General Tips

Power Mode:
Are you a power user who likes to get the most out of their software or are you a eTomi user that wants to see a little more? If so, you may want to try out Power Mode. Power Mode enables you to view many more things and makes the interface much more powerful.

To try power mode go into View > Power Mode. You may change back at any time by going into View > Normal Mode.

Selecting Multiple Items:
eTomi features the standard use of the CTRL and SHIFT key to select multiple items in all the lists. Like if you want to select multiple sources to forget them, or something similar, you could click on one, and then with the shift key select a group of them. With SHIFT it will select all the items in between, so you click on one, and then shift + click on another one, and all the items in the middle would be selected, with the exception of search results where the shift key would act as the ctrl key. With CTRL key you can select multiple items one by one, so you hold down ctrl and at the same time click on the items that you want to highlight, they will be highlighted at the same time.

Download Tips

Download groups:
If you are in the power mode, eTomi features a new useful functionality. It will allow you to choose file extensions so that downloading files are automatically categorized, and you can even choose the folder where they would go once downloaded. You can also move files among these groups by manually dragging and dropping them, so you can take a file, and drop it over the group where you want it to go.

Change the BitTorrent tracker:
eTomi allows to change the tracker URL that is managing your current BitTorrent transfer. To do this you can right click on the file you are downloading, and go to Advanced > Torrent Info... in the dialog that appears you will be presented with some information about the transfer, including the URL for the tracker, there you can change it. However, be careful, this can mess up your torrent download, if the new tracker chosen does not have the file, the file will not continue to download. In this case you should switch back to your previous tracker.

Download Percentage:
To see how much of a file you have downloaded, eTomi includes an option to see the total amount downloaded, right there in the progress bar. This option is disabled by default. To turn it on, go into the Advanced Section of the eTomi settings, find "Downloads.ShowPercent" and highlight it. Change the value to "1". Press Ok. You should now see a green bar near the top of the progress bar that shows the total amount downloaded, much like eMule.

Searching

Cleaning up search results:
Sometimes when you perform a search, you get back search results that are not useful. These can be hidden by selecting them (or a group of them), and pressing the delete key.

Advance Your Searching:
Useful tips to take full advantage of eTomi’s searching capabilities here.

Misc

Upgrading:
Did you know that you can close the Quick start wizard? at any time by just clicking the X? This is useful if you are upgrading to a new version of eTomi, or just reinstalling it, and don't want to lose your settings (like port, connection speed, etc.)

Gwebcache, host, and .met file links:
eTomi supports the use of eTomi:gwc:URL to add gwebcaches, URL is replaced with the address of the Gwebcache. You can also use the links eTomi:meturl:URL to add new server.met file services. Also the links gnutella:host:address (address is an url, or an ip address) will open a dialog box that asks to either connect to that host, or to browse that user. These links are used in the same way as magnets.

eTomi 's Security Features:
You can easily block IP addresses of unwanted hosts using eTomi 's security window. Press F7 to access it and right click to view its options.