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> 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. > 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. -- 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.
