I have just purchased my first ever iMac and would like to know what is the best ftp client to purchase. I'm used to flashfxp from my previous windows machine. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Stuart
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FTP Client Suggestion
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I've used Fetch since I switched to Macs 8 years ago.
It's been troublefree and does everything I need.
The people I know who work in big post houses and transfer huge files also use Fetch.
It's been troublefree and does everything I need.
The people I know who work in big post houses and transfer huge files also use Fetch.
It's not free, but Transmit is an exceptional client for SFTP, WebDAV, and even S3:
http://panic.com/transmit/
http://panic.com/transmit/
I've used a few and find that filezilla is a more than decent piece of software with regular updates. What I appreciate is that it has easy access features often only associated with Windows based FTP software but remains quite OSX friendly.
The above suggestions are all good. I'd add that I've always liked https://cyberduck.io ...it's not free but it's a nice user-friendly GUI, if that's what you're after.
Also, don't forget that if you just download files with FTP then you can use "Connect to Server" from Finder's "Go" menu and connect to ftp sites a you would any AFP share. Bear in mind that you can't upload though.
Also, if you're comfortable with the command line and you're feeling old-school then you can do all your FTPing from the Terminal.
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_use_ftp_through_command_line_mac_os_x
Also, don't forget that if you just download files with FTP then you can use "Connect to Server" from Finder's "Go" menu and connect to ftp sites a you would any AFP share. Bear in mind that you can't upload though.
Also, if you're comfortable with the command line and you're feeling old-school then you can do all your FTPing from the Terminal.
http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/how_use_ftp_through_command_line_mac_os_x
CyberDuck
The above suggestions are all good. I'd add that I've always liked https://cyberduck.io ...it's not free but it's a nice user-friendly GUI, if that's what you're after.
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CyberDuck is donation-ware.... so you pay if you want, and however much you want. But it does work quite well.
(and no I am not affliated with them)
I like YummyFTP. Tried FileZilla but didn't like the way it worked. I used to use WS-FTP on Windows but it was not available in a Mac version. Try a couple and see what works best for you.
Ah hah! A good point. It's worth noting that you *have* to pay if you get it from the Mac App Store. However, its donationware if you get it direct from the CyberDuck website as SDDave2007 rightly points out.
I would recommend ForkLift too, and it looks like ForkLift is on sale according to the developers' tweet: https://twitter.com/BinaryNights/status/587615859004284928
FileZilla is what I tend to choose. It's open-source, actively maintained, compact, resource-respectful and quite reliable. It may not be the prettiest piece of software, but the price is right, and it's nicely functional for what I need to do.
It's free, so you might as well give it a try. https://filezilla-project.org
Even if you end up choosing other utilities like Transmit, you may find that you keep it around like I do.
It's free, so you might as well give it a try. https://filezilla-project.org
Even if you end up choosing other utilities like Transmit, you may find that you keep it around like I do.
