Filed under: Software, Internet Tools, Leopard
Yummy FTP 1.7: Now Leopard flavored
Although there are lots of good FTP options out there for the Mac, my personal favorite is Yummy FTP. It's lightweight, feature rich, FAST (it's why I stopped using anything else) and now it's Leopard Compatible. Version 1.7, which was released on November 20, includes the following updates (per the Yummy Software web site):- Mac OS X 10.5 ready
- QuickLook Integration
- Leopard UI update
- New icons
- Finder-like rename
- Bookmark color labels
- Bug Fixes
Yummy FTP is $25 for a single-user license, but you can try it out for free for 30 days.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Paulius said 4:32PM on 11-25-2007
There is zillions of these FTP clients. After trying Yummy I would better go back to my favorite Transmit. There is no reason to switch if you have a good FTP client and this one I would rate 2-3 stars.
Interface is squashed and overloaded with icons which makes no sense. Icons like stop and pause in ftp client is really makes me think what is that music player or ftp client.
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Dustin said 4:37PM on 11-25-2007
I'm surprised at the number of people who still use FTP, or rather, the number of hosts that allow only FTP when SFTP is much more secure.
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mark said 5:51PM on 11-25-2007
Hands down the best ftp client out there. Transmit gets all the buzz, but all the cool kids are using Yummy FTP.
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Paul Rivon said 7:07PM on 11-25-2007
/usr/bin/sftp
Its free. It works.
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Big John said 8:07PM on 11-25-2007
Anyone know a free GUI FTP client for the Mac? Seriously.
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ryan said 8:30PM on 11-25-2007
Big John,
Cyberduck
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Luigi193 said 9:12PM on 11-25-2007
Yeah Big John, Cyberduck does its job, and is free.
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2. I'm surprised at the number of people who still use FTP, or rather, the number of hosts that allow only FTP when SFTP is much more secure.
It can also do SFTP.
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Michael Coyle said 11:40PM on 11-25-2007
I have nothing against any of the Mac ftp clients, but it's embarrassing that ftp (read/write) isn't native in the Finder.
Come on Apple!
Michael
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Chris Newton said 11:43PM on 11-25-2007
One reason that I use YummyFTP over Transmit is that I've had very poor luck with Transmit uploading thousands of files without getting hung up over the years. Uploading web applications (like OSCommerce, Joomla, etc) requires thousands (sometimes tens of thousands) of files to be transferred, and numerous times Transmit will fail, and fail, and fail... AND it's a bit slow when uploading hundreds of files. YummyFTP is very fast, and does not suffer from the same glitch that transmit has.
Additionally, the bookmarks that YummyFTP saves are actual files that can be referenced in your library. Add that bookmarks folder to Quicksilver's catalog, and you've got instant no-click access to your favorite bookmarks.
Finally, the little details keep my hanging with YummyFTP, excellent support & frequent updates (and fast compatibility updates) easy suffix mapping, color labeling of remote files. excellent folder synchronization & the ability to create sharable FTP bookmarklets without sharing your user/pass... awesome stuff.
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philipp Aschauer said 1:59AM on 11-26-2007
I have recently unlocked the Transmit Trial version. It is totally worth the money. I love Transmit. It's probably the best FTP application. I tried Cyberduck, but it was annoying me.
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Joseph said 2:02AM on 11-26-2007
for casual FTP use you cant beat the following:
1-CyberDuck http://cyberduck.ch/
2-OneButtonFTP http://onebutton.org/
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Mark S said 2:52AM on 11-26-2007
Yummy FTP is a fabulous FTP client. I definitely rank it in the top 3 best Mac FTP clients with Fetch and Transmit. I also own Fetch, but I think that Yummy is better in many ways. It's just easier to have the two paned interface and it has more advanced features.
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Luigi193 said 10:46AM on 11-26-2007
9. I have nothing against any of the Mac ftp clients, but it's embarrassing that ftp (read/write) isn't native in the Finder.
AMEN BROTHER!!!! WHY CAN"T THEY!!!! Theres that freaking MACFUSE, but that barely works. JUST ADDED (s)ftp WRITE ability to the finder! Linux and windows have it, why can't we!
@10
Apparently thats a known issue, and there are cures for it. I believe they involve the advanced prefs ( opt ,)
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PK said 11:50AM on 11-26-2007
Could the guys at Weblogs, Inc. please write a rule in their commenting engine that strips out all comment spam from Spymac morons (comment #4)? These guys post worthless comments in order to send traffic to their page at Spymac.com, and Spymac pays a huge amount to whomever gets the most hits. I'm sick of seeing this crap across the Weblogs properties...
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PK said 12:50PM on 11-26-2007
Woohoo - it's gone! Thanks, Weblogs IT guys!
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Richard said 2:49PM on 11-26-2007
Cyberduck works fine for me, but I find it very heavy on CPU resources.
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