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Velocity211
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Nov 11, 2006, 01:04 AM
 
What are some good free FTP clients for Mac OS X out there. I tried fireFTP but that did no good, it just wouldn't connect to the server, somehow though, I can connect to the server through a PC using ALFTP.
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Nov 11, 2006, 01:10 AM
 
Cyberduck
     
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Nov 11, 2006, 04:14 AM
 
Fugu.

There is also an FTP add-in for Firefox if you fancy doing it that way.
     
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Nov 11, 2006, 05:19 AM
 
Fugu is SFTP-only I think.

Also:
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Cyberduck

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Nov 11, 2006, 06:15 AM
 
Originally Posted by mindwaves
Do some type of file transfers:

1) Interarchy- application which supports FTP, SFTP. HTTP
2) RBrowser- application which supports FTP, SFTP, SSH, FTP-SSl/TLS
3) Transmit- a powerful, flexible, fast FTP client
4) Fetch - easy-to-use full featured FTP application
5) Cyberduck- SFTP, FTP application
6) Fugu- supports SFTP, SCP, and SSH
That is from the sticky thread that says "What program should I use if I need to..." I am too lazy to link it. In the actual thread, there are links to many of htose progs, though I am not sur ehow many still work.
     
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Nov 11, 2006, 08:42 AM
 
While its not free, I like Panic's Transmit app.
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Nov 11, 2006, 10:25 AM
 
If you need FTP for work, or you find yourself using it a lot then invest in Transmit its an excellent application.
     
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Nov 11, 2006, 11:40 AM
 
YummyFTP also is really really good.
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Nov 11, 2006, 01:46 PM
 
Originally Posted by philm View Post
There is also an FTP add-in for Firefox if you fancy doing it that way.
Right, which is fireFTP, which he said he tried.

OS X has a great ftp client built-in. Open Terminal and enter ftp.
     
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Nov 12, 2006, 01:45 AM
 
Cyberduck has never given me any problems, it feels like an OS X app, it just belongs. Oh did i mention it's open source?
     
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Nov 12, 2006, 03:13 AM
 
Thanks for all your help. Cyberduck is working great for me. BTW, for the widget, what am I supposed to put in for path?
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Nov 12, 2006, 03:16 AM
 
I'm mainly using CyberDuck because it's free (although if I had the money, I'd buy Transmit)... The only problem I have with it is that it seems slower than other FTP apps and it won't let me rename a file on my server! Other than that, I like the interface, etc... Are there any other free ones that do what I just said Cyberduck fails at?
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