Feb 1
FrostWire 4.13.1-Beta
FrostWire
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- Size: 5.89 MB
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- License: Open Source
FrostWire is an open-source peer-to-peer file sharing program that is heavily based on the better known LimeWire program. Frostwire was created by members of the LimeWire open-source community after LimeWire’s distributor finally implemented a code that would block its users from sharing unlicensed files.
For those of you that have used LimeWire, FrostWire won’t be anything new, besides the fact that the “Turbo-Charged Connection,” a feature that you had to buy for LimeWire, is available for free on FrostWire.
FrostWire also recently added the compatibility for BitTorrent. Although I won’t be using FrostWire to download most of my torrents, I have tried it and it works perfectly.
Other than those two things, FrostWire is basically an exact copy of Limewire. However, there are small extras that some might find useful like the ability to set a specific download location based on the type of media being downloaded.
So far, FrostWire has been working perfectly for me and I highly recommend that anyone that uses LimeWire immediately switch to FrostWire.
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Is it possible to switch from Limewire to Frostwire without losing the songs downloaded to iTunes? I would really appreciate instructions if you have done this. Thanks
I believe that the default download location for limewire is C:\Program Files\LimeWire\Shared or something like that. You’ll have to move the music files out of the shared folder somewhere else, like the ‘My Music” folder. You might have to import the files again into iTunes, but this way they won’t get deleted. Once you install Frostwire, just be sure to change the default download location somewhere else again.
Also, this goes for everyone, be sure that you disable sharing or just share some junk folder. Most people getting sued these days are the people who use Limewire/FrostWire since its really easy to see what files people are sharing.
I’d recommend just searching for music on google (there are plenty of tutorials out there) or just use SongBird to search/download them.