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CuteFTP PC->Mac

CuteFTP=Most Popular? NOT.

It's shareware, and it's--okay. But WSFTP is by (millions) far the most used shareware/freeware FTP client.

And nobody uses most of the features of CuteFTP--they seem to be there for show.
 
Originally posted by jamilecrire

I use Fugu instead. It is excellent and puts the S in SFTP.
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Well, I wouldn't call it excellent, but it's free and I too use it for sftp tranfers.


Fetch is good but not free.
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There's a free edu licence.
 
Re: Re: Why would we need CuteFTP when we have Transmit?

Originally posted by 3xtrmn8r
Agreed on the whole Transmit thing. I love it. But as for ACDSee, I haven't found a suitable replacement yet. Does anyone have any suggestions? (not iPhoto or Preview, please)
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Check out "ViewIt" available from Versiontracker.com and Macupdate.com

Being a big fan of ACDSee on the Windows side, I've found ViewIt to be my savior when it comes to porn viewing on my Mac. :)

As for CuteFTP, I can only see this as a good thing. If you don't like it, fine, but I can't see any bad thing about a Windows developer deciding they want to code for the Mac. Who knows who's to follow?

*edited to include topic relevant information
 
There is also Macsftp which I know one person use though as I said before I use Fugu. And there is Netfinder which I haven't yet seen mentioned here.
 
Re: Re: Why would we need CuteFTP when we have Transmit?

Originally posted by 3xtrmn8r
Agreed on the whole Transmit thing. I love it. But as for ACDSee, I haven't found a suitable replacement yet. Does anyone have any suggestions? (not iPhoto or Preview, please)
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ACDSee for MacOSX is really slooooow....
Graphic Converter is a perfect candidat for me.

I have to agree WS-FTP is the most used in Windows.
 
As for CuteFTP, I can only see this as a good thing. If you don't like it, fine, but I can't see any bad thing about a Windows developer deciding they want to code for the Mac. Who knows who's to follow?
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I second this completely. What's with all the self-righteousness and snobby holier-than-thou-art attitudes? How can there possibly be anything bad whatsoever with a Windows developer porting a previously Windows-only program to the Mac? I was a hardcore Mac fan for most of my childhood, but I switched to the PC back in the mid-90s because of the Mac's dearth of software. Now that Apple's on a roll, I'm definitely planning on switching back once the new PBs are released, but the only thing I'll miss about that wretched PC is going into a CompUSA and realizing that almost anything I want to buy will run on my computer. No matter how beautifully crafted and superior the MacOS may be, Windows still holds the edge in the sheer amount of software available, and that's a really big edge to hold.

Anyway, to cut a long rant short, we should be embracing CuteFTP's port to the Mac, not talking smack.
 
Re: No "Fetch" fans?

Originally posted by SlowX
To be honest, I've using Fetch 4 for quite a while, ever since, like, it was the only game in town.

I'm not a big fan of Fetch although it did get the job done, but I am curious about some of these others you've mentioned here, like Transmit. I will certainly check them out!

:)

--t
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I, too, have used Fetch forever. I have a free license of v4, and I've found it to be quite satisfactory. I am, however, intrigued by some of the features that I've heard about on these other FTP clients. The one thing that I've always had some difficulty with is paying for an FTP client when, one way or another, I have access to FTP for free.
 
Re: Re: Re: Two Mac OS Alternatives:

Originally posted by Codemonkey
Amen - the built-in Finder FTP in OS X looks like an attempt by a junior programmer... it _sometimes_ works, but in most cases it crashes Finder so hard for me I need to do a hard reboot...
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I've noticed that it's not that reliable, too. I really hope that they expand this functionality, and have a fully fledged FTP client built in to the Finder. Of course, there will still be market for other clients that offer more features than the Finder would, necessarily, offer.
 
say it with me, do we really need another ftp client? what are some features in cuteftp (that you commonly use) that other clients on the mac are lacking?

that aside, it's good that people are porting to the mac. perhaps others will see the light and follow suit.
 
Oooh goody - lots of new FTP programs I didn't know were out there. Currently using Transmit, which is ok - but just like the Mac OSX Finder - its a little too gui to get the job done efficiently.

On the other hand - for those of you looking for a replacement for the craploa ACDSee - look no further than iView Multimedia. The program is incredible, cleanly designed and excellent for archiving and keeping track of loads of images. I have over 5,000 digital photos organized with catalogs with this program. It is the best out there.

http://www.iview-multimedia.com/

It is everything iPhoto is not. And it allows you to catalog fonts, movies and god knows what else - and uses an excellent templating format that allows you to customize exactly the kind of html slideshow you want exported at the touch of a button. You can code it to the pixel - and use iViews special keywords to denote where the content should be placed.

Get it now.


Joe Rivera
NiftyLou.com
Weird Stuff for weird people.
 
Wait a sec.

I have Transmit.

I use Transmit for SFTP.

I'm wondering how you guys missed that. It's a neat little interface element called a 'dropdown', in which you select 'SFTP'.

- oZ
 
What's curious is that nobody I know on the Mac platform seems to be aware of Vicomsoft's FTP client which is light-years ahead of anything else on the Mac platform (yes, including Transmit which has admittedly improved enormously over the last year and is almost as good as Vicomsoft's client at this point.)

I used to work on an NT box where one of my duties was web site administration for my employer. We had an FTP client there that laid waste to anything I've seen on the Mac. It's definitely an area where developers need to get on the ball. The FTP client we used was called FTP Voyager and came with a companion program FTP Scheduler that allowed you to (yep) easily schedule uploads, downloads, synchronizations (both remote and local) and whatnot. (And yes, I know you can write Applescripts on the Mac to do the same, but this was all done through a simple GUI--like the Mac should.) Nothing, unfortunately, on the Mac competes with that.
 
Originally posted by drbyers
none of them hold a candle to Panic's Transmit FTP.
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We Mac users need to stop being so defensive. Believe it--the FTP clients on Windows lay waste to anything on the Mac. I'm not trolling. I'm a Mac user; have been for 10+ years. FTP clients on the Mac like Transmit are great little programs for individuals and maybe small businesses, but for large-scale use, they fall flat on their face and lack the real power-user features that are common on Windows FTP clients. There simply isn't anything on the Mac side to compete. You have to write combinations of Applescripts, shell scripts, CRON tasks, etc. to even get close and that is a lot of work that you frequently don't have time to do on a big web site. You need the right too and that's an easy-to-use GUI on an FTP client that gives access to a rich set of powerful features (you know, the very thing we Mac users like to claim our platform is all about?) I'm very happy to see that developers are finally starting to move into this area. It's long-overdue.
 
Re: Wait a sec.

Originally posted by outZider I'm wondering how you guys missed that. It's a neat little interface element called a 'dropdown', in which you select 'SFTP'.
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Really? Unfortunately, it's a neat little letter called 'S' on the wrong side of the 'FTP'.

I was talking about SSL (TLS, not implicit) not SSH. As far as sftp is concerned, I use cl scp or fugu, since Transmit is not free and I'm not paying for ftp clients that don't offer the features I need.
 
I'll second that

Originally posted by gopher
Some webhosts require sftp. I found Fugu to be very good at that:

http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/
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Yeah, Fugu does not suck. And it's an ongoing development effort so it will only improve. And it's free.

<flamebait>
Besides, why are people using unsecure FTP? And if your hosting provider doesn't support SSH, why are you hosting with them...?
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Transmit

I'm glad to see so many people know the blessed application known as Transmit. :) I used Fetch 3 back on OS 8/9, but Fetch 4 seemed pretty unintuitive to me, so I stopped using it. Transmit was much better for me.

Back when I used to use Windows, I tried out CuteFTP early on, but it didn't do anything to really impress me. The last time I used Windows, I was missing some great Mac apps like BBEdit and Transmit. Any of the FTP clients I could find for Windows were pretty awful, and I did not like their interface. WS_FTP95 wasn't too bad, but their more recent versions stink (IMO).
 
Re: Re: No Interarchy comments?

Originally posted by arn
I still use Interarchy. It was one of the first OS X native FTP clients... so I registered it shortly after I made the move to OS X.

arn
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I love Interarchy. It never gives me any trouble. I bought it a while ago - vrs 5 - and have been given 1 free upgrade to 6 and at least 3 updates.

However I am glad , and welcome any software that is developed or ported over to OS X. I think it demontrates that it can be done - quicker than expected too - and in the long run will create healthy competition. Example: Lower those prices, or improve those features.

Bring it all on!
 
FTP programs

I just use ftp in terminal. But then again I don't use it often.

What can I say, I'm cheap. It's free and already installed.

Jaedreth
 
My Choice FTP and SFTP Clients

With OS X, I use the command line "ftp" and "sftp" for all my file transfer needs. I am using OS 10.1.5 and it comes prepackaged with both command line ftp and sftp included.

Some quirks I discovered with OS X.1.5's "ftp" is that when operated through a NAT -enabled DSL router, I need to specifically use "passive" mode to avoid locking up the terminal. Also, with my company's firewall, "ftp" just plain won't work with some hosts.

OS X.1.5's "sftp" works pretty well for me, but for large files, I miss ftp's hash feature where you see the # mark printed to let you know that the transfer is alive and get a sense of how fast things are going.

In my pre-OS X days, I used Fetch a lot, and also tried Netfinder.

I tried WS_FTP before on the Windows side, but thought it "overkill" for what I need to do. (I have also used command line ftp and tftp "Trivial File Transfer Protocol" clients in the DOS world... very simple tools, but they get the job done.)

Like many of you, I think porting more pro-level FTP clients to OS X can't hurt. If you don't like it, don't use it. It's not like it's crowding out your favorite FTP client or do you any harm.

Personally, I would like to see OS X Finder incorporate FTP and SFTP just like it handles iDisk and AppleShare volumes from a GUI perspective.
 
Re: Re: Why would we need CuteFTP when we have Transmit?

Originally posted by 3xtrmn8r
Agreed on the whole Transmit thing. I love it. But as for ACDSee, I haven't found a suitable replacement yet. Does anyone have any suggestions? (not iPhoto or Preview, please)
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Ooops, missed that someone else recommended iView Media Pro first...I'd like to second that recommendation...I think it's really great software.

I could see how even though Transmit is really awesome for low-end use, it would be nice to have something with features that didn't require AppleScript or other hacks to do what is needed sometimes. If CuteFTP does this for the Mac, great.
 
Originally posted by mangoduck
say it with me, do we really need another ftp client? what are some features in cuteftp (that you commonly use) that other clients on the mac are lacking?
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Competition breeds innovation.

While CuteFTP coming to the Mac is not on par with the Messiah, it is still good news. Any additional competition amongst developers on the Mac is a good thing. AND, any additional Mac developers employed out there is a good thing.

Personally, I use WS-FTP in Windows and Trasmit on my Macs. And, fairly often on both systems, I fall down to "ftp" or even "curl" on the command line for quickie-transfers.

Then again, I'm not exactly an FTP "power user" either ...
 
Originally posted by inkswamp
What's curious is that nobody I know on the Mac platform seems to be aware of Vicomsoft's FTP client which is light-years ahead of anything else on the Mac platform (yes, including Transmit which has admittedly improved enormously over the last year and is almost as good as Vicomsoft's client at this point.)

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Vicomsoft's FTP Client looked decent. I tried the demo for a few days, and it seemed to have some good ideas going, but not enough for me to abandon Transmit (plus I have a license for Transmit).
 
unnecessary criticism, perhaps...

...but, why is the porting of an FTP client front page news?

Arn?

I mean...if it was something important like, I dunno...3D Studio Max or something, I'd understand, but a stupid little FTP app?

I'm not trolling...I'm kind of seriously asking this question.
 
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