I’m a very casual sailor, and not very tech savvy, but I’ve torrented and used magnet links in the past with no issues.
I found the file I’m looking for. But things have changed. The site I used doesn’t provide magnets anymore, only Rapidgator links (split into 5 rar files, this is going to take me days) for direct downloads .
Every other link I found sends me to torrent trackers I need to create an account for, such as RuTracker. Which I tried, and with different emails, (brand new emails) yet every time I get rejected. Why? What am I doing wrong? Do I need to wait a couple of hours after creating the account? Are the sites not accepting registrations anymore?
Same issue with that tracker.
Try another tracker like 1337x or even better try to get in some private trackers. Alternatively get usenet (paid service)