So, yeah: Do you save your torrent files or delete them after you’ve added them to your favorite torrent client? Why? Not the underlying data, just the torrent files themselves.
I’m undecided. I figure if I save them and back them up to an offline/offsite device, then I can (mostly/hopefully) recover from hardware failure by simply re-adding all the torrent files to my favorite client. The downside is deciding how to organize them.
I’d love to hear from the community on this.
I have it set in QBittorent to delete them automatically when added. I like to stay tidy. Actually, I probably use more magnet torrents than regular, no mess, no fuss.
I stay away from torrent files, preferring magnet links only. Seconding the other user’s suggestion of backing up appdata to preserve your torrent library.
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Private trackers commonly use torrent files.
I’ve migrated servers a few times and it’s come in handy to have qbitorrent save them to a single folder I can move.
I generally have a couple thousand torrents running keeping some very old stuff alive. I’d rather have them around for server migrations to keep that going, move the data, load the torrent, force recheck.
