the list by seeders (sedeers are the ones who are still uploading their content to the internet, and leechers are the ones downloading such content - this means that good torrents must have at all times a number of seeds greater than the number of leechers). To arrange the order of the torrents, just click the SE on the first row, as shown below:

 The highlighted text is the uploader nickname. In this case (TV shows), those are the best ones (who never let you down).

When you find the torrent you are looking for, it should look like this:

You can see the double green arrows pointing down. It means that if you click there, you will download the file (not the episode in this case, but the torrent file) to open with the previous installed software.

If you have doubts if it is a good torrent and want to check other users' comments, just click the title of the torrent to go to it's page. It should look like this:

As you can see, I've drawn arrows pointing the link you should click if you choose to download that file. DON'T click the big download button! That downloads a program to do something that you really don't care for...

If you still have questions, feel free to ask them in the comment section below! I will answer them as soon as I can.