If you're ok with using the command line you can just do FTP in the
terminal. From the finder just do option-shift-u to get to the
utilities, type T to jump to terminal and then Apple-O to open it. From
there you will be dropped into your home directory. So to ftp up a file
from your desktop you would just do
cd Desktop
ftp whereever.com
put somefilename
Hope this helps.
CB
Jacob Schmude wrote:
Hi
My answers are below.
On Nov 9, 2008, at 17:09, Arthur Pirika wrote:
Hi there, I've been on this list, once before, way back when tiger
first came out. However, now with leopard and all it's new features,
I'm reevaluating. My friend just got a mac, and I've been helping
her, based on what info I can pick up, especially from blind cool
tehc. Thanks, mike! <smile> Anyway, i have a few questions. First,
what do people reccomend as a good player? I know itunes works quite
well, but any other suggestions for good players? VLC media player,
perhaps?
Vlc is very good. Also have a look at realplayer, as the Mac version
is quite accessible unlike its Windows counterpart. With third party
plugins for various file formats, Quicktime player itself can also
become quite powerful.
Also, here on my windows laptop, i have two sound cards, and use the
machine for internet streaming. What are good soundcards to use with
a mac, and what software is out there for streaming to icecast
servers in particular?
Have a look at Nicecast from rogueamoeba.com. It's shoutcast and
icecast compatible and can stream pretty much anything you can here.
Note that there are some accessibility issues with the various
effect-processing features but those can be worked around relatively
easily.
Lastly, what about a good IM program? Particularly one that can
connect to all of msn, aim, jabber, etc?
Adium is your best bet, www.adiumx.com.
oh, lastly, does mac have an ftp client built in?
Sort of. The finder can connect and download from ftp, but for
whatever reason there is no ftp upload functionality in Finder. I know
there are some free ftp clients such as cyberduck, but that one has
never given me anything but grief. I use one called Transmit 3 which
isn't free but works great and has a finder-like interface. Also,
since OS X is UNIX underneath, you can install any command-line ftp
client that is available if you'd prefer that.
