cyberduck is where its at. Free, stable, easy to use. I have been using it since transmit decided to charge for their product.
And they very well deserve to charge for it.
What does Transmit do which justifies the money they want for it? I could name dozens of free feature-rich FTP clients for Windows or Linux.
I've always found it funny how Mac users are happy to pay for basic applications which should be free. Probably the worst one I've come across is AppZapper - you need to pay for a program which does nothing except delete other programs?![]()
What does Transmit do which justifies the money they want for it? I could name dozens of free feature-rich FTP clients for Windows or Linux.
I've always found it funny how Mac users are happy to pay for basic applications which should be free.
I always find it funny how people like you seem to think software creates itself and should automatically be free. You're not a developer, are you? Just because some apps are free doesn't mean all should be. Stop being an idiot. How about you spend hundreds or thousands of hours on something -- something at which you're a professional, not a hobbyist -- and then have people berate you for charging for it?
Great responseI'm a professional software engineer currently working on a real-world commercial project in .NET. I also do Java development. I think I know what's involved in developing software.
I've worked on open-source projects in the past devoting considerable amounts of my personal time for absolutely no monetary gain what-so-ever, so don't give me that crap.
Maybe you should get your facts straight before replying next time.
Good for you. Want a cookie? I always love it when people start spewing their resumes on here...usually the ones who do it are full of you-know-what. So stuff your indignation and "don't give me that crap."
But Transmit isn't open source, so who are you to say it "should be free"?
No built-in ftp client on OSX. I wish there was one, though.
seanneko said:I've always found it funny how Mac users are happy to pay for basic applications which should be free.
You may want to consider just using a browser. Just use the ftp://website.com format, it'll ask you for login info. However, I haven't seen many browsers that'll lay down SSL automatically in an ftp session, i.e. SFTP. For all of that I use yummy ftp.
But OSx has a wealth of secure file sharing protocols built in that you may be interested in. NFS, SMB all all the IPSec layers are all there for you. You've just got to setup your servers and you're all set.
And don't forget AppleTalk and the Bonjour thing - especially if you're sharing Macs. OSx isn't real good with remote volume management however, but it's not what Macs are really meant to do. They are basically personal workstations and you'll need some presentation layers between you and the storage. I was REALLY hoping the new Time Machine stuff would be NAS/FTP/NFS/SMB ready, but alas. Mac's are just workstations.
Finally, most admins use the SSH layers to copy files and ensure IpSec at the same time, such as SCP and what not. In fact, most servers have FTP disabled long ago for security reasons and you are forced to use encryption/authentication layers to get to some data somewhere. Once you get into the grove it becomes real easy.
ftp:// only works on PC not MAC.
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HUH? Nonsense.
Where on earth did you get that damn silly idea?
http://macenstein.com/default/archives/885
No native support in Leopard. Never has been in panther or tiger either.
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