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Good FTP program for OS X?
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Cyberduck is awesome. can easily handle the transfer of multiple files, albeit one after the other, and already skips .DS_Store files.
you can also use the FTP CLI with Terminal.
you can also use the FTP CLI with Terminal.
Honestly the speed is going to depend more on your connection than the program you use to upload it...
I'm loving Transmit - rock solid and very good for the price.
BTW, You can upload many files simultaneously if you add them to the queue.
BTW, You can upload many files simultaneously if you add them to the queue.
Not to hijack the thread but I was hoping you could recommend some FTP software for the following:
Set-up:
Local computer: OS/X SL (my first MAC, waiting on the Quad Core)
VPS: Windows 2003
I have software on the VPS which run weekly gathering data but varies as to the time of completion, so the server would have to be monitored to detect a change.
1. Automatically monitor & detect a change to a VPS folder
2. Download folder from VPS to local computer (folder name same on both boxes)
3. Rename the current local folder (ex. folder-todays-date) before downloading the most current version from the VPS
I have the same software on my OS/X box and analyze the data locally because it runs faster locally.
Any help is appreciated for a first time MAC convert.
Set-up:
Local computer: OS/X SL (my first MAC, waiting on the Quad Core)
VPS: Windows 2003
I have software on the VPS which run weekly gathering data but varies as to the time of completion, so the server would have to be monitored to detect a change.
1. Automatically monitor & detect a change to a VPS folder
2. Download folder from VPS to local computer (folder name same on both boxes)
3. Rename the current local folder (ex. folder-todays-date) before downloading the most current version from the VPS
I have the same software on my OS/X box and analyze the data locally because it runs faster locally.
Any help is appreciated for a first time MAC convert.
Well, I've compared Cyberduck and Transmit and Transmit really does seem faster overall. Not in sustained file transfer speeds but in general operations like moving through directories and uploading many very small files. Cyberduck just seemed to lag in everything it did.
Transmit is my fav but Flow looks pretty nice too.
If you use the queue in Transmit you can have simultaneous transfers.
I'd like to believe that cyberduck is great but every time I have used it the program fails. When I log onto my favorite ftp it shows all of the folders as empty and downloads an empty folder onto my machine. When I log into the ftp with any other software the folders are full and my downloads are complete. Anybody have any ideas as to why this is happening? I'd prefer to use cyberduck if anybody can help me I'd be stoked.
