When I realised that the iPhone didn’t support downloading files natively, I was back to square one.
Then I thought of using Dropbox – but that didn’t work.
After a couple of hours of research, I finally found a solution, albeit a pretty rudimentary one.
It involves asecondary email,Mail rules,Transmission or uTorrentandApplescript.
Now, let’s be clear on this: I’m not a scripting geek.
I’m just an average Mac user.
Here’s how I managed to set up Mail and Transmission to automatically download torrents sent via email.
First of all, we need to write the script.
But since this is MakeUseOf, I’ve already written it for you.
Download the appropriate version depending on which torrent client you use.
So in this case, you’ll need to 2 separate email accounts.
punch the Rules tab and add a new rule.
Mail is now set.
For every email fromyour@emailaddress.comwith the subject"Download torrent", it will trigger the Applescript.
Perfect, just what we want.
Now, let’s set Transmission.
We want Transmission to automatically start torrents without intervention.
OK, Transmission is now set as well.
uTorrent’s default tweaks will do just fine.
Now then comes the interesting part.
How do we format the email?
It’s pretty simple.
Remove your email signature or it won’t work.
From my iPhone, all I do is hold down on a link until the contextual menu appears.
I tap on Copy and launch Mail on my iPhone.
choose the appropriate mailbox corresponding toyour@emailaddress.comand compose a new message to your secondary email accountmy@emailaddress.com.
Enter the subject line: Download torrent – remember that’s one of the triggers.
Then paste the torrent URL into the content of the message and remove everything else i.e.
Click Send and watch the magic happen.
I hope you’ll find this “hack” useful.
This is my last post of the year before I take a short break from writing.
I wish all MakeUseOf readers a Happy New Year!
