Do I have a problem with this?

[Buddyboy]

Hello. I have been downloading for a while and thought I'd try uploading for many positive reasons. I never have any problems downloading and am reasonably computer adept but uploading seems to evade me. I created a torrent and uploaded it to TPB, my one and only torrent. It is a compilation of all episodes in Season 2 of The Paradise. I am on OSX Mavericks using Transmission. My torrent appeared in Transmission but it looks as though I am downloading my own torrent. It has been there for several days. In "Inspector" under "State" it shows "Downloading". It just does not look right. Can you tell me if I have uploaded properly, please? If not, perhaps you could remove the torrent and I will start from scratch again.

http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/9365670/T...e_Season_2

[kjf]

Make sure that "where" in the inspector is pointing to the torrent data. If not, stop the torrent, right-click on the torrent and "move data" and select the folder the data is in. When you resume, it should find the files and start seeding.

[Buddyboy]

Thanks, kjf. I checked and it was pointing to the correct data folder. Nonetheless, I paused the torrent (I could see no stop option) re-established the folder and started again. What troubles me is that transmission shows me downloading and seeding as though it were a simple download operation. My second effort at uploading, to see if I could manage a simple one, was to send a small rtf file to a friend via torrent. I created the folder, established the private torrent file and sent the torrent link to my friend to see if he could download it directly from me. No luck. However, that line in Transmission simply shows seeding, whereas the other file uploaded to TPB shows seeding and downloading. Clearly I am doing something wrong.

[kjf]

If you have confirmed Transmission is using the proper path to your data, try pausing the transfer, select "Verify Local Data" from the Transfers menu, and then resume it.

Unless you include a working tracker when creating private torrents, no one will ever be able to download it. You should just leave that option unchecked.

[Buddyboy]

Many thanks. My upload completed and is now an established torrent. I'm not sure I did everything right but I got there in the end.