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# Managing your transfers

- Torrent files contain information about the actual file you want to download (eg a movie), and connect you to the swarm of peers sharing it.
- Transmission can watch a certain folder (eg your Safari download folder) for torrent files and then open them automatically via Preferences >> Transfers >> General.
- By default, Transmission deletes the original torrent file upon opening. If you remove a transfer, in order to resume it you will need to reopen the original torrent file in Transmission. Simply choose 'Save a Torrent Copy as' from the File menu before deletion to avoid having to download the torrent file again.
- Once your download is complete, you can set a default ratio to automatically seed to, and then pause. This can be adjusted in Preferences >> Transfers >> Management, or in real time using the Action menu.
- Both seeding and downloading transfers can be queued, and Transmission can skip over stalled transfers, in order to maximise queuing efficiency. Queuing can be configured in Preferences >> Transfers >> Management.