Are people using ssh to move files around because they don't have macs? Or is there some advantage to using it (or disadvantage to using AFP) that I'm not aware of? Keep in mind, I mean just for moving things around and not running any command line utils or anything.
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SSH vs AFP?
- Thread starter YuriVoorhak
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i use afp beacuse its easily done via the finder GUI. ive always wanted to know how to do SSH over the internet to seperate macs.
How do you use AFP? I've never used it, always SSH, but I'd love to try something different
Simply to copy files to
scp filename remotesevername:
Copy files from
scp remoteserver: path-to-file .
Or is you prefer a gui alternative, this is what I use
sshfs
http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/
Works great
You could use SFTP as a GUI for SSH. I currently have no mac, so I use FileZilla, but iirc, Cyberduck does SFTP.
Just install AFPd (or the like) on your iPod, hit command-K in the Finder on your Mac, and input the iPod's address. It mounts like any other share. I'm pretty sure there is also a version of AFP floating around that uses bonjour.
