Why use Mega ?
Nowadays it becomes more and more difficult to upload torrents to reliable websites.
The existing sites are constantly monitored by authorities which can lead to heavy fines in countries as the USA, Germany, France etc.
The use of torrents will decline and as a result, less seeders and slower downloads.
Mega offers the possibilty to transfer data from one Mega account to another in less than a second.
Large downloads of many Gigabytes can be "yours" almost immediately.
What do you need ?
For torrents you need a torrent-client like Utorrent, Vuze, Bittorrent or other simular programs.
For Mega you'll need Mega Downloader.
Furthermore you must also have your own (free) Mega cloud to tranfer file(s) from the Mega downloadsite to your own Mega account. As already stated above such a transfer can be made within a second.
Preparations for downloads via Mega
A free Mega-account:
You can setup as many accounts as you have valid email-addresses.
Mega Downloader:
Download the program here
Nowadays it becomes more and more difficult to upload torrents to reliable websites.
The existing sites are constantly monitored by authorities which can lead to heavy fines in countries as the USA, Germany, France etc.
The use of torrents will decline and as a result, less seeders and slower downloads.
Mega offers the possibilty to transfer data from one Mega account to another in less than a second.
Large downloads of many Gigabytes can be "yours" almost immediately.
What do you need ?
For torrents you need a torrent-client like Utorrent, Vuze, Bittorrent or other simular programs.
For Mega you'll need Mega Downloader.
Furthermore you must also have your own (free) Mega cloud to tranfer file(s) from the Mega downloadsite to your own Mega account. As already stated above such a transfer can be made within a second.
Preparations for downloads via Mega
A free Mega-account:
You can setup as many accounts as you have valid email-addresses.
- Go to the Mega Site and register a new account.
- You can use any name and/or password as long as your email-address is valid because you will receive an email from Mega for confirmation.
- Select your kind of account (Free) and submit.
- When you have confirmed your account via email, you login again and you now have your own Mega account.
- Don't forget your password and emailadress used as there is no way to retrieve it, not even via Mega !
Mega Downloader:
Download the program here
Leave the window for email blank, leave settings for Password as they are. You are anonimous now.
As Downloadpath (=Desktop by default) I have made a folder on my desktop Mega2, because I don't want downloads scattered all over my desktop.
Should you wish to limit the downloadspeed you can check that box but I don't think it will be necessary as the program takes 90% of your capacity.
Pre-shared Keys:
Will be blank at start - will come back on that later when you are really downloading something.
Other tabs - don't bother !
Save the configuration. You're now ready for downloading.
As Downloadpath (=Desktop by default) I have made a folder on my desktop Mega2, because I don't want downloads scattered all over my desktop.
Should you wish to limit the downloadspeed you can check that box but I don't think it will be necessary as the program takes 90% of your capacity.
Pre-shared Keys:
Will be blank at start - will come back on that later when you are really downloading something.
Other tabs - don't bother !
Save the configuration. You're now ready for downloading.
Example download
Let's start a download1. Open your Mega account
2. Open the site you want to download from. As an example I've made a download for the Sims 3 all-in-one in 2 formats, .isol and .rar.
Click here to go the downloadsite
Let's start a download1. Open your Mega account
2. Open the site you want to download from. As an example I've made a download for the Sims 3 all-in-one in 2 formats, .isol and .rar.
Click here to go the downloadsite
When you have not opened your account, you will be prompted for the details, otherwise you now have the folder Sims 3 on your own cloud.
Now open the downloader and go back to your cloud
Right-click on a file and select Inspect link or something like that.
In this picture it is Bekijk Link.
Now open the downloader and go back to your cloud
Right-click on a file and select Inspect link or something like that.
In this picture it is Bekijk Link.
When you have right-clicked on Inspect link you see this:
Click on Copy and the link will be added in the downloader and the download will start
f you do not want this download you can of course cancel it in the Downloader .
Tutorial video's - when running click on the 2 diagonal arrows for full screen. ESC to return.
Step 1: Make an account
Step 2: Mega Downloader
Step 3: Transfer files to your disk
Step 4: Mount download in Poweriso