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Better FTP client?

VPrime

VPrime

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I cant stand Cyberducks interface, does any have a better suggestion?
My favourite FTP client on windows was FlashFXP, is there a similar program for OSX?

Thanks.
 
Why not use the OS X built in ftp? In other words, from the Finder click on Go and then Connect to Server and then enter an ftp:// URL including username and password if necessary. Then you get a finder window of the ftp mount.

Also, last time I tried any of the GUI based ftp apps like Fetch, they had horrendously slow transfer rates, as much as 2-3x slower than command line. So if you aren't going to use the Finder ftp, then I recommend going command line, such as lftp. It can do ftp, scp, as well as other protocols and has means for batching and resumption of partial transfers.
 
Thanks, FileZilla seems to be the way to go. Transmit also seems nice, but filezilla is free ;)

as for using the built in client, I never gave it a chance.. To be honest, the windows built in one sucked and left a bad taste in my mouth ;) Plus 3rd party apps seem to offer some nicer features.
 
jw2002 said:
Why not use the OS X built in ftp? In other words, from the Finder click on Go and then Connect to Server and then enter an ftp:// URL including username and password if necessary. Then you get a finder window of the ftp mount.

Also, last time I tried any of the GUI based ftp apps like Fetch, they had horrendously slow transfer rates, as much as 2-3x slower than command line. So if you aren't going to use the Finder ftp, then I recommend going command line, such as lftp. It can do ftp, scp, as well as other protocols and has means for batching and resumption of partial transfers.
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Because the OS X built in ftp is read only. You can't upload.

I use YummyFTP.

-Kevin
 
How about using the ftp client from the command line. It has all the features that you would need.

Open a terminal and type ftp somebody@ftpserver.com

then follow the bouncing ball...(okay, so there is no ball, but still easy enough to use)

Cheers
 
I'll add my vote for Filezilla.

- It's free
- It looks like a traditional FTP client
- It rocks
 
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It has the same left/right split view as the commercial app you used on Windows and is around the same price ($25.00 vs $29.50).
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Turmoil said:
Awww, yes - I see what you're saying. From the finder you can't. I use the built in ftp via terminal :)
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Gotcha.....yeah thought maybe we were confusing the two. I use sftp from the command line all the time. I was referring to the crappy Finder implementation of ftp :mad:

-Kevin
 
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