Soulseek for Mac OSX
May 10, 2004 | 
20 Comments
I spent quite a bit of time mucking around with terminal, Fink, X11 and the OSX developer tools this weekend trying to get Nicotine, the OSX version of Soulseek, to work. I couldn’t do it, even using the moron instructions.
Then, today, I came across this very easy to install and run version. It was up and running lickety-split.
I really, really wish people would title their pages better. I wasted hours on something that, if I’d have been able to find it, would have taken me all of about 10 minutes to get up and running.
For those of you who don’t know, Soulseek is a pretty nifty free file sharing application. If you’re looking for an alternative to Acquisition or Limewire you should give it a try. It’s still very beta but seems to work decently and at the very least it offers another option for file sharing to Mac users.
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Comments
1. Ethan said:
Awesome. I’d been missing Soulseek since switching over to the OSX laptop.
You rock, Keith — thanks.
Posted on May 11, 2004 03:57 AM | #
2. jens said:
Does souseek use a different net than Acquisition (gnutella)??? And if so, is at as big as the gnutella net??
BR jens :)
Posted on May 11, 2004 06:53 AM | #
3. Keith said:
Ethan - No problem.
jens - I think it does, but I don’t know. I do know that I can find things I couldn’t find before and it give the option to download whole folders, etc. Give it a look…
Posted on May 11, 2004 10:25 AM | #
4. Chris Vincent said:
I’ve used pretty much every Mac P2P I could find. Haven’t tried Nicotine yet (hadn’t found it till now :)), but I’ll give it a shot.
I’ve been pretty satisfied with Poisoned (http://www.gottsilla.net/poisoned.php). Give it a shot. It connects to FastTrack (the Kazaa network), Gnutella, and a few others. Future versions promise to add new networks to the program.
I don’t usually like the multi-protocol programs, but Poisoned just does it for me.
The other one I’ve tried which works pretty well is Drumbeat (http://www.drumbeat.info/). However, the program is thick-headed and slow, even on my new Mac (which is at least two years younger than the program in question), and the interface is absolutely hideous. And, of course, there’s a price (too high, considering the functional competition is free).
Posted on May 11, 2004 02:41 PM | #
5. punksjumpup said:
All of a sudden my nicotine has stopped working, the .app opens but the whole app screen is just greyed out - does anyone have any ideas ??
please.
Posted on May 24, 2004 01:35 PM | #
6. Option Click said:
Excellent - I’d been using Virtual PC with Soulseek up until I found this, which (obviously) was a bit of a pain.
Easy to set up and use and a much easier install than other versions I’ve seen.
Posted on June 15, 2004 07:06 AM | #
7. chingirl said:
A million thank you’s. Fink and its variants had very nearly done my head. Let me know if you need a kidney or someone to bear your children.
Posted on July 12, 2004 08:46 AM | #
8. ssta said:
New to mac but old user of soulseek on pc.
Is this the best way to get soulseek as I don’t want to mess up my new mac?
Are there any other projects/applications worth waiting for to get soulseek?
Are there any mac oxs music sharers with the same kind of (dance) music on?
Latest comments would be appreciated
Posted on July 28, 2004 06:17 AM | #
9. zebranought said:
Thanks for the invaluable advice re Soulseek. Easy to use/Install with easy to use readme files etc. The other option via Fink and Terminal und OSX where far to complicated and instable. I am new to Soulseek on Mac. I have been using Aquisition/iSwipe before. Keep up the good work - Cheers
Posted on July 28, 2004 11:08 AM | #
10. bobbylove said:
Question: Is this a Panther-only solution? I’m running 10.2.8 at the moment…
Posted on August 13, 2004 11:46 AM | #
11. Crap said:
I tried the simple click-and-run version. it just launches X11 then quits.
Posted on August 17, 2004 02:39 PM | #
12. Particle said:
I’ve been using SolarSeek all day. works great and you don’t have to get all geeky and run the risk of screwing up your mac. I’m running Panther. Not sure if it works as well on older OSX versions.
Posted on August 22, 2004 11:45 PM | #
13. Rumi said:
Thank and bless the soul that posted this. I am a moron and it took me such a long time to figure out how to get soulseek on my powerbook. And this was so clear and to the point. Not having Soulseek on my computer was the only downer for me trying to ween off Windows. Thanks much buddy!!!!
a finally recovering pc user,
Rumi
Posted on September 11, 2004 09:36 PM | #
14. anna said:
Thanks for all the above info. I have downloaded X11, and Nicotine from this link, and it kind of works. But it is slow and sometimes doesn’t come up with anything when i search, when i know that it should.
In the bottom of the window it says: ‘Note: exact filename searches are disabled at the moment’. I don’t know if this is relevant to the programme not really working, but does anyone have any suggestions?
Cheers
Anna
Posted on September 16, 2004 09:41 AM | #
15. ag211 said:
I think solarseek is the most user friendly, easy to set up app for soul seek.. No need for x11 and other additional fiddling. it’s the way it was meant to be.
http://www.fejta.com/solarseek/
Posted on November 1, 2004 07:51 AM | #
16. beschaving said:
now there’s ssx, a new os x native client
http://chris.schleifer.net/ssX/
http://chris.schleifer.net/ssX/downloads/ssX-1.0b1.dmg
Posted on December 27, 2004 03:38 AM | #
17. jennifer said:
anyone know if there is a version of nicotine 1.0.8 as easy as this one to install?
Posted on January 31, 2005 02:56 PM | #
18. plebean said:
has anyone here been able to run it on 10.2.8?? with an older ver of X11 maybe?
Posted on February 26, 2005 12:37 PM | #
19. Oliver Sutton said:
Reading this page took me back to the age of 10 on christmas eve.
Not being able to connect / get online was like getting a pair of socks on the big day.
Can anybody help me?
I have downloaded both Nicotine and x11 but it would seem I am not connected.
What do I have to do to get searching..
Posted on March 9, 2005 02:14 AM | #
20. Philip said:
SolarSeek (http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24176) is much easier to get going. Nicotine is a bit of a hassle.
Posted on June 16, 2005 11:09 AM | #
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