[alligator]

I'm looking for the easiest to use free ftp software for my new mac. I've heard about "fetch", but know nothing about it.

Any suggestions?

[Art Vandelay]

Fetch isn't free unless you are in education. Transmit is nice, but it isn't free either. There are probably some other FTP clients out there that are free. Search MacUpdate or VersionTracker for FTP clients and try them until you find one you like.

[Diggory Laycock]

cyberduck

[sushiism]

transmit 1.7, gotta be 1.7

[voyageur]

Originally posted by sushiism:
transmit 1.7, gotta be 1.7

Transmit is good, but it isn't free. Costs about $25 US.

[Macola]

RBrowser Lite Basic, easy, free.

[PubGuy]

Cyberduck -- open source. Latest version is VERY user friendly. Very nice package. Here's the link to MacUpdate:

http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/8392

[kennedy]

Uhh, I just use 'ftp' from Terminal.
Its free and easy. Perhaps not pretty, but 'ftp' is pretty darn simple... after 30s of learning time, you can do whatever you want, absolutely reliably.

But then I'm an old Unix hack, so my opinion is probably suspect.


Brian

[gatorparrots]

LifTP
http://www.liftp.net

FTP Thingy
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~cthulhu...hingy/app.html

[mishap]

i've always used ncftp (available through Fink)

a bitter better than the normal command line ftp ( a lot better).

[Adam Betts]

Originally posted by kennedy:
Uhh, I just use 'ftp' from Terminal.
Its free and easy. Perhaps not pretty, but 'ftp' is pretty darn simple... after 30s of learning time, you can do whatever you want, absolutely reliably.

But then I'm an old Unix hack, so my opinion is probably suspect.

Oh please, not another "You should use Terminal. It's faster and easier" post.

NOT EVERYONE WANT OR KNOW HOW TO USE TERMINAL. Got it?

[RevEvs]

Try Fugu. Easy and Free.

revs

[kennedy]

Originally posted by Adam Betts:
Oh please, not another "You should use Terminal. It's faster and easier" post.

NOT EVERYONE WANT OR KNOW HOW TO USE TERMINAL. Got it?

Sheesh... I wasn't calling for wholesale adoption of Terminal as your best friend... I never said it was faster or easier... just free and easy enough... just pointing out that command-line ftp is indeed there and fairly easy to use... in case the poster didn't know... lots of people don't know about many of the things available via Terminal. No need to learn Terminal!

In fact, I admitted that its ugly. I never advocated it over any of the other ftp options. Just informed him that it is there, pretty darn easy, and free.

Open up Terminal.
Type:

cd ~/Desktop
ftp [name of host or IP numbers of host]
[user name when prompted]
[password when prompted]
cd [remote-directory-name]
get [remote-filename]

That's all there is to it. Ugly, but easy enough.

A few other ftp commands that might be useful:
ls -- lists the contents of the remote directory
binary -- tells it to download in binary mode
ascii -- tells it to download in ascii mode
put [filename] -- uploads a file from Desktop

The shareware options are way prettier... just thought I'd make this option available to you, if you didn't already know about it.

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by kennedy:
Sheesh... I wasn't calling for wholesale adoption of Terminal as your best friend... I never said it was faster or easier... just free and easy enough... just pointing out that command-line ftp is indeed there and fairly easy to use... in case the poster didn't know... lots of people don't know about many of the things available via Terminal. No need to learn Terminal!

In fact, I admitted that its ugly. I never advocated it over any of the other ftp options. Just informed him that it is there, pretty darn easy, and free.

Open up Terminal.
Type:

cd ~/Desktop
ftp [name of host or IP numbers of host]
[user name when prompted]
[password when prompted]
cd [remote-directory-name]
get [remote-filename]

That's all there is to it. Ugly, but easy enough.

A few other ftp commands that might be useful:
ls -- lists the contents of the remote directory
binary -- tells it to download in binary mode
ascii -- tells it to download in ascii mode
put [filename] -- uploads a file from Desktop

The shareware options are way prettier... just thought I'd make this option available to you, if you didn't already know about it.

That's fine. It's just that some people on here have a tendency to enter threads about FTP clients and post things like "You mean you can't use commands like put and get?? You can only drag and drop? Is that what you're saying??!" so people tend to get sort of irritable when others drop in and recommend the Terminal when they're asking about FTP clients.

[Scarpa]

Originally posted by CharlesS:
so people tend to get sort of irritable when others drop in and recommend the Terminal when they're asking about FTP clients.

Except he DIDN'T recommend the Terminal. He recommended the free CLI ftp client built into pretty much any Unix (oh and windows too) OS. In the case of Mac OS it happens to be accessed via the terminal app.

I fail to see how irritating it is to point out an available solution. I also fail to understand people's animosity towards the terminal in general. It's just another tool just like anything else on your computer.

[CharlesS]

Originally posted by Scarpa:
Except he DIDN'T recommend the Terminal. He recommended the free CLI ftp client built into pretty much any Unix (oh and windows too) OS. In the case of Mac OS it happens to be accessed via the terminal app.

I fail to see how irritating it is to point out an available solution. I also fail to understand people's animosity towards the terminal in general. It's just another tool just like anything else on your computer.

I wasn't saying it was his fault. I'm just pointing out that the existence of flame wars like this one that really made me angry last year causes people to get a little edgy about this topic, so you can sometimes expect replies like that.