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  1. Go to https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action and search for "Command line tools" and choose the one for your Mac OSX

  2. Go to http://brew.sh/ and enter the one-liner into the Terminal, you now have brew installed (a better Mac ports)

  3. Install transmission-daemon with

    brew install transmission

  4. Copy the startup config for launchctl with

    ln -sfv /usr/local/opt/transmission/*.plist ~/Library/LaunchAgents

    If transmission isn't starting, you also might need to modify the startup plist file:

    ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.transmission.plist at the line:

    <key>NetworkState</key> to <key>RunAtLoad</key>

  5. Start transmission (will then always auto-start) with

    launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/homebrew.mxcl.transmission.plist

  6. Change settings (I set rpc auth to false) with

    nano /usr/local/var/transmission/settings.json

  7. Visit http://127.0.0.1:9091/transmission/web/ and you're done

@benjaminfauchald
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Thank you a lot for this guide, was struggling a lot with rtorrent on OSX before I saw this. Thanks!

@ChiftKey
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Thanks a lot, It was very helpful to me.

@jamesvdm
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jamesvdm commented May 2, 2020

Much appreciated.

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