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whats a good FREE ftp program

I haven't tried many programs, I just stuck with the first free one I got that works, so it might not necessary be the best. It's called Cyberduck, it's very easy to use, has a nice interface, and it's open source.

For more information, the official site is here.
 
for really fst stuff where i dont need the gui, i use terminal

for the other stuff - rbrowser lite.
 
imho transmit is well worth the money. its the best graphical ftp program available for os x (all the other stuff, rbrowser, cyberduck, something's always just not that great about it).
Panic makes great Mac software, support them :p
 
I just experimented with logging into my ftp server through the terminal, but are there any man pages on how to use it, or can anyone suggest a good website that shows me how to use ftp through the terminal?
Thanks in advance,
-Chase
 
Load up finder, hit cmd +k and then login that way - it'll mount the ftp account for you in finder, and you can just drag and drop files :)

jee
 
Cyberduck

Cyberduck is an awesome free FTP program (even supports SFTP). It's a really good program :)

http://icu.unizh.ch/~dkocher/cyberduck/

It has some good powerful features (like external editor support, rendezvous support, and keychain support) that don't get in the way if you just need something simple.
 
Jeewhizz said:
Load up finder, hit cmd +k and then login that way - it'll mount the ftp account for you in finder, and you can just drag and drop files :)

jee
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yes but as far as i know, (and please correct me if im wrong) you cant upload files this way.
 
Yes, you're right. Finder does read-only FTP, no writing to an FTP server. I'm hoping that the Finder would have built-in read and write FTP in the next major revision, because it is a sorely neede feature. I don't know why it's not included right now, since it can't be that hard of a feature to implement.
 
Jeesh!!

Open terminal.
At the % prompt:

ftp <server>
for example: ftp snerdly.gwonkal.com

username: anonymous
blah blah blah : youremail@whatever.com

ftp>

At this prompt, you can say: help

The basic commands are
get <filename>
and
put <filename>

When you're done, say: bye

Don't be afraid of Unix. Embrace it and make it a part of your psyche.
 
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