How to install uTorrent in OS X

August 15th, 2007 by Ross McKillop | Print This Post Print This Post
Bittorrent Mac

Another name for this tutorial could be “how to install Windows programs in OS X without buying Crossover“. Or “how to use Darwine to install Windows programs in OS X”. But this tutorial will take you step-by-step through installing uTorrent (which is currently Windows-only) via Darwine - an OS X port of Wine.

Before your start:

  1. Install X11 in OS X, if it isn’t already
  2. Download Darwine
  3. Download uTorrent for Windows

Installing Darwine and uTorrent in OS X

  1. Unpack Darwine and drag the entire Darwine folder to your Applications. Then locate and double-click the WineHelper.app file in the Darwine folder.

    2. utorrent in os x
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  2. A small Process Window will appear. You can minimize it to your Dock or just ignore it.

    3. utorrent in os x

  3. From the WineHelper menu, select Application -> Open…

    4. utorrent in os x

  4. Navigate to the utorrent.exe file, select it, and click Open.

    5. utorrent in os x
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  5. A bunch of text will fly by in the Wine Log window. Ignore it.

    6. utorrent in os x
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  6. And you’ll be prompted to install uTorrent. Leaving the shortcut boxes checked is fine, but you clearly won’t have a “start menu” shortcut when the installation is done (though you will have a desktop shortcut).

    7. utorrent in os x

  7. That’s it. uTorrent will launch and ask if you’d like it to be the default application for opening .torrent files.

    8. utorrent in os x
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  8. Select your Connection speed etc, and click the Use Selected Settings button.

    9. utorrent in os x
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  9. You should also notice a shortcut to uTorrent on your desktop.

    10. utorrent in os x

  10. And now you can use uTorrent in OS X :)

    11. utorrent in os x
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  11. Darwine is also able to run many other Windows programs. Probably not as many as Crossover, but the price is right.

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  1. 36 Responses to “How to install uTorrent in OS X”

  2. By NoOneButMe on Aug 17, 2007 | Reply

    Hey - Saw you linked to Darwine from me.. Just a tip to make it work better from your Darwine Output - Install/Create the Symlink for Freetype2(”ln -s /Developer/SDKsMacOSX10.4u.sdk/usr/X11R6/lib/libfreetype.* /usr/lib/*” to create a Symlink if you have XCode installed. If not, you can install it via Fink/MacPorts and create a symlink with those install locations ).
    Also, having Fontforge is useful and should prevent some errors.

  3. By Jasper on Aug 18, 2007 | Reply

    Is it possible to use right click in darwine apps? I’m using a macbook pro and ctrl click isn’t working

  4. By Gloria on Aug 26, 2007 | Reply

    Hi, I’m using macbook…and when i try to install X11 it says that i have a newer version already? is there a way for me to install it anyway? or…is there anything i can do so i can use Utorrent? thanks!

  5. By Ross McKillop on Aug 26, 2007 | Reply

    Gloria,

    If you go to Applications -> Utilities is X11 already there? If so, you can just skip that step as you already have it installed..

  6. By Marcio on Aug 27, 2007 | Reply

    I have installed Utorrent on my mac….but I m not able to see the files on my browser…Do you know if it will use Safari or I have to install some program winehelper???

  7. By Ben on Aug 29, 2007 | Reply

    FANTASTIC!!! I was struggling with Darwine for some unfathomable reason until I came across this page. Just wanted to express my gratitude for a job well done.

  8. By Andy on Aug 31, 2007 | Reply

    I downloaded darwine successfully, but when i go to open and install utorrent it says it is unable to locate X11.app. Can anyone help me on installing that

  9. By bob micboby on Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    hey guy i try to do this and i do have x11 and Darwin but when i do it after a while of the loading page doesn’t go and says something about an error and look at login page plezzz i sue azureus and it sukz i neeed this plez help

  10. By Ross McKillop on Oct 10, 2007 | Reply

    Bob -

    I tried to email you but it bounced - what’s the exact error you’re getting? Can you copy/paste it here? Thanks!

  11. By preston on Oct 13, 2007 | Reply

    i cant open darwine becasue it says the application does not support this system, what does that mean? i have a g4 osx11+ and am running on 1.3ghz

  12. By Dan on Oct 22, 2007 | Reply

    When I open the downloaded darwine folder winehelper application icon has a no entry type icon over it, when trying to open the message says not supported by this system, 10.4.10 g4 ppc can u help thanks

  13. By guy on Oct 22, 2007 | Reply

    how do you scan for the virus when puting it on macs? because i know you have to for windows.

  14. By Lynn Wade on Oct 22, 2007 | Reply

    When I open the downloaded darwine folder winehelper application when trying to open the message says not supported by this system, 10.4.10 g4 ppc can u help thanks

  15. By sharni on Oct 23, 2007 | Reply

    i have x11 installed and darwine but when it says that a prompt will magically appear and ask to install utorrent nothing happens! i’m so sad i just spent about 45mins trying to install all this stuff and right at the end it simply doesn’t work!:(

  16. By sergio on Oct 23, 2007 | Reply

    he estado tratando, seguí todos los pasos pero al final no me abre el utorrent para instalarlo.

    si alguno me puede ayudar se lo agradecería mucho.

  17. By Victoria on Oct 28, 2007 | Reply

    i have x11 installed and darwine but when it says that a prompt will magically appear and ask to install utorrent nothing happens! i’m so sad i just spent about 45mins trying to install all this stuff and right at the end it simply doesn’t work!:(

    Comment by sharni — October 23, 2007 @ 1:08 am

    I have the exact same problem, I’ve been looking through the coding and it supports some error saying it couldn’t load main module. The error information shows up after the http://www.freetype.org in the information log box for wine. I noticed in the guided pictures it was using xterm to support and install utorrent, I wasn’t sure if it was a problem with my xterm, if it was an error installing it or if i should try to install it again (because it had seemed to instal smoothly and without error when I did it),or what the problem could possibly be. If someone could please help, I could send you more information or copy and paste the log info.

    Thank you in advance.

  18. By yourfaceisrandom on Nov 2, 2007 | Reply

    HEY PPLZ IM TRYIN TO OPEN PIVOT.EXE IN WINEHELPER BUT…

    file:///Users/kim/Desktop/Picture%201.png

    file:///Users/kim/Desktop/Picture%202.png

    file:///Users/kim/Desktop/Picture%203.png

    file:///Users/kim/Desktop/Picture%204.png

    click on each of em to see whats goin on

  19. By Yasmeen on Nov 4, 2007 | Reply

    Hi, im having the same problem as Jasper, cannot use the right click on the utorrent, how come the ctrl click doesnt work? plse help,
    also; the utorrent keeps on getting stuck, it justs stops everything, u cqnt click on anything for a while then it fixes itself all of sudden?! plse help!!

  20. By Yasmeen on Nov 5, 2007 | Reply

    Hi!
    did u find the solution to how to use right click? plze help

  21. By toby on Nov 8, 2007 | Reply

    Same problem as “victoria” on oct.28

    After it mentions freetype.org in the log it gives me error saying it couldn’t load main module. I tried installing freetype2 but however its done I can’t figure it out. What am I missing here?

  22. By karen preston on Nov 12, 2007 | Reply

    i’m getting this error

    Failed to open the service control manager.
    wine: Unhandled alignment at address 0×0 (thread 0009),

    i dont understand it :( bitrocket wont work for me either i’m on a G4 ibook (1.33) running leopard

  23. By francine on Nov 17, 2007 | Reply

    I downloaded darwine successfully, but when i go to open and install utorrent it says it is unable to locate X11.app. Can anyone help me on installing that, same problem as andy, can anyone help?

  24. By NoOneButMe on Nov 20, 2007 | Reply

    If you cant find X11.app, make sure you have X11 installed.

    These builds of Darwine are for _Intel_ Mac’s. G4’s wont run it.

    And buy a mouse with two buttons for right click. Wine doesn’t support right click emulation.

  25. By Chris on Dec 9, 2007 | Reply

    How do I make mu torrent compatible with itunes?

  26. By pearl on Dec 11, 2007 | Reply

    I am using Power PC G4 for my mac . Whilst trying to get utorrent and wine , I realise it is only good for CPU intel, Please advise how I can open use utorrent for the above mac..

  27. By Nick Ulliman on Dec 18, 2007 | Reply

    X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). get this error everytime i try to install cananyone help?

  28. By liz on May 3, 2008 | Reply

    it doesn’t ask me to instale utorrent what should i do? it after i open the wineHelper and go to applications, open utorrent, the wine log runs by and then it says utorrent-1.8-beta-9704.upx.exe has exited with an error, have a look at the Log window… what should i do?

  29. By Ross McKillop on May 3, 2008 | Reply

    @liz:

    Download uTorrent version 1.7.2 (the version I used in the tutorial) from http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=utorrent and give it a try. Darwine probably can’t run the latest version (1.8 beta 9704).

    Ross

  30. By liz on May 4, 2008 | Reply

    i tried what you said using the 1.7.2 but it said the same thing:
    utorrent-1.7.2exe has exited with an error, have a look at the Log window…

  31. By Ross McKillop on May 4, 2008 | Reply

    @liz:

    copy and paste the log window text in an email to ross dot mckillop at gmail . com and I’ll take a look at it

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