I once heard of something called "Transmit" which I seem to recall was fairly popular among blind Mac users for a while. It came at a nomila cost; but, many seemed to like it pretty well.
Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray On Oct 10, 2012, at 5:28 AM, Paul Erkens <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear listers, > > I often mount an ftp site using the finder, by hitting command k, then typing > ftp://, that is f t p colon slash slash, then the address of the ftp server > and then enter. If you need to connect to an alternative port on the ftp > server, that is also possible, by adding a colon, and then the port number > before hitting enter. > > This mounts the ftp site, as if it were an external disk, which is fantastic. > You can download entire folder structures on an ftp site to your mac, by > simply hitting command c on the item to get, even a big folder structure, > then going into downloads and command v ing it there. But, we cannot upload. > Only download. > There used to be software, called mac fuse, that allowed us to mount an ftp > site in read write mode, rather than in read-only mode, which is what the > finder always does. I experimented with mac fuse under snow leopard and there > I had that working as far as I remember, but to my knowledge, mac fuse has > not been updated for lion, nor for mountain lion. > > Is there another way to easily mount an ftp site in finder as read/write, or > alternatively, what are you using to upload stuff into an ftp site using your > mac? If it's just a zip file or another single thing, then I can help myself > with the terminal command line ftp client, but I'd rather find an easier > solution. Any ideas? > > Paul. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
