Computer Tricks and Secrets

Short answer: for a free torrent client, qBittorrent is the better choice, it is open source, ad-free, and has no "Pro" upsell, so a cracked uTorrent Pro APK is pointless. Here is how the two compare and how to set up torrenting safely and legally. uTorrent vs qBittorrent qBittorrent uTorrent Ads None Yes (free version) Open source Yes No Built-in search Yes Limited Cost Free Free / paid Pro Settings for faster, safer downloads Choose well-seeded torrents. Speed depends mostly on seeders; no setting rescues a file with none. Forward your port. A forwarded/open listening port improves peer connections and speed. Enable encryption. Turn on protocol encryption to reduce ISP throttling of torrent traffic. Set reasonable limits. Cap upload slightly so torrenting does not choke your other browsing, but do not throttle it to zero. Stay legal and safe A torrent client is a neutral tool. Use it for legal content: Linux distributions (Ubuntu, Fedora, etc...

Short answer: Use the Dropbox File Requests feature. Create a request, share the link, and anyone can upload files straight into a folder you choose without needing a Dropbox account. Everything they send lands in your Dropbox and you get notified. I run into this problem constantly. A teacher needs students to hand in homework, a designer needs mockups from clients, an event organizer wants photos from attendees. Email chokes on large files and turns your inbox into a mess. The cleaner solution is a folder that other people can drop files into but not browse or delete from. Dropbox File Requests does exactly that, and I will walk through the setup below plus a free Google Drive alternative. What is a Dropbox File Request? A File Request is a special upload link tied to one folder in your Dropbox. People who open it see a simple upload page. They can add files but they cannot see anything already in the folder, cannot see other people's uploads, and cannot delete anything. The...