File Zilla 3.15.0.1 will not install on my Mac. OS X is 10.11.6 Mac is 5 years old 2.5GHz and 4 GB memory. Please can someone recommend a FTP client
Thanks
Tom
iMac (21.5-inch Mid 2011), OS X El Capitan (10.11.6)
Fetch http://fetchsoftworks.com/ is a great FTP client for Mac.
I have been using it since 2006. I looked at several free alternatives—however Fetch is one of the best pieces of software I ever purchased. I do believe it was a one time purchase—and has had periodic updates over the years.
panic.com sounds good as I frequently have to upload to our website. We are currently using cyberduck. Its main drawback is that one can never be sure where the file being uploaded will end up. And moving an uploaded file to where one wants it is fraught to say the least. Anyway, thanks for your suggestion of panic.com
If your ISP supports SFTP (the ssh based ftp), then from the command line you can use things like
scp webpage.html username@ISP.address:/path/to/storage/dir/webpage.html
Or use
sftp username@ISP.address
You can use "man sftp" and "man scp" to get more information on these commands. And you will find lots of examples via Google searches
Glad to help. I know what you mean about Cyberduck –– it's updated frequently, which is great, but features come and go.
Some people look at me like I'm insane when I suggest actually paying for Transmit, but it's worth it.
leroydouglas wrote:
Fetch http://fetchsoftworks.com/ is a great FTP client for Mac.
Concur that Fetch is great, and works up to El Cap. Sierra too, probably, but don't have one to test. If you work in an academic environment, used to be free for such users, just have to ask from an academic email.
I use Fetch everyday on macOS Sierra —no issue to report.
http://fetchsoftworks.com/fetch/tour/overview
Yes educational license and charitable distribution is still free
http://fetchsoftworks.com/fetch/buy/
Updates happen regularly, and in ten years I did have to pay once a $10.00 upgrade fee.
There was a recent update around Nov 22, 2016
MacBook Pro (15-inch Mid 2012), macOS (10.12.2), i7 480GB SSD 16GB RAM iPhoneSE iOS10.2, Parallels10.0.2, HP OfficeJet Pro 8620
The best? (in my opinion, especially if you do a lot of website work):
Another free option?:
Most web browsers will download ftp files using
ftp://host.name.address/path/to/the/file
from the command line, you can use curl
curl -s "ftp://host.name.address/path/to/the/file" >save.output.here
Thanks, I'll try it out, though upload to our website at the ISP is the main requirement.
Thanks, Leroy, another one to try
I thought that modern browsers download as good as ftp, using more threads at the same time.
I want a FTP client for Mac OS X 10.11.6
