uTorrent is one of the best torrent downloaders not only for PC but also for smartphones. But the versatility it offers, especially on the desktop version, and today we’re going to take a look at two of those cool features.
First of all, we will see how you can move an unfinished download from one location to another on your PC without breaking the link in uTorrent. Next, we will look at how we can automatically schedule downloads.
The first trick can come in handy when you accidentally start downloading a large file on a drive that you can’t waste any more space on and you want to move the file without waiting for it to complete.
On the other hand, the scheduler is useful if you are on a limited data plan that only offers unlimited bandwidth at night (or a few hours) and you want to make the most of it.
So let’s see how you can change the download location of a file in uTorrent in the middle of the process and then we’ll look at scheduling downloads.
Move download halfway
Step 1: Open uTorrent and stop downloading the file you want to move to a new location. It’s important that you don’t just pause it, but stop it permanently. Once that’s done, quit the uTorrent client. To do so, open the system tray and right click on the uTorrent icon to select exit option.
Step 2: Once that’s done, open the folder where the file is being downloaded and move the file to the new destination manually. Just cut the file from the source and paste it in the new location. If you get any file locking errors while transferring, make sure uTorrent is not running on your system.
Step 3: After you have moved the file to a new location, open uTorrent again and right-click on the unfinished download file that has just moved to the new location and select Advanced—>Set download location from the context menu.
Step 4: uTorrent will ask you to provide a new directory to download the file. Select the new destination folder that you moved half of the completed download to. After doing all that, open uTorrent, right click on the download again and select the option Force recheck. This will check the file for any consistency errors, and uTorrent will know exactly what percentage of the file is downloaded and how much space is currently left to download. Once the test is complete, start the download again.
So that’s how you can move an unfinished download to a new location to better manage your computer’s free space. Now let’s see how we can save bandwidth using download scheduler.
Schedule download queue
Step 1: To schedule downloads in uTorrent, click options menu and choose Interest. In Preferences, look for scheduling option and click on it to get started.
Step 2: Now check the option Turn on the scheduler to enable the scheduler board. One thing to note here is that the scheduler is not completely flexible and the 24 hours in 7 days are split into 1-hour chunks. So if you want, for example, to automatically start downloading only at 8pm and want it to stop at 6am, color the boxes appropriately using the annotations available inside. next to the boxes. You can also drag and fill boxes for easier access.
Step 3: You can also limit upload and download speed during scheduled time to control the bandwidth it consumes.
So which of the uTorrent tips above is more likely to help you?
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