Let’s say you have a file server that serves media on your local network, and perhaps downloads torrents day and night. And let’s say that you get the sudden inspiration while you’re sitting at school or in the coffee shop to download Terminator 2 or The Breakfast Club, something totally legal. You’re not going to start that bad boy on your laptop and risk the school’s computer services department locking you out. Besides, if you have a 22″ HDMI monitor, you might be keen on a 720p file that might take close to 20 hours to download.
So what do you do? (Mac users only):
1. Setup Transmission to watch a folder for new torrent files. (Preferences > Transfers)
2. Setup an email account dedicated to receiving torrent files.
3. Setup Apple Mail to receive mail on that account.
4. Setup a Rule to handle attachments
5. Save and use this applescript to make the magic happen (substitute your watch folder in transmission where noted):
using terms from application "Mail"
on perform mail action with messages theMessages for rule theRule
tell application "Mail"
repeat with oneMessage in theMessages
set {mail attachment:theAttachments} to oneMessage
repeat with oneAttachment in mail attachments of oneMessage
save oneAttachment in ("Your:Volume:") & (name of oneAttachment)
end repeat
end repeat
end tell
end perform mail action with messages
end using terms from
Make sure to check those quotes. Sometimes WordPress likes to change them and it’ll screw your applescript up.
6. Download a torrent file on ANY computer, and email it as an attachment to the email address you setup in step 2.
7. Don’t download anything you’re not supposed to, and enjoy!
