Quick Tips: Drag, drop, and download with BitComet Video
Quick Tips: Drag, drop, and download with BitComet Video Transcript
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>> Hey there I'm Rich Demuro with CNET.com you know there are more than a dozen torrent managing clients out there. And many people steer towards the popular favorite like Azueus or Micro torrent. Bit Comet hasn't been very high up on the totem pole, but some new tweaks could change that. One of them is that it now pulls double duty as one of the only torrent managers that also handles regular downloads as well. Let's take a look. Now when you boot up the program you'll notice an orange and blue icon appears in the upper right hand corner of your desktop. Even if you minimize the application, this stays on top of everything unless you kill the floating window in view on the task bar. Now, that you know how to get rid of it let's bring it back and we'll go over how to use it. Now trust me this is one of the most intuitive quick tips you'll ever see. Point your browser to download.com music now search for Spoon remember the band that use to be Indy Rocks favorite underdog? Now, click and drag the download free MP3 link to the bit comic, little floating tangerine ball in the upper right hand corner. A dialogue box instantly opens up asking you if you want to start downloading now or download later. Hit more and then you get some advanced features to play with like connection speed and the URL of the refer. You can even tweak the save to save as and description settings. Hit start download and your new spoon will be ready for listening to faster than you can say fork. [ Music ] Now there's not much else to it, but it's a great feature allowing you to manage all of your downloads from one light weight program. That's it for this bit Comet quick tip I'm Rich Demuro with CNET.com. ^M00:01:35 [ Music ]
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