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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
 
 
This article is a guideline for Mac-specific issues in [[aMule]]. It should help anyone to use on Mac all the features aMule offers and help setting it up easily and comfortably.
 
This article is a guideline for Mac-specific issues in [[aMule]]. It should help anyone to use on Mac all the features aMule offers and help setting it up easily and comfortably.
  
 
== Right/control-click to activate pop-up menus ==
 
== Right/control-click to activate pop-up menus ==
 
 
Many of aMule's features are only accessible through pop-up menus, e.g. [[pause]] or [[cancel]] a [[download]] change the [[upload]] or download [[priority]] of a [[file]], see [[Usage_File_Details|file details]], etc.
 
Many of aMule's features are only accessible through pop-up menus, e.g. [[pause]] or [[cancel]] a [[download]] change the [[upload]] or download [[priority]] of a [[file]], see [[Usage_File_Details|file details]], etc.
  
 
You activate a pop-up menu either by clicking the right mouse button or, if you have a one-button mouse, by holding down the control key on your keyboard and clicking.
 
You activate a pop-up menu either by clicking the right mouse button or, if you have a one-button mouse, by holding down the control key on your keyboard and clicking.
 
  
 
There are no visual cues to where these menus exist, so you need to experiment. You may for example try any list of files, [[client]]s and [[server]]s, all the labels on the top of these lists (e.g. "File Name") and the bar "all" at the top of the download window.
 
There are no visual cues to where these menus exist, so you need to experiment. You may for example try any list of files, [[client]]s and [[server]]s, all the labels on the top of these lists (e.g. "File Name") and the bar "all" at the top of the download window.
 
  
 
== Handling ed2k-Links ==
 
== Handling ed2k-Links ==
 
 
There are basically four ways to download files with aMule:
 
There are basically four ways to download files with aMule:
  
#[[Search]] for files using aMule's [[Usage_Search|search dialog]] and double click those search results that you want to download.
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#[[Search]] for files using aMule's [[Usage_Searches|search dialog]] and double click those search results that you want to download.
  
 
#Copy [[ed2k link|ed2k-links]] from a web page into the "[[Usage_ED2K_Link_Handler|ED2K-Link Handler]]" field at the bottom of the search window of aMule and press the commit button. If the ed2k-link is longer than that text field is wide you need to make the aMule window wider
 
#Copy [[ed2k link|ed2k-links]] from a web page into the "[[Usage_ED2K_Link_Handler|ED2K-Link Handler]]" field at the bottom of the search window of aMule and press the commit button. If the ed2k-link is longer than that text field is wide you need to make the aMule window wider
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== Setting up aMule's video preview feature ==
 
== Setting up aMule's video preview feature ==
 
 
You can use a video player like [http://www.videolan.org VLC] or [http://www.mplayerhq.hu Mplayer] to preview incomplete downloads of video files. To set up aMule properly for this, go to Preferences -> Directories. Under "Video Player", you have to enter "/usr/bin/open -a" together with the path of your video player program.
 
You can use a video player like [http://www.videolan.org VLC] or [http://www.mplayerhq.hu Mplayer] to preview incomplete downloads of video files. To set up aMule properly for this, go to Preferences -> Directories. Under "Video Player", you have to enter "/usr/bin/open -a" together with the path of your video player program.
  
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For additional information, see [[Usage_Preferences|this article]].
 
For additional information, see [[Usage_Preferences|this article]].
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== Version ==
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Created by Jacobo221 on 23.01.06 at 05:14<br>
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Updated by Vollstrecker on 23.01.08 at 17:49

Revision as of 18:46, 23 January 2008

Description

This article is a guideline for Mac-specific issues in aMule. It should help anyone to use on Mac all the features aMule offers and help setting it up easily and comfortably.

Right/control-click to activate pop-up menus

Many of aMule's features are only accessible through pop-up menus, e.g. pause or cancel a download change the upload or download priority of a file, see file details, etc.

You activate a pop-up menu either by clicking the right mouse button or, if you have a one-button mouse, by holding down the control key on your keyboard and clicking.

There are no visual cues to where these menus exist, so you need to experiment. You may for example try any list of files, clients and servers, all the labels on the top of these lists (e.g. "File Name") and the bar "all" at the top of the download window.

Handling ed2k-Links

There are basically four ways to download files with aMule:

  1. Search for files using aMule's search dialog and double click those search results that you want to download.
  1. Copy ed2k-links from a web page into the "ED2K-Link Handler" field at the bottom of the search window of aMule and press the commit button. If the ed2k-link is longer than that text field is wide you need to make the aMule window wider

until the link fits completely into the field (you can make the aMule window wider than your screen if necessary). We are working on eliminating this issue.

  1. Import ed2k-links directly from your browser into aMule. See http://forum.amule.org/thread.php?threadid=5679 for more details.
  1. Use a text editor (e.g. TextEdit) to paste ed2k-links into a "ED2Links" file inside ~/Library/Application Support/aMule/ and aMule will automatically import those links.

Setting up aMule's video preview feature

You can use a video player like VLC or Mplayer to preview incomplete downloads of video files. To set up aMule properly for this, go to Preferences -> Directories. Under "Video Player", you have to enter "/usr/bin/open -a" together with the path of your video player program.

For example:

/usr/bin/open -a "/Applications/VLC.app"
/usr/bin/open -a "/Applications/vlc-0.8.4a/VLC.app"
/usr/bin/open -a "/Applications/MPlayer OS X 2.0b8r5/MPlayer OS X 2.app"

Or just "/usr/bin/open" to use the default application for the specific file type - as set up in the finder.

For additional information, see this article.

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Created by Jacobo221 on 23.01.06 at 05:14
Updated by Vollstrecker on 23.01.08 at 17:49