How to Download Music With LimeWire
LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer file sharing client program that runs on Windows, Mac OS and Linux. Although there are no longer recent updates to the program, all versions 5.5.10 and prior are still available and fully operational. Downloading free music is still quite possible and easy to do.
- Download LimeWire. You can find it on many sites that offer the free download of version 5.5.10 and prior such as #mce_temp_url#.
- Find a file you are interested in and click it. Once you have the program installed downloading becomes very simple and easy. Click the download icon or double-click the file in order to download it. You may be promted by a message stating LimeWire's endorsement of a file. You should click Yes if this message appears. After this, the file will begin to download.
- Monitor the progress of the file as it downloads. LimeWire displays stats such as percentage, speed, size and time. It also displays the satus of the file in progress and how many hosts are on the file which are the number of individuals who have the file that you are dowloading. Limewire increases speed by dividing a file over hosts and combines each part as a whole.
When the file is finished downloading the status will read as complete. This means you are ready to start listening to your file. Now, you can keep it on your computer, iPod or MP3 player as well as other portable devices suitable for music playback.