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 <http://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 <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com
<mailto:caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com>> 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
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