You can't upload with it either which I'm not thrilled with, unless something has changed. If you have an account on someone's server, a lot of people will want you to contribute, so would need something you can do both with. On Jul 9, 2015, at 5:48 AM, Shaf <[email protected]> wrote:
> Using Finder for ftp is a really bad idea. Unless you're using a super fast > connection with a super fast server, you're going to get a lot of 'Finder > Busy' messages with VoiceOver and it'll drive you crazy. > > > -Shaf > > On 7/9/2015 10:38 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: >> Hi Caitlyn, >> >> Just to add to this: if you need the ftp protocol onlyt to download stuff >> from elsewhere, then finder can do the job as well, and then you won’t need >> a dedicated ftp client. Just hit command plus k when you are in finder. This >> opens a dialog where you enter a url. This url can also start off with ftp >> colon slash slash, rather than with http colon slash slash. So, say you want >> to connect to a server called ftp.somewhere.com. Here’s how to do it. If the >> port for ftp is the standard one, i.e. if it is simply 21, then you hit >> command k, you then type ftp://ftp.somewhere.com into the text field, and >> you then hit connect. Your username and password will be asked for. Enter >> them and you will be in. To get a list view, hit command plus the number 2. >> >> This remote ftp server then looks just like a normal finder window. You can >> copy files by hitting command plus c on them, you can traverse folders etc, >> and then if you go to your desktop, downloads folder etc, then you can hit >> command v to paste and download the files you selected, from the ftp server. >> >> If the ftp server you are connecting to uses a non-standard port that it’s >> listening on for your incoming ftp connection, then you simply append a >> colon, and the port number to the name of the server. >> So: command plus k, and then: >> ftp://ftp.somewhere.com:4094 >> where 4094 is the non-standard port number the server requirees, if >> applicable. >> >> Hth, >> Paul. >>> On 06 Jul 2015, at 19:45, Caitlyn Furness <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> Can anyone suggest a good ftp client for use with the mac? I’ve heard >>> about one called transport or something like that, but can’t find it in the >>> app store.. >>> >>> thanks! >>> Caitlyn >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
