The best FTP clients for Mac

FTP or File Transfer Protocol, is the standard way to transfer files between our computer and our servers. One of its peculiarities about it is that it allows us to organize the complete structure of our web page or file server remotely. But in order to do this you will have to have an FTP client that allows us to connect our Mac with the server remote via Internet.

The right FTP client

Although FTP client It is a very basic application, not all the existing ones for Mac they offer us the same services and benefits. We can find some apps from paid whose functions are more complete and its use is simpler, including uncommon server formats such as options Amazon S3, and that you can use if you are an advanced user and need to meet any of these characteristics. We also find the free apps that you can use, if you only need to upload a couple of files and you don't want to make a money outlay for it.

In this article we will do a brief review of various apps. Starting with the most complete payment alternatives and continuing with a list of free clients that can cover the needs of any user at a basic level.

Paying FTP clients

Transmit

It is currently the client you must have if you have a MAC, offers much more of what you want from a FTP client. Upload or download files through a FTP server standard is not just one of its functions, you can also take advantage of its integration with Amazon S3 and WebDav. It also has a function called Transmit Disk allowing mount your FTP servers and Amazon S3 as network disks of your Mac. Thanks to this function you can upload or download files from servers without having the program open, you will simply have to drag the files to the server through the Finder. The program's interface greatly facilitates the handling of files, differentiating at each moment in which zone you are (Computer or Server), having the option of previewing the files that are on our Mac and those that are on the Server.

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Cyberduck

One of the applications of FTP clients most popular of Mac OS X For two reasons: Performance and price.

Cyberduck offers endless options such as Amazon S3, Amazon CloudFront, RackSpace and even integration with Google, connect with FTP servers standard. It is also very easy, being able to save several default FTP configurations to easily connect to several servers at the same time.

Cyberduck has its free version but we will have the option to do a payment of € 21.49 in the App Store that allows you to remove those annoying ads when it is opened and closed.

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Download the free version of CyberDuck with ads here

Yummy FTP - Fast & Reliable Pro FTP / SFTP / FTPS Client

Interesting FTP client for Mac OS X. Although at first glance the application seems quite basic, inside it has things that make it stand out from the public. One of those options for which it stands out is to be able to make shortcuts to our FTP servers on the desktop or in any folder in the Finder. Another remarkable feature is that of DualBrowse, system of linked folders that allows us to synchronize local and server directories.

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Flow

Maybe it's the prettier and too minimal all FTP clients From the market. This application offers some useful functions such as having a built-in text editor that allows making changes to the HTML-CSS or any other type of editable file on your server, automatically updating it at your location. Just for this function Flow deserves to be recommended.

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Free FTP clients

fileZilla

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ncredible FTP client for OS X. Although its functions may be very simple, you will be able to get a lot out of this application. fileZilla allows you to easily see the complete structure of the web or server of files you are working with. The app also teaches through a command window server status, commands and responses as lines of text. fileZilla It is open source software and if you have the necessary notions you can modify the application the way you need.

FileZilla is free and can be downloaded from your web

Of course, the team of developers accept donations that allow them to continue developing the project.

ClassicFTP

If you're looking for basic FTP client, I would recommend that you try ClassicFTP. And although the interface is not the most beautiful that exists ClassicFTP It is very easy to use. After configuring your server FTP it is very easy to drag and drop the files within your server, it is basically what the application does.

Classic FTP has a free version with a limitation on the number of servers that can be used and can be downloaded from on the web. ClassicFTP it also has a paid version that allows the use of unlimited servers.

And this is all I can tell you for now about FTP servers for Mac. As always, I accept all kinds of presentations of new apps and comments about the use of those previously described.