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Did you know that your Mac has a built-in FTP client? You don’t need to download any additional software to connect to FTP sites from Mac OS X, instead you can connect to remote servers directly from your desktop. FTP from your Mac If you want to test this by connecting to a real server, use ftp://ftp.mozilla.org and login as a Guest

From your Mac desktop hit Command+K to pull up the “Connect to Server” window (alternatively, you can access this from the “Go” menu) Enter the address of the ftp server in the following format: ftp://ftp.domain.com If you want to add a bookmark to ‘Favorite Servers’ for repeated connections, click on the + icon next to the “Server Address” field Sharpshooter Click on “Connect” and wait to connect to the remote server 40% off Enter the FTP username and password, or connect as “Guest” if the server allows guest connections and click on “Connect” again Today Only Manage your Note about FTPS Connections: If you want to connect to an FTPS server, just prefix the domain screenshots with with the ftps:// rather than ftp:// if the server has SSL support. this renaming utility.

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Now that you are connected to the FTP server, you can browse the remote server like any other local folder on your Mac. Just note that if you drag or drop a file to or from the server it will attempt to transfer that file.

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warmz says: February 7, 2011 at 4:44 am

sweet!

Marc says: February 7, 2011 at 5:34 am

Might add that there are several protocols available via this “tip”. smb:// – for connecting to samba (Windows shares) vnc:// – for Apple’s Screen Sharing afp:// – apple file protocol http:// – I think this is for WebDAV

Nico says: February 7, 2011 at 5:58 am

Nice. But how to change the read & write permissions on the remote server…

Parakeet says: February 7, 2011 at 9:36 am

If you are logged in you can make RWX changes through Get Info I’ll still use Transmit but this is a good tip

tftb says: July 8, 2011 at 7:11 am

Unfortunately you can’t change the read and write permissions and it seems its only read permissions via this FTP.

tenroc says: February 7, 2011 at 8:18 am

Yeah, but the directory is read only on the FTP server.

Trench says: February 7, 2011 at 11:02 am

Same problem here. I’m not getting the option to change read/write permissions.

icebreaker says: February 8, 2011 at 3:42 pm

You can not change read/write permissions from a windows based server on a mac. Just use remote desktop connection for mac from microsoft and login to the server and change it their. Would like to see this issue fixed.

Don says: February 8, 2011 at 10:17 pm

Of course you can use FTP from your Mac. The Mac is a Unix system, and all Unix systems have FTP built-in. You can use it from the command line (using the Terminal app). In this case, the GUI doesn’t http://osxdaily.com/2011/02/07/ftp-from-mac/ Page 3 of 7 FTP from Mac OS X 9/24/12 9:31 PM

make it any easier.

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David says: February 21, 2011 at 1:25 am

It’s a bit unfortunate though that it doesn’t support sftp:// in finder, while it works just fine in the terminal (since it’s unix power..). Sticking with FileZilla for sftp atm.

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John says: April 23, 2011 at 6:01 pm

It’s not really FTP support if you can’t upload. Does this really not support copying files to the FTP server?

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Angel says: December 7, 2011 at 10:50 am

Awesome…!! when I read about these little tips which are BIG TIPS I realize how much I need to learn more about my MAC. THANKS!!

Sarah says: January 6, 2012 at 9:27 am

I don’t have a mac and filezilla is crap, so I’ve started to use Maytech.

Al says: January 16, 2012 at 9:02 am

Thanks for posting this, but…

I am running 10.6.8, and get an odd error when trying this route. I can enter ftp://mysitename.com into my web browser (both Safari & Firefox), enter the ftp login when prompted, and can view the directory. However, when I try to do it from the Connect to Server prompt, I get “You have entered an invalid username or password”. I have tried both ftp://ftp.mysitename.com, as well as ftp://mysitename.com, and get the same error either way.

Any ideas?

Matt says: January 16, 2012 at 10:39 am

It’s probably defaulting to your Mac user name, be sure to specify the appropriate name for the server

gena says: February 29, 2012 at 1:56 pm

Hw do you do that?

Joe says: February 29, 2012 at 2:50 pm

I can connect to an ftp server using terminal and ftp but when I try using Finder it says invalid user name or password. Since I have a @ in my password and that messes up the ftp://username:password@address form for entering an ftp address with user name and password, I am wondering if that is the problem? If so, do I have to change the password or is there a way around this (maybe with a \@ or something like that?)?

Peter says: April 1, 2012 at 5:14 am

The GUI version is unusable as it’s read only – mught as well use the ftp:// scheme in a browser. If you really want to *upload* files, why don’t you use the command-line client? Open the Terminal and type: ftp http://ftp.host.com it will ask for your username and password (and in this case an @ in the address is not a problem). then you can upload whatever you want with: put filename you don’t need to type the complete filename though – just the first letters and then press Tab for autocomplete have fun!

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Brandon says: April 3, 2012 at 10:35 pm

Only problem? This is read only. Can’t copy files to the server. Useless garbage.

jsherk says: April 15, 2012 at 8:55 pm

Yes, I noticed the same thing on OS X Lion … read only! Would have been awesome if you could write as well!

Edward Beckett says: July 19, 2012 at 9:46 pm

ssh:// scp:// git:// What else do ya’ need?

Guy Terry says: August 18, 2012 at 10:13 pm

I also could not get it to accept my username and password combination. I have verified that they are correct. I’m not sure what the deal is, but my username does have an @ in the password. I typed in the command in Terminal just as suggested above, and it said that I didn’t specify a file name. What else could be wrong?