Paul, thanks, I didn’t know finder was capable of this! This is great to know!
Unfortunately, I will need to upload stuff as well as download it, so I think I might be off to get Transmit. Cait > On Jul 9, 2015, at 5:38 AM, Paul Erkens <paul.erk...@gmail.com> 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 > <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 <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 >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
