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Nice free FTP client for Mac?

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coleg

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I've been using Fetch but cannot seem to find the chmod commands. Or how to chmod files.

Do you guys recommend another free ftp client?
 
coleg said:
I've been using Fetch but cannot seem to find the chmod commands. Or how to chmod files.

Do you guys recommend another free ftp client?
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Cyberduck, Fugu... and then if you want to pay for something.. Transmit
 
I use Cyberduck, but I've also used another free program called RBBrowser that I liked pretty well. Anyway, to set permissions (CHMOD) in Fetch, just go to the Remote menu and select Set Permissions.
 
i use cyberduck and it seems to do everything i want pretty well! oh and its free!
 
Permissions

In fetch,

click file

goto remote menu

set permissions

then you can change the chmod in the dialog box

daniel
 
Transmit isn't free, but it's the only Mac FTP client that I really like much.
 
help!

I am looking for a FileZilla replacement on Mac OSX.

I need to be able to access
  • FTP (active/passive, various ports)
  • SFTP over SSH (again, various ports, thanks to overly paranoid sysadmin who believes in security through obscurity :( )
  • FTP over SSL with explicit encryption

Cyberduck does items 1 and 2, but I couldn't find, for the life of me, a way to get #3 working.

Does that mean I'll have to dust off XCode and get my first shot at objective-C and cocoa?
 
no matter which you wanna use, never try CuteFTP.

CuteFTP is just don't work at all, though it might be doing well under windows.

I used cuteftp, and everything looks fine but listing files. It will stuck at listing files and directories EVERY TIME, and just don't go on.

I suggest transmit. :)
 
I have both Cyberduck and Fetch, and I like both of them very much, and each one has its forte. (Cyberduck has a nice interface, but sucks at moving lots of files, Fetch has a shoddy interface but moves lots of files very quickly, etc. etc.)
 
brap said:
Seconded.
I use the latter, it does everything you could possibly want, and works (unlike Fugu). Pity is, it's slow as molasses and ugly as sin.
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I use RBrowserLite on a daily basis... it's improved a lot speedwise over the past year or two (although it's still ugly). I don't find it to be that slow anymore (unlike Fugu which is just unusable). I also like the fact that you can have folders appear at the top of a file listing so they're easy to find. Transmit doesn't have that feature.

I also like Interarchy a lot... it's definitely faster than RBrowserLite, but it's $39 so I haven't bought it.
 
When I conect using the connect to server command, it'll mount the ftp site but I won't be able to upload anything to it. :(
 
btw: I was actually talking about putting in the ftp address in safari. when I go to go:connect to server it doesn't do it cause it needs a password :p
 
kettle said:
RBrowserLite anyone?
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Posts 9,10, and 13 cover it.

I'll also throw my vote in for RBrowserLite. I use this, Fugu for SFTP, and terminal on a regular basis. So they are the "best" looking, but they are free, right?

Was this even a vote? :D
 
having been entrenched in PC world for a bit, FTP programs were the one thing that I having a hard time with in the Mac world. I mean, I remembered about Fetch from way back when, but Fetch never made much sense to me.

when I first re-entered Mac-land from PC-land, I used Bulletproof FTP -- it has a PC version as well, which works fine, I suppose. WS-FTP had no ported Mac version and there was no way I was using CuteFTP.

after trying out many (many!) FTP programs, I think you're not going to do much better than Transmit. it's solid. and sure, it's $30 but my dad always said, you pay for what you get.

just my $.02.
 
Whotheheck said:
When I conect using the connect to server command, it'll mount the ftp site but I won't be able to upload anything to it. :(
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Yeah, same thing happens for me. :( I was wondering if this was maybe because it doesn't support secure FTP (or something)... although I've only tried it with one FTP site and I don't know if that was secure or not.

Sorry, I could be talking carp here... am not very knowlegable about this. Ever since I realised that FTP was available in the termainal command line, I've not found the need to look any further.

Regards
Superleccy
 
skipperchong said:
after trying out many (many!) FTP programs, I think you're not going to do much better than Transmit. it's solid. and sure, it's $30 but my dad always said, you pay for what you get.
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I tried the newest version of Transmit and had a problem where the file listing of a large folder (with over 2000 files) wouldn't display properly. It seems for now, the best thing for me to use is still RBrowserLite.... not that it doesn't have bugs of its own, but none that prevent me from getting my work done like the problem I had with Transmit.
 
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