Fetch Question

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Fetch Question

I downloaded the FTP Program Fetch, and it came with a 15 day free trial. During the trial the program ran smoothly and transfered files at good speed. Recently my trial ran up, but to my surprise, when I opened the program it said I could try it for longer (but Super Strongly Urged me to Purchase it). So I just kept trying it for free, but I noticed that my uploads to my FTP Server are WAY SLOW! I dont know if this is becuase my internet connection is slow (it has been lately) or becuase Now that my free trial of Fetch is up the program doesnt work as well (surely a way to force you to buy the program).

I do plan on buying the program, but why does it take Fetch so long to upload to my FTP Server?

Power Mac G5, Mac OS X (10.4.6)

Posted on May 10, 2006 12:58 AM

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Answer 1

Tom Gewecke

Level 10

122,258 points

May 10, 2006 6:32 AM in response to Ryan Reichenfeld

I do plan on buying the program, but why does it take
Fetch so long to upload to my FTP Server?

I don't think it has anything to do with the trial program running out or with Fetch. It is presumably your connection or the server load.

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Answer 2

May 12, 2006 9:27 AM in response to Tom Gewecke

Related to this topic, if I have a external hard drive formated for MS-DOS File Systm (FAT32), and I am loading my files from their through Fetch, into my FTP should it take any longer? Would it be better if I could switch the format to the Mac system? Would things run smoother alltogether?

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Answer 3

May 12, 2006 10:59 AM in response to Ryan Reichenfeld

Pertaining to your first question, why not try the free CyberDuk It's an open source application that I personally prefer to Fetch.

Related to this topic, if I have a external hard
drive formated for MS-DOS File Systm (FAT32), and I
am loading my files from their through Fetch, into my
FTP should it take any longer? Would it be better if
I could switch the format to the Mac system? Would
things run smoother alltogether?

I have numerous hard drives and a couple are formatted in MS-DOS. I have never noticed any appreciable difference between moving files between them or using them for FTP.

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Answer 4

znozy

Level 1

20 points

May 12, 2006 11:05 AM in response to Ryan Reichenfeld

I use Fetch 4.0.3 that works just fine, if you drag n' drop from the HDD to the "site" in fetch window, the transfer go a lot ezier/faster/safer than use the select "folder/files".

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Answer 5

blueform

Level 1

30 points

May 12, 2006 12:23 PM in response to znozy

I tried fetch and had nothing but problems connecting to it.

Then I tried transmit that worked great but the trail period ran out and 10 min.
was not enough time to load my site.

So now I have cyberduck and find it is just as good as transmit if not better
hope this helps!

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Answer 6

May 12, 2006 11:20 PM in response to blueform

Thank you everyone who suggested Cyberduk. I like it better, plus it is SWISS made! nice! Also thanks for the reassurance with my formatting of my external hard drive MacMechanic.

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