Hello: I recently was asked to edit a website that I had not touched for more than 4 years. What is your recommendation to upload and download files to the server?
Transmit It’s the best. Period.
Dave
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Lot of good discussion in this older thread:
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I have used Transmit for years. Can recommend it.
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Another option is FileZilla. It’s a cross-platform app (macOS, Windows and Linux). Not quite as friendly as Transmit, but if you use lots of different computers, you may find it useful to use the same app on all platforms.
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I also use Transmit. The user interface reminds me of Xtree for file managing on PCs in the DOS days.
I use MountainDuck for Dropbox access on computers running OS versions that Dropbox has stopped supporting.
I still use Fetch. It was on the floppy sent me by NSTN, the first public (non-university) internet access provider in Canada, with whom I was customer #17. It’s had a few upgrades since then, but is the only survivor of the software that was used back then (MacPPP, Eudora and Gopher were the others: this was pre-WWW.)
Now I have Transmit too, as Fetch isn’t updated often and I see the applets it creates are Intel (the app itself is universal) so unless it is updated again it may not work for me when we lose Rosetta 2.
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Another happy Cyberduck and Mountain Duck user here.
Another one for Transmit. I use FTP a lot – for running web sites and for file exchange – and have tried several apps. Transmit works like the Finder, and the creation of droplets makes using it extremely efficient. I even use it instead of the Finder for some things, particularly changing permissions on files or showing invisible files (for example, the stray files left behind when MS-Word crashes).
Thank you. That’s what I am going to use.
Thanks for the information about Fetch. Where and what are the Intel applets it creates? I emailed the author to ask if he’s updating Fetch again, but haven’t heard back.
You can save a connection to an FTP server using File>Save Droplet Shortcut, then pick where to save it. I have a couple in the dock that are for quick access to a couple of forums I run. I click on them and Fetch opens the folder on the server that I want, without asking me for details or to enter passwords (all saved in the droplet). I can drag a file onto the droplet and it will be automatically uploaded.
Transmit has the same feature. In the server list (centre pane of the default window) right click on a server and select Save as Droplet from the drop down menu. Transmit’s droplets are Universal, and when you save one you have the option of saving the password or not.