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I need a small graphical utility, using which I can ssh to a server and see all the files and copy and paste (drag and drop) into my local machine.
Download TFTP Client for macOS 10.6.6 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. TFTP Client is the first full-featured TFTP client for the Macintosh. It enables send and receive, provides for multiple, simultaneous transfers, and more. A management utility is available for the Mac's built-in TFTP. TFTP Server v3.4.1 provides a graphical user interface to the configuration files. This is the first full-featured TFTP client for the Macintosh. It enables send and receive, provides for multiple, simultaneous transfers, and more. Mac OS X 10.5/Intel, Mac OS X 10.6/10.7. There is a TFTP command line client located in /usr/bin called appropriately tftp. You can use the get, put and quit verbs much as with other similar tools. There is also a GUI application for Mac OS X in Mac TFTP client.
I am running Snow Leopard.
daviesgeekMac OS X has a built-in SSH client called Terminal which can be used to connect to remote servers. By default, Terminal.app is located in Applications > Utilities folder. Double-click on the icon to start the client.
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A great free FTP client. This is my go-to application. Anytime I need FTP access, I use Cyberduck. It's not quite as lightweight as Fugu, but it adds a lot more functionality than Fugu. I also really like the Growl integration with Cyberduck.
Awesome little FTP client. As I noted above, this is a lightweight FTP client. It is great for simple FTP transfers and browsing. I do like the dual panel navigation.
EDIT: I forgot to add these.
I haven't actually used Filezilla extensively, but from what I've seen of it, I really like it. I downloaded it and played with it for a bit and I really like the tabbed connections. I also like the ability to jump to a path easily.
A free FTP/FTP-SSL client. I don't usually use RBrowser because a $29 upgrade is necessary to unlock other protocols (Local, FTP/SSL/TLS, SFTP-SSH). I do like the Site Manager. It's a handy little thing to have.
I searched and came up with some other free FTP clients:
The one downside I see is that this is for Firefox. The website doesn't make it clear how it works with Firefox, so I assume it is an extension.
This one relies on Google's MacFUSE. Since I don't know anything about MacFUSE, I don't know if this is good or bad.
I have never used Transmit before, but I have used Coda and I definitely would recommend anything from Panic. The only reason I haven't used this because of the $34 price tag.
Never used it, just found it when searching.
An amazing program with a long, long, long mac heritage. It's way up there with Transmit by Panic and Interarchy as a file transfer program loved by long time Mac power users.
Never used it, but looks good from the screenshots. I really like the fact that it looks like Finder. I may have to give this one a try.
Just searching around and found yet another one..It looks pretty nice, except it's no longer supported. However, you can still download it.
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Transmit
Panic's Transmit tops my list. An extremely well built and executed FTP Client that fully supports sFTP. Priced at $34.
Transmit is an excellent FTP (file transfer protocol), SFTP, S3 (Amazon.com file hosting) and iDisk/WebDAV client that allows you to upload, download, and delete files over the internet. With the most Mac-like interface available, Transmit makes FTP as simple, fun, and easy as it can possibly be.
Forklift
Forklift 2 is another terrific client that is just as solid and just as well built. Priced at $29.95.
ForkLift will connect to any remote server FTP, SFTP, Amazon S3, WebDAV, the SMB, NIS and AFP shares on your local network, or your Bluetooth mobile phone- pretty much anything you can plug into or hook up to a Mac. ForkLift also carries a complete toolbox for managing your files, including Folder Synchronization, Batch Renaming, Archive handling, Application deleter, editing files over remote connections and many more. All these power features are packaged into a Finder-like, dual-pane interface that delivers superior workflow while remaining absolutely familiar to use, along with QuickLook, Spotlight search and all.
Cyberduck
Lastly, Cyberduck rounds out the list. It is not as well polished, but it sturdy and does the job. It is free.
Cyberduck is a robust FTP/FTP-TLS/SFTP browser for the Mac whose lack of visual clutter and cleverly intuitive features make it easy to use. Support for external editors and system technologies such as Spotlight, Bonjour, Keychain and AppleScript are built-in.
There are others to be sure, but these are the one's I've used and personally recommend. Additionally, you may want to hit up places like MacUpdate, VersionTracker, or iUseThis for these types of questions. You will find much more diversity and get a better understanding of the programs available to you.
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ExpanDrive acts just like a USB drive plugged into your computer. Open, edit, and save files to remote computers from within your favorite programs—even when they are on a server half a world away. ExpanDrive enhances every single application on your computer by transparently connecting it to remote data.
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FileZilla
I have tried Cyberduck and Flow in the past but Filezilla offers a side-by-side interface which is quite useful. The only limitation with this tool is that it's not really MacOSX-aware, e.g. it shows all hidden files
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Most other answers gave an objective analysis, but I'll share my experience.
Top clients:
- Flow: really nice interface.
- Transmit: very fast, can mount as Finder volume.
- Cyberduck: the best for the inexistent buck.
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This provides more of an interface like Finder than the others (stricyly much more like the original NeXT version) Apart form standard ssh/ftp it will syncronise directories etc. Mail client for mac os x 10.4.
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Best mail client for mac with cal. A more recent option is to use the newer implementation of Fuse for OSX in combination with SSHFS. This is a better solution because most of the applications mentioned are either outdated or payed (and expensive).
Fuse for OSX allows you to use new file systems in user space and SSHFS configures the system to allow you to connect to SSH drives automatically, as if they were drives supported by OSX.
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CaptainFTP is the best choice
Easy to download from itunes:
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Yummy FTP (commercial) : http://www.yummysoftware.com/
Can't believe the one that blows most of the above out of the water hasn't yet been mentioned.
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If you need graphical utility with support for SSH you may try CRAX. This software has a built-in SSH client and after connection to the SSH server it's possible to invoke file operations like copy, move, and delete.
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It's worth considering some of the Web-based alternatives, like Monsta FTP (Disclaimer: I'm involved with this).
They save you having to install software on every device; instead you do it all through your Web-browser, with the same features as any desktop client.
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If you are working with large files, then maybe consider Truck.app.
It employs rsync for file transfers, which is generally faster than FTP.
It employs rsync for file transfers, which is generally faster than FTP.
Disclosure: I am the developer of Truck.
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I tried Cyberduck and Transmit. None of them has functionality of preserving modification date. SCP on terminal does that.
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I'm working on migrating my development environment from Windows to OS X and have run across a problem with TFTP. I use TFTP to upload files to an embedded network device, this is the only option to get the files on the device (no SCP support is provided).
Every time I build firmware for this device, there's a series of three files that need to be uploaded to it. On Windows I had some simple scripts that would upload all of the files I needed in one shot which makes deploying everything much simpler. These scripts were easy because the Windows TFTP client is run in one-line commands like this:
It doesn't seem that there's any way to upload a file with one command like this on OS X. Instead, you have to open the tftp program and execute a series of commands that looks something like this:
So far I have not had any luck in figuring out how to write a script to do this, although I don't have a ton of experience with Unix shell scripting. Has anyone tried to do anything similar and come up with any solutions?
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You should be able to use a 'here document' to feed commands to the
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You might find this URL useful in shell scripting TFTP:http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-and-scripting/159848-redirect-output-shell-script-tftp.html
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You can make a plain text script with the commands that you'd enter at the
tftp>
prompt, and then use the unix shell's stdin
redirect to pass the commands to the tftp
executable. For example, into my
/tmp/
directory, I put files bin1
bin2
and bin3
.I then used a text editor to make a file
loader.txt
with these contents:Not having a TFTP server running, I used
ttcp -r -u
to open UDP port 5001, and watched to see if the file was being processed, when I executed the following in another window:Tftp Gui Client
The timeouts were expected for my test case.
I verified that each file was offered in turn after the timeouts, and that they were being offered in binary, not ascii mode, so I'm confident that each line in
loader.txt
was parsed through the tftp
binary.I hope this helps..
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