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post #1 of 48
7/14/03 at 10:06pm
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I am using OS 10.1.3 or something, and won't update to Jaguar for at least another week. I was wondering what everyones favorite FTP program is for X since right now i am still using my old INterarchy and forced to start up Classic everytime I want to use it.

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post #2 of 48
7/14/03 at 10:17pm
transmit by panic, imho.
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post #3 of 48
7/15/03 at 4:23am
i like fetch, but transmit is free and people seem to like it better...guess i'm just old fashioned


by the way...why update to jag when panther will be out so soon (and by soon i mean before the end of the year)
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post #4 of 48
7/15/03 at 4:27am
The freeware RBrowser Lite works great for me.
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post #5 of 48
7/15/03 at 4:28am
there's a gui version of ftp? whatever next ...
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post #6 of 48
7/15/03 at 7:42am
Transmit.
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post #7 of 48
7/15/03 at 8:33am
Transmit is not free, but it's the best FTP-client anyway imo.
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post #8 of 48
7/15/03 at 8:44am
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Originally posted by ast3r3x
i like fetch, but transmit is free

Since when?

Transmit and FTPeel are both fine FTP clients. FTPeel is still in beta, though, and thus lacks the polish of Transmit 2.5.
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post #9 of 48
7/15/03 at 9:10am
LiFTP is free and good.
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post #10 of 48
7/15/03 at 9:17am
oh well i downloaded it and installed it last night...guess its a demo then didn't remember asking me to pay or anything

transmit si an awesoem applications and its extremely useful, but i dont need most of the features it has so i use fetch which has a smaller cleaner because it doesn't waste the space with features i dont' use
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post #11 of 48
7/15/03 at 11:23am
TRANSMIT rocks!! Not free but rocks regardless!
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post #12 of 48
7/15/03 at 1:34pm
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Originally posted by torifile
transmit by panic, imho.

There's absolutely no contest. Transmit gets my vote and wins by far. Trsnmit is well worth its modest price and was entirely re-written in Cocoa for OS X to boot.

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post #13 of 48
7/15/03 at 1:45pm
I've heard that Captain FTP is the best, from a Mac OS X sysadmin who has to use it constantly...he also doesn't have very nice things to say about OS X's AFP and SMB support...
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post #14 of 48
7/15/03 at 4:58pm
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I think imma try out transit, I remember using it and likeing it for OS9, hopefully its just as good now.

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post #15 of 48
7/16/03 at 2:48pm
I like Transmit but it has problems with SFTP connections where the file sizes are zero K...
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post #16 of 48
7/16/03 at 4:39pm
Not having any empty files, my vote is for transmit too
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post #17 of 48
7/16/03 at 5:15pm
RBrowser. Use it all the time, it has been part of my workflow for months. Great FTP/SSH support. Also appreciate it allowing me to modify remote files without downloading them to my desktop and editing, then re-uploading.

Double click a file, my Application of choice opens it. Modify what I need, hit cmd+s and it auto-uploads back. RBrowser is also written in Cocoa (Obj-C) before Panic even knew what the hell it was. (RBrowser was design back for NeXTStep/ OpenStep)

Its a bit sluggish on my system (Power Mac 533MHz x2) but gets the job done for me.
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post #18 of 48
7/16/03 at 6:13pm
Am I the only one that still uses the command line?
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post #19 of 48
7/16/03 at 6:37pm
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Originally posted by Scott
Am I the only one that still uses the command line?

I will if I have to but I prefer using GUI stuff.
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post #20 of 48
7/16/03 at 7:00pm
I've been a Transmit guy for nearly a couple of years now. All I use, FTP-wise.
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post #21 of 48
7/16/03 at 10:13pm
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Originally posted by Scott
Am I the only one that still uses the command line?

I use it at times, especially when I need to "piggyback" between computers at my works network. SSH into our external machine, FTP from that throughout the system. But generally I only use command line FTP when I'm logged in with an SSH session.

More productive with the GUI, also where 95% of my work is accomplished.

Going to add, however, that Transmit is definitely more Mac-like when compared with RBrowser and yes even the Terminal. With many apps there is a spectrum that goes:

UNIX / NeXT - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - Classic Mac

Some apps learn more towards NeXT and UNIX while others feel more Mac like; increased AppleScript Support, stricter following of the Apple Human Interface Guidelines, etc.
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post #22 of 48
7/17/03 at 12:50am
Hey Ast3r3x when're you gonna switch to Transmit. :P
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post #23 of 48
7/17/03 at 5:41am
I use the command line sftp quite frequently, especially on the linux boxes at work, but it is so archaic. there is nothing like being able to select a bunch of folders all at once and drag them to the other server. Done. The commandline ftp does't have filename auto complete and when most of my names are long, full of dates and funny characters, typing them in is a pain.
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post #24 of 48
7/17/03 at 9:18am
Transmit gets my big thumbs-up, too. It's everything you're used to, and love, about the Mac: intuitive, easy and smart.
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post #25 of 48
7/17/03 at 10:38am
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Originally posted by Code Master
... The commandline ftp does't have filename auto complete and when most of my names are long, full of dates and funny characters, typing them in is a pain.

Not sure about SFTP but for FTP filename completion, as well as bookmarking and background transfers look at NcFTP. Great program.

NcFTP Web Site
NcFTP Client for Mac OS X
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post #26 of 48
7/21/03 at 2:02am
In the past I have been a big fan of Fetch. But lately I've been starting to use Fugu more and more instead. http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/
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post #27 of 48
7/22/03 at 11:27am
i have also been using fugu since it first came out...i think mostly i use it becasue i like the name and the icon better than transmit...right...its not much of a reason but they both basically do the same thing and thats that.
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post #28 of 48
7/22/03 at 12:12pm
I gave Panic money for Transmit.
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post #29 of 48
7/22/03 at 3:14pm
Transmit makes FTP fun!
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post #30 of 48
7/24/03 at 10:22am
Going to throw my hat in the ring for Panic's Transmit, too. On 9 I used to be a HUGE Vicomsoft FTP Client fan, but since they took their damn sweet time in getting an X version out, I turned to Transmit and never looked back.
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post #31 of 48
7/24/03 at 7:57pm
i use fetch. i guess CuteFTP is coming out for the Mac, no release date
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post #32 of 48
7/24/03 at 8:40pm
Transmit. Hands down. The fact that I've never used any other MAY have something to do with my strong opinion.

(hey, no reason to try anything else)
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post #33 of 48
7/24/03 at 9:11pm
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I still like Fetch better.

Simple yet functional.
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post #34 of 48
7/24/03 at 9:41pm
Wow. I just downloaded Fetch for a try and I remember now why I switched to Transmit so long ago back when it was at version 1.7. Fetch reeks all over of Bad Carbon Port Syndrome. It looks awful and acts badly on Mac OS X. The interface is terribly confusing. When I clicked one of these unexplained disclosure triangles at the bottom of the window, the window jumped around twice and resized itself. What? I could go into all the idiosyncrasies of this app and its interface, but frankly I don't think it's worth my time.

It's ugly. Very ugly. So ugly that I quit testing it after five minutes.

Fetch gets two thumbs down from me. Way down.

Go Transmit!
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post #35 of 48
7/24/03 at 10:17pm
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Transmit doesn't show folder size........
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post #36 of 48
7/25/03 at 6:26am
I like Fetch. It works consistantly and I have less problems with the stuff I download from it.
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post #37 of 48
7/25/03 at 10:50pm
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Originally posted by dnelson
In the past I have been a big fan of Fetch. But lately I've been starting to use Fugu more and more instead. http://rsug.itd.umich.edu/software/fugu/

I agree with you -- people don't realize that ftp sends your user name and password as cleartext -- using something like Fugu (which is a frontend to the encrypted sftp protocol) is much safer.
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post #38 of 48
7/26/03 at 3:07pm
Transmit does support sftp.
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post #39 of 48
7/27/03 at 4:23pm
Having moved from Fetch to Transmit to Interarchy in OS 9, Then becoming an Interarchy refugee in OS X, I tested all the major cocoa FTP clients. I chose osXigen. I still watch the development of the other cocoa FTP clients, especially Transmit, since it's so well liked, but whenever I check it out, I still prefer osXigen's interface + features, especially having the bookmarks listed in a drawer (not as a pull down) and they are unique in that you can drag files into them and it will upload, skipping the step of displaying the file list first. It has some quirks and I do like some things about Transmit better.
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post #40 of 48
7/28/03 at 7:53am
Transmit rocks!
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