Manually Check for Updates in BitTorrent
Article by George Norman
On 24 Nov 2009
By default, the BitTorrent application will automatically check to see if there are any updates available for you to download. But if you don’t want to rely on the automatic update feature to get your updates, you could always manually check for updates. This is a pretty straightforward process as you will see from the detailed, step-by-step instructions presented below.

Here is what you have to do to manually check for updates in BitTorrent:

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Step 1. The first thing you need to do is launch the BitTorrent application.
In this regard you can double click the BitTorrent icon on your desktop, click the BitTorrent icon on the Start Menu, type in bittorrent.exe in Run, or any other method you use to launch the application.

Step 2. Take a look at the top left hand corner of the BitTorrent window. There you will see three menus: File, Options and Help. Click Help.

Step 3. A dropdown menu will appear. Click Check for Updates. Now wait for BitTorrent to check for any available updates. If one is detected, you will be prompted to download and install it. If no update is found, the following message will appear: There is no new version available at this time! Click OK and you’re done.

Tips and warnings
  • Manually checking for updates will come in handy if you decide to disable automatic updates in BitTorrent.
  • Don’t have BitTorrent installed on your computer? Learn how to install BitTorrent by following the instructions in this tutorial.
  • BitTorrent is a free, open source file-sharing application that can be used for downloading and distributing very large software and media files. You will need to have BitTorrent installed on your computer if you want to download data from P2P file sharing networks and torrent sites like The Pirate Bay or Mininova.




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