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Recommendation for FTP
#50035 09/25/18 03:46 PM
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I've been with Interarchy for 15 years? It was a great software - the best for speed, and intuitiveness, but has been ruined by it's current owner/ developer.

The big dog, Transmit, I never found as good back then, but maybe it's interface is more user friendly today? Any recommendations?

Re: Recommendation for FTP
kevs #50036 09/25/18 03:51 PM
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I’m quite happy with the weirdly named Cyberduck.

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Urquhart #50037 09/25/18 03:55 PM
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thanks U, I've heard good things, but Duck has no tech support and what if I hit crisis or something?

I would love to hear from those who know all players really well: Interarchy, Duck, Transmit. Do you?

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kevs #50038 09/25/18 09:49 PM
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I have used Forklift for many years.


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joemikeb #50039 09/25/18 09:55 PM
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Thanks Joe, will take a peek. Did you ever try Interarchy or Transmit?

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kevs #50040 09/25/18 10:34 PM
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Transmit was the first FTP client I used and I liked it. I switched to Forklift because I was looking for a more general purpose tool and Forklift fills that bill nicely.


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Re: Recommendation for FTP
kevs #50047 09/27/18 01:49 PM
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I second Cyberduck use. It is straightforward, has been around quite awhile and stays current with OS updates.


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Currently: 24" M1 iMac, M2 Pro Mac mini with 27" BenQ monitor, M2 Macbook Air, MacOS 14.x; iPhones, iPods (yes, still) and iPads.
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Ira L #50050 09/27/18 04:30 PM
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Ira thanks, have you used Interarchy, Tranmit? Or Forklift? How compare to Duck?

Transmit is only $45.00 and they have email support. Isn't that worth $45.00....

I'm a big fan of real developer emails helping with questions, that just being on your on with a forum.

And my FTP needs can get hairy.. I have to exclude workpress sites etc etc from the sync..

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kevs #50061 09/28/18 02:19 PM
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No, have not used the others.


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kevs #50109 10/02/18 06:08 PM
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another fan of cyberduck

though you can go old-skool and use ftp from terminal wink


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Ira L #50154 10/06/18 03:50 PM
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IRA, others/
Even though I've been prepping to go with Transit, (because they have email support, I downloaded Cyberduck and was blown away that it asked me to import ml bookmarks from Interarchy.) Wow. I'm not even sure how transmit does bookmarks, but I doubt it can do that.

The Duck interface seem brighter and nicer to look at too.

Only thing so far: When I click on a listing bookmark, it says unsecure ftp and log in fails. (neither of those things happened with INterarchy)

What use for support with Duck? Google group, they also see to have real email tickets..

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Re: Recommendation for FTP
kevs #50168 10/07/18 07:07 PM
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Originally Posted By: kevs
Only thing so far: When I click on a listing bookmark, it says unsecure ftp and log in fails.
There are several protocols for FTP: FTP, FTPS and SFTP. Their URL formatting should match the way the server talks. You shouldn’t use ftp:// for a secure connection, nor sftp:// for an unsecured connection. A wrong protocol might fail. You’ll have to share more details to solve this mystery.
Originally Posted By: kevs
What use for support with Duck?
I have never had to contact support, but the in-app Help menu links to a website for support, bugs and feature requests.

Re: Recommendation for FTP
Urquhart #50170 10/07/18 08:32 PM
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That did not help too much.

They imported bookmarks and then when I connect, have all these issue that Interarchy did not have..

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