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Click to viewWhether you do your work on the web, run a home FTP server, or you just prefer a quick download from time to time, a solid, full-featured FTP client can be a lifesaver. You've got tons of options-both free and shareware-for your FTP needs, so finding the right FTP client can be difficult. On Tuesday you shared your favorite FTP clients, and today we're back with the five most popular choices. Read on for a detailed look at the five best FTP clients for your money, then cast your vote for the app you like best.
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Read the latest review of the Top Mac FTP Clients 2017-2018. Evaluate and choose the best FTP client for your own needs. We gathered a short overview of the top FTP client solutions for macOS and hope it will help you to find the best FTP manager for you. Download ForkLift - File Manager and FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Amazon S3 client for macOS 10.7 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. *** ForkLift 3 is currently not available in the Mac App Store. To avoid confusion we made ForkLift 2 free. Find your best FTP client for Mac thanks to a list of top 6 FTP client Mac solutions. Learn about Commander One, CloudMounter, FileZilla and more. FileZilla is our next example of a wonderful FTP client for Mac and not only Mac. The app supports a huge number of different protocols, such as FTP, FTPS, SFTP, and others. FileZilla has an. Transmit is the best, though it isn't free, for free clients you have Cyberduck or Fugu for SFTP. Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Email Link. CyberDuck is one of the most popular FTP applications for Mac OS X for two pretty good reasons: features and price. CyberDuck offers a ton of features such as Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, RackSpace and even Google integration.
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WinSCP (Windows)
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WinSCP, aka Windows Secure Copy, is a free, open-source FTP client. Supporting both SFTP and SCP protocols (upshot: secure transfers), WinSCP is fast and lightweight while still supporting advanced features like remote text editing. When you open a plain text file, WinSCP can open the file in your text editor of choice. Every time you save the file, it transparently saves and uploads the changes to the remote server. Added bonus: a portable version is available. WinSCP's synchronized browsing feature is also worth a look.
Transmit (Mac OS X)
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Transmit is a shareware ($30) FTP client packed to the brim with innovative features. It covers all of the usual suspects, including remote file editing and folder sync, and it's also got tons of Mac-centric features like a Dashboard widget, .Mac syncing of your favorites (bookmarked FTP servers), droplets for quick drag-and-drop uploading to favorite locations, inline previews, and Automator support. Transmit can even do server-to-server transfers from one server's tab to another's. Despite its $30 price tag, Transmit has even got some Windows users wishing for their own version.
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FireFTP (All Platforms with Firefox)
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FireFTP is a Firefox extension that integrates a powerful FTP client directly into our favorite browser. FireFTP isn't the most feature-rich client of the bunch, but if all you need is a simple FTP client for the occasional upload or download, FireFTP is more than up for the job. Even better: You don't have to install a separate program for FTP, since it all runs from the warm and fuzzy comfort of the 'fox. If you're running Firefox Portable on your thumb drive, you can take FireFTP with you wherever you go.
FileZilla (All Platforms)
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FileZilla is a free, open-source FTP client for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Due to its price tag (or lack thereof), cross-platform support, and ease of use, FileZilla is a go-to option for many users new to FTP. Users stick around because FileZilla is a fast, full-featured (it also has remote file editing), and reliable FTP client in constant development. There's even a portable version you can toss on your thumb drive to use FileZilla on the go. Finally, if you're a Windows user you can even use FileZilla to build your own home FTP server.
Cyberduck (Mac OS X)
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Cyberduck is a free, open-source FTP client for Mac OS X with support for most of the usual suspects in transfer protocols in addition to WebDAV and Amazon S3. It also supports Quick Look, Growl, and remote editing with your text editor of choice. Mac users who aren't happy with FileZilla and don't want to shell out any cash for Transmit can flock to the duck for full-featured FTP and then some.
Now that you've seen the best, it's time to warm up your clicking finger and pick a favorite.
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Which Is the Best FTP Client?( surveys)
Honorable mentions go out to SmartFTP, FlashFXP, CuteFTP, and WS_FTP. Got more to say about your FTP client of choice that you can't get across in a poll? Let's hear about it in the comments.
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Mac OS X is, fortunately, blessed with a variety of really nice file transfer apps that support many services and protocols. Nonetheless, Transmit still manages to be the best pick of them all thanks to its comprehensive feature set, excellent user interface, and amazing speed.
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Transmit
Platform: Mac OS X
Price: $34
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Price: $34
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Features
- Supports file transfers via FTP, SFTP, SSH, Amazon S3, and WebDAV
- FXP support for direct server-to-server transfer
- Very fast (much faster than previous versions)
- Simple bookmarking system with history
- Bandwidth-limiting options
- Path bar navigation
- Multitouch navigation
- File sync with file size comparisons
- Tabbed interface with tear-off tabs
- Quick look for files
- View images as thumbnails
- Easily change file and folder permissions
- Auto-updates
- AppleScript support
- Set complex file transfer rules to skip certain types of files or set specific permissions automatically
- Mount servers like disks in the Mac OS X Finder
- Access your bookmarks through a menubar item
Where It Excels
Transmit does what few apps can do by combining a ton of useful functionality with a simple and intuitive user interface. Generally you get a minimalistic, easy-to-use app with a limited feature set or you get a bloated, complicated, but extremely powerful option. Transmit is the best of both worlds, plus it's extremely fast. Even if you don't like the interface, Transmit integrates with the OS X Finder so you can mount servers like disks. It supports pretty much every protocol you need, helps you sync files easily, updates itself, and just works very well on the whole.
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Where It Falls Short
It's expensive considering you can get Cyberduck—another great option—for free. For many people, $34 is going to be far too much for an file transfer application whether or not they feel it's the best option or not. Panic did a wonderful job making Transmit, but when there's plenty of cheaper, adequate competition it can be a tough purchase to justify.
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The Competition
Cyberduck is a wonderful file transfer client that's completely free and runs on both Mac OS X and Windows. If you don't want to pay to transfer your files to remote locations, Cyberduck is definitely the way to go.
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Flow is another file transfer app on the pricy side of the spectrum, coming in at $30. It offers many of the same features as Transmit but also offers a built-in code editor.
ForkLift is another $30 file transfer client that does a lot more than transfer files. If you want some extra features that seem mildly out of place, such as like app deletion, it'll provide those extras. You also get some other neat things like easy file renaming, the ability to move things into the Terminal with just a click, full keyboard support, and many other neat options.
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