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Transmit 5

306 points by lorenz_li 9y ago

nathancahill 9y ago
Used it when I switched from Fetch[0] back in the day when PHP code was deployed with FTP. Great client, definitely the most "native" feeling FTP app I've used. Now I mostly use it for S3, which is very well supported. [0]: Throwback http://vintagemacmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Fetch.png http://vintagemacmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Fetch...
- athenot 9y ago
  I was surprised to see Fetch is still around: "Originally developed at Dartmouth, this product is now sold by FetchSoftworks." https://fetchsoftworks.com https://fetchsoftworks.com http://tech.dartmouth.edu/its/services-support/help-yourself/knowledge-base/fetch-ftp-software-macintosh# http://tech.dartmouth.edu/its/services-support/help-yourself...
mikepurvis 9y ago
Stick around at the top of the page so you don't miss out on the gratuitous rotating 3D truck of awesomeness.
- erickhill 9y ago
  And you can click it and spin it, too. :)
  - kreetx 9y ago
    Sad that you can't open the doors, pick the containers, spin the wheels or open the hood :D It is a nice touch though!
- 33degrees 9y ago
  In case anyone else is wondering, for me it works in Safari but not Chrome
  - brandall10 9y ago
    Works for me fine on Chrome 59 on OSX.
  - dewey 9y ago
    Works fine in Chrome Version 59.0.3071.115 (Official Build) (64-bit)
    - 33degrees 9y ago
      Odd, it works on Chrome on one of my laptop but not the other: the canvas tag does not even appear.
    - thehashrocket 9y ago
      Works in Firefox Nightly, too.
  - thehashrocket 9y ago
    Works in Firefox Nightly.
- anonacct37 9y ago
  Oh, that explains why my cpu utilization doubled when I opened that page.
- rwparmenter 9y ago
  Took a peak into the source, apparently they thought writing 30,000 lines of code was worth it for a 3D spinning truck.
  - Kluny 9y ago
    Well, it is.
  - jadengeller 9y ago
    It looks like they just used three.js
  - ronaldj 9y ago
    Most of that is just three.js
  - clentaminator 9y ago
    Took a look into the source of the OS that I'm reading the Panic web page on. Absolutely disgusting that there's over 1.5M lines of code _in the kernel alone_. This is the kind of software bloat that is the death of our industry.
  - chuckdries 9y ago
    > they thought writing 30,000 lines of code was worth > implying they wrote most of that That's absurd. They used a library, and it's a product page, so looking nice is a high priority
- nodesocket 9y ago
  Was this modeled in a 3d application and then exported to canvas? Curious to hear how something like this is done.
  - hbosch 9y ago
    You can load various 3D model types (and textures) via three.js, which uses canvas.
- gfaure 9y ago
  I love that the tires say "Firewatch" instead of "Firestone" :)
bdcravens 9y ago
Glad to see them offer more cloud options (in addition to s3: Google, Dropbox, etc). While perhaps Transmit is "prettier", in recent years there have been many more complete offerings from their competitors. Looks like they've made some S3 enhancements (which is my primary use). I hope they updated with support for KMS-encrypted files.
- bdcravens 9y ago
  Yep, it opens KMS-encrypted files without an issue :-)
Osmium 9y ago
Congratulations Panic :) One of my favorite Mac app companies (along with The Omni Group and, more recently, Affinity). I always know I'll be paying for quality, polished software with Panic, and I've been looking forward to this Transmit update.
bleomycin 9y ago
I didn't see any mention of segmented download support via sftp? This is something lftp and smartftp support but very few other clients do.
bdcravens 9y ago
Looks like it's no longer on App Store (not surprising or disappointing, though it was convenient when I moved to a new machine)
- breadmaster 9y ago
  This app store thing just burned me pretty bad when I cleared my machine and did not back up Airmail 2. When I went back to install it, It was no longer on the app store and I was informed that there was no way to get it again unless I paid for Airmail 3. This is where just having a license key and a dmg somewhere is preferable.
  - bdcravens 9y ago
    Transmit v4 still is in my list of Purchased apps, and appears installable.
  - nicky0 9y ago
    Look in your "Purchased" apps list, it will still be there.
favorited 9y ago
Pretty awesome that they've been building the "same" app for 20 years – since MacOS 9!
- deleted 9y ago
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deanclatworthy 9y ago
> And yes, Transmit still handles the classics — FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and S3 — better than any. We make complex services drag-and-drop simple. I love Transmit, but S3 has been broken for a long long time on Transmit 4 [1]. Is it now fixed in 5? [1] https://twitter.com/derscuro/status/525570239120285697?lang=de https://twitter.com/derscuro/status/525570239120285697?lang=... (There are earlier references to this issue than this).
- bdcravens 9y ago
  Can't speak to this feature, but appears features usable in latest s3 API are working that weren't in v4.
  - deanclatworthy 9y ago
    I couldn't perform any operations on S3 buckets due to this issue. If you are going to be in the business of building a client on top of a third-party API with no defined long-term protocol or RFC, you should be in the business of providing ongoing support for it too. Transmit spent so long developing v5 and didn't provide this (important) update to any v4 users even when it was present for around 2-3 years. Let's hope they provide better support, for all the other new services they have added, going forward.
    - jsmeaton 9y ago
      S3 works fine for me in Transmit 4. S3 is basically all I use Transmit for. Is there a particular use case that is broken for?
      - copperx 9y ago
        Frankfurt.
      - nicky0 9y ago
        It depends on the bucket location. Some work fine but others do not.
aezell 9y ago
I haven't used Transmit in a while as I don't have a need for it, but when I did it was a great client. The Panic app I miss most is Unison. Well, miss in the sense of miss it getting updated. It's still available. Years ago, Unison and a fat Giganews subscription were fantastic ways to discover music.
- pyrophane 9y ago
  Among other things.
- SyneRyder 9y ago
  The Panic app I really miss is Audion. The Winamp-alike app that very nearly got bought by Apple to be rebadged as a little music player called 'iTunes'... https://panic.com/extras/audionstory/ https://panic.com/extras/audionstory/
  - detaro 9y ago
    When was this retired? (from a quick skim, the article doesn't seem to mention clear dates)
    - SyneRyder 9y ago
      Wikipedia claims it was retired in November 2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audion_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audion_(software) I've got an old PPC G3 Pismo laptop, and when I fire it up I always run Audion to play some music while typing. Loved the skins, I kinda wish the "Delicious Generation" of Mac interfaces would make a comeback. I think this was the default Audion UI: http://d2.alternativeto.net/dist/s/841d171f-38f4-4c73-b5be-feac22367cda_2_full.jpg?format=jpg&width=1600&height=1600&mode=min&upscale=false http://d2.alternativeto.net/dist/s/841d171f-38f4-4c73-b5be-f...
sergiotapia 9y ago
Their entire interface and UX persona reminds me of better times when skeuomorphic design reigned supreme. Now all we get is boring flat with single color highlights. Transmit 5 looks fantastic!
- mortenjorck 9y ago
  The funny thing is, there was never anything strictly skeuomorphic about the old versions of Transmit either - Panic has just always had an engaging approach to UI design, independent of trends.
- urspx 9y ago
  I think they did today's Apple aesthetic better than Apple often does.
rvanmil 9y ago
Fantastic app, instabuy. I'm really happy to see these kinds of native Mac apps being successful for so long. They're a breath of fresh air amidst all the Electron crap lately.
- Outofthebot 9y ago
  Agreed. I get that it's easier to build a singular cross platform app using a JS framework, but the decrease in quality from a well done native app really shows. I'm looking at you Spotify, todoist, Slack and others
  - ivm 9y ago
    > I get that it's easier to build a singular cross platform app using a JS framework More like to wrap a website. I doubt that it's easier than Qt when building from scratch.
    - donatj 9y ago
      It's easier than Qt in so far as I don't know C or how to distribute a Qt based app with all the necessary libraries.
      - ivm 9y ago
        Qt programming is done in C++ or Python and it includes everything required inside the distributed app package. It's also easily skinned to look very close to native UIs (see VLC). I've never used both of these languages and wrote only simple things in JS but I would spend a week learning Python syntax and Qt features to deliver a better UX and performance for a cross-platform app.
        kennydude 9y ago
        QT tries to match the native style by default. Although if I remember on macOS the toolbar doesn't work properly without stupid hacks
blacksmith_tb 9y ago
Transmit has always been slick, but it seems like Cyberduck[1] might have stolen a fair chunk of their clientele? I find it pretty useful on macOS (and/or things like yafc and ncftp on Linux). 1: https://cyberduck.io/ https://cyberduck.io/
- wukerplank 9y ago
  Cyberduck is not bad if you don't use SFTP too often. But Transmit is way superior in terms of protocols and speed. Definitely worth the money.
  - vetinari 9y ago
    What's wrong with Cyberduck's SFTP support? I've been using it for a few years already and never had a problem.
    - wukerplank 9y ago
      There is nothing wrong with it. But for me it still crashes too often and as I said: Transmit is a lot faster if you have to transfer a large amount of files.
  - bdcravens 9y ago
    > But Transmit is way superior in terms of protocols Until today's update, Cyberduck supported many more cloud providers than Transmit.
    - copperx 9y ago
      It still does. Google Cloud Storage isn't supported by Transmit. To be honest I'm disappointed by these file transfer apps. One common use case is to backup your local files, but none of these apps support pausing/resuming transfers after sleeping a laptop. I'm looking for the equivalent to Backblaze software, but for any cloud storage service. Arq is close but it has mandatory encryption and compression, which makes you dependent on software to be able to restore. Sigh.
DavideNL 9y ago
<just kidding...> What a surprise it's not a monthly subscription! </kidding>
drcongo 9y ago
I'm buying this just for it not being a monthly subscription.
- amazingman 9y ago
  I don't understand the allergy that so many developers have (in my experience) to subscription software. Software is never finished, golden master style distribution ends up orphaning huge swaths of customers across major updates, and most of the cost of software maintenance is continuous. Continuous income via subscription services goes a long way toward solving these issues.
  - whorleater 9y ago
    Because it strips away your right to "own" software. Transmit 4 still works, and I can choose to pay for an upgrade if I wanted to. Transmit 5 is faster, nicer looking, and has more features, but I don't suddenly lose access to Transmit 4 by not upgrading. Charge me and upgrade fee and make versions, don't do a subscription.
    - tehwebguy 9y ago
      So does Transmit 3, which I still use when appropriate!
    - sushisource 9y ago
      Generally speaking subscription software that isn't SaaS doesn't lock you out when it's over. It just locks you out of updates.
      - zippergz 9y ago
        Not true of two big (and expensive) ones I use: Adobe and Autocad. I used to upgrade every couple of versions. This has ended up costing me way more. But I still pay it because I need the software. So I guess they win...
breadmaster 9y ago
Always worth the money I've spent for a Panic app. Coda 2 got me through my previous gig as a web dev.
acomjean 9y ago
I've use transmit for over 10 years.. (Yikes). Was just wondering if this was going to get an upgrade. Same price new/upgrade. Its been 7 years since they've upgraded the previous version so thats fair. I like the "Sync folders" feature quite a bit. They started making games, and was wondering if thats where the company was headed..
- copperx 9y ago
  Does the "sync folders" feature support checksumming? Basic file integrity checks would be nice.
overcast 9y ago
FINALLY. So frustrating having to wait all of this time. I couldn't get a definitive answer from them on whether a Trasmit 4 license purchased at present, would be eligible for a Transmit 5 upgrade.
- apetresc 9y ago
  It's spelled out clearly on the order page – there's no special upgrade pricing, unless you bought v4 on or before June 1st, 2017, in which case it's free.
  - overcast 9y ago
    Yes, thank you. That was not there PRIOR to Transmit 5, for the past 6+ months. I wanted to purchase it, and if I did in May, I'd be paying twice for 4 and 5 in a two month time frame.
  - nicky0 9y ago
    Do you mean on or after?
    - apetresc 9y ago
      Whoops, yes, meant "on or after".
pier25 9y ago
Finally. I've been using Transmit for 10 years and had already moved to Forklift since the Transmit 4 engine was so slow. Transmit 5 looks awesome and I only miss access to Google Cloud Storage which surprisingly only Cyberduck supports.
- kasperset 9y ago
  While not native but I believe there is a way to access Google Cloud storage with Transmit. Read: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/interoperability https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/interoperability
- aficiomaquinas 9y ago
  I've also been waiting for Google Cloud Storage support for a long time. Please add it, Panic! That's the only thing I'm missing.
- copperx 9y ago
  Thanks for the heads up. Forklift looks like a great improvement over Transmit.
atYevP 9y ago
Yev from Backblaze here -> good news! Backblaze B2 as a destination ;)
- kup0 9y ago
  Very glad to see this :D
smacktoward 9y ago
I wish there was a universal file-transfer app like this on Windows & Linux. The best cross-platform solution I know of is FileZilla, and even that (1) only does FTP/SFTP, leaving out S3 and all the other services and (2) features some utterly baffling design decisions (ahem: https://trac.filezilla-project.org/ticket/2914 https://trac.filezilla-project.org/ticket/2914) that make it more or less unusable for serious work. Sigh.
- cateye 9y ago
  Maybe check https://winscp.net/eng/download.php https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
- cjensen 9y ago
  I've used the CloudBerry apps on Windows. They work reliably, but the UI is abysmal.
- copperx 9y ago
  What about Cyberduck?
  - LeoPanthera 9y ago
    Seconding Cyberduck. Great on Windows and Mac.
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nbrempel 9y ago
I'm always impressed with Panic's software. I'm sure this won't be any different!
terinjokes 9y ago
This says it supports "Amazon S3". Does anyone know if they allow you to configure the endpoint, and thus use an S3 compatible store[0]? [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_S3#S3_API_and_competing_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_S3#S3_API_and_competing...
- 33degrees 9y ago
  On transmit 4 you can configure the server you're connecting to, so I would think it would work
  - terinjokes 9y ago
    Awesome, I didn't know it worked in Transmit 4 either. I'd been burned by trying out Commander One and Forklift where it doesn't work. Based on your comment I downloaded the trial and confirms it works (only with TLS) for the Minio instance I have running.
aidos 9y ago
When I moved to a Mac (2004/5) Transmit was one of the first bits of software I purchased. It was a bit of a revelation to discover that software could be so lovely- it really added to the joy of using a new machine. Having said that, nothing was ever as fast as LeechFTP I used on Windows [http://www.leechftp.de http://www.leechftp.de]. That thing was magic - no ftp client has ever felt so fast.
dangayle 9y ago
What timing! I was just telling my coworker this morning that Transmit was the best money I ever spent on tools I use for web development. I've been using Transmit for a long, long time and I still feel like I haven't fully utilized it. Instabuy for me.
- copperx 9y ago
  Curious, what do you use it for?
danpalmer 9y ago
I love Transmit, and version 4 served me well, but I've used it less and less over the years to the point where I don't think I'm the target market, as a web developer, anymore. I wish I had a reason to use this, but I can't find one.
- copperx 9y ago
  I agree; however, it's invaluable if you use S3 or the like to manually backup files you never want to lose. Arq, for example, works great to backup your entire computer/server, but I like have a manually curated backup.
Exuma 9y ago
I've been a fan all the way since the beginning... I'll buy this even though I don't even use FTP and whatnot much anymore. Just for the extreme value this app gave me many years ago when I was getting started.
nodesocket 9y ago
Can I backup my macOS Time Machine to Google Cloud Storage using Transmit? I'd like to store my Time Machine backups offsite just incase.
- dawnerd 9y ago
  I use Duplicati so I can encrypt my backups. Have it sent to google drive.
- skinnymuch 9y ago
  Arq seems to be the app most people wildly endorse on Mac for backups like that.
  - copperx 9y ago
    Arq forces your files into their own proprietary (although open) containers, which are always encrypted. Being paranoid is nice and all, but it makes it impossible to log in into your cloud storage provider and browse your files or share a public link to one of your files. Arq is atrocious for backups, but that doesn't seem to be its main use case.
ivanhoe 9y ago
Funny how much git changed how we do things. Transmit was one of the apps that I've always had opened on my laptop, and now haven't touched it at all for more than a year.
- bdcravens 9y ago
  I primarily use it for S3, not FTP (though these days I find myself going to the AWS CLI more and more)
dmix 9y ago
They also launched a new sync service which automatically encrypts your files clientside: https://panic.com/sync/ https://panic.com/sync/ It's great to see encryption is becoming standard practice with new services.
- LeoPanthera 9y ago
  It's not new, it's been around for a long time in Coda and Transmit for iOS.
gabrielcsapo 9y ago
The mac application company, they are the reason I started programming!
jshelly 9y ago
Any way to add SMB? I don't see it in the list of options and I need to copy files to a Windows server.
- copperx 9y ago
  Isn't SMB natively supported by OS X?
  - LeoPanthera 9y ago
    It is.
  - jshelly 9y ago
    It is, but its a PIA and I'd like to use the mirror function
    - copperx 9y ago
      It is a PIA, but you can still mount the SMB share, open it in Transmit, and sync.
rangibaby 9y ago
I bought Transmit 4 in 2011-ish and was happy with it. The major missing feature (IMO) was segmented downloading. I switched to lftp and never looked back.
_Codemonkeyism 9y ago
We use mostly Forklift here for uploads/downloads, the two pane view is a favorite of mine since Norton Commander.
wooptoo 9y ago
The remote-remote feature is great! Does any other client have such a thing? I basically need Google drive -> ftp.
pwenzel 9y ago
I bought Transmit 3 in 2006, and upgraded to Transmit 4 in 2010. It's always been a shining example of extremely well supported, well designed Mac software. I'm cool paying $35 for Transmit 5.

306 points by lorenz_li 9y ago

Used it when I switched from Fetch[0] back in the day when PHP code was deployed with FTP. Great client, definitely the most "native" feeling FTP app I've used. Now I mostly use it for S3, which is very well supported. [0]: Throwback http://vintagemacmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Fetch.png http://vintagemacmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Fetch...

athenot 9y ago
I was surprised to see Fetch is still around: "Originally developed at Dartmouth, this product is now sold by FetchSoftworks." https://fetchsoftworks.com https://fetchsoftworks.com http://tech.dartmouth.edu/its/services-support/help-yourself/knowledge-base/fetch-ftp-software-macintosh# http://tech.dartmouth.edu/its/services-support/help-yourself...

mikepurvis 9y ago

Stick around at the top of the page so you don't miss out on the gratuitous rotating 3D truck of awesomeness.

erickhill 9y ago
And you can click it and spin it, too. :)
- kreetx 9y ago
  Sad that you can't open the doors, pick the containers, spin the wheels or open the hood :D It is a nice touch though!
33degrees 9y ago
In case anyone else is wondering, for me it works in Safari but not Chrome
- brandall10 9y ago
  Works for me fine on Chrome 59 on OSX.
- dewey 9y ago
  Works fine in Chrome Version 59.0.3071.115 (Official Build) (64-bit)
  - 33degrees 9y ago
    Odd, it works on Chrome on one of my laptop but not the other: the canvas tag does not even appear.
  - thehashrocket 9y ago
    Works in Firefox Nightly, too.
- thehashrocket 9y ago
  Works in Firefox Nightly.
anonacct37 9y ago
Oh, that explains why my cpu utilization doubled when I opened that page.
rwparmenter 9y ago
Took a peak into the source, apparently they thought writing 30,000 lines of code was worth it for a 3D spinning truck.
- Kluny 9y ago
  Well, it is.
- jadengeller 9y ago
  It looks like they just used three.js
- ronaldj 9y ago
  Most of that is just three.js
- clentaminator 9y ago
  Took a look into the source of the OS that I'm reading the Panic web page on. Absolutely disgusting that there's over 1.5M lines of code _in the kernel alone_. This is the kind of software bloat that is the death of our industry.
- chuckdries 9y ago
  > they thought writing 30,000 lines of code was worth > implying they wrote most of that That's absurd. They used a library, and it's a product page, so looking nice is a high priority
nodesocket 9y ago
Was this modeled in a 3d application and then exported to canvas? Curious to hear how something like this is done.
- hbosch 9y ago
  You can load various 3D model types (and textures) via three.js, which uses canvas.
gfaure 9y ago
I love that the tires say "Firewatch" instead of "Firestone" :)

bdcravens 9y ago

Glad to see them offer more cloud options (in addition to s3: Google, Dropbox, etc). While perhaps Transmit is "prettier", in recent years there have been many more complete offerings from their competitors. Looks like they've made some S3 enhancements (which is my primary use). I hope they updated with support for KMS-encrypted files.

bdcravens 9y ago
Yep, it opens KMS-encrypted files without an issue :-)

Osmium 9y ago

Congratulations Panic :) One of my favorite Mac app companies (along with The Omni Group and, more recently, Affinity). I always know I'll be paying for quality, polished software with Panic, and I've been looking forward to this Transmit update.

bleomycin 9y ago

I didn't see any mention of segmented download support via sftp? This is something lftp and smartftp support but very few other clients do.

bdcravens 9y ago

Looks like it's no longer on App Store (not surprising or disappointing, though it was convenient when I moved to a new machine)

breadmaster 9y ago
This app store thing just burned me pretty bad when I cleared my machine and did not back up Airmail 2. When I went back to install it, It was no longer on the app store and I was informed that there was no way to get it again unless I paid for Airmail 3. This is where just having a license key and a dmg somewhere is preferable.
- bdcravens 9y ago
  Transmit v4 still is in my list of Purchased apps, and appears installable.
- nicky0 9y ago
  Look in your "Purchased" apps list, it will still be there.

favorited 9y ago

Pretty awesome that they've been building the "same" app for 20 years – since MacOS 9!

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deanclatworthy 9y ago

> And yes, Transmit still handles the classics — FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and S3 — better than any. We make complex services drag-and-drop simple. I love Transmit, but S3 has been broken for a long long time on Transmit 4 [1]. Is it now fixed in 5? [1] https://twitter.com/derscuro/status/525570239120285697?lang=de https://twitter.com/derscuro/status/525570239120285697?lang=... (There are earlier references to this issue than this).

bdcravens 9y ago
Can't speak to this feature, but appears features usable in latest s3 API are working that weren't in v4.
- deanclatworthy 9y ago
  I couldn't perform any operations on S3 buckets due to this issue. If you are going to be in the business of building a client on top of a third-party API with no defined long-term protocol or RFC, you should be in the business of providing ongoing support for it too. Transmit spent so long developing v5 and didn't provide this (important) update to any v4 users even when it was present for around 2-3 years. Let's hope they provide better support, for all the other new services they have added, going forward.
  - jsmeaton 9y ago
    S3 works fine for me in Transmit 4. S3 is basically all I use Transmit for. Is there a particular use case that is broken for?
    - copperx 9y ago
      Frankfurt.
    - nicky0 9y ago
      It depends on the bucket location. Some work fine but others do not.

aezell 9y ago

I haven't used Transmit in a while as I don't have a need for it, but when I did it was a great client. The Panic app I miss most is Unison. Well, miss in the sense of miss it getting updated. It's still available. Years ago, Unison and a fat Giganews subscription were fantastic ways to discover music.

pyrophane 9y ago
Among other things.
SyneRyder 9y ago
The Panic app I really miss is Audion. The Winamp-alike app that very nearly got bought by Apple to be rebadged as a little music player called 'iTunes'... https://panic.com/extras/audionstory/ https://panic.com/extras/audionstory/
- detaro 9y ago
  When was this retired? (from a quick skim, the article doesn't seem to mention clear dates)
  - SyneRyder 9y ago
    Wikipedia claims it was retired in November 2004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audion_(software) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audion_(software) I've got an old PPC G3 Pismo laptop, and when I fire it up I always run Audion to play some music while typing. Loved the skins, I kinda wish the "Delicious Generation" of Mac interfaces would make a comeback. I think this was the default Audion UI: http://d2.alternativeto.net/dist/s/841d171f-38f4-4c73-b5be-feac22367cda_2_full.jpg?format=jpg&width=1600&height=1600&mode=min&upscale=false http://d2.alternativeto.net/dist/s/841d171f-38f4-4c73-b5be-f...

sergiotapia 9y ago

Their entire interface and UX persona reminds me of better times when skeuomorphic design reigned supreme. Now all we get is boring flat with single color highlights. Transmit 5 looks fantastic!

mortenjorck 9y ago
The funny thing is, there was never anything strictly skeuomorphic about the old versions of Transmit either - Panic has just always had an engaging approach to UI design, independent of trends.
urspx 9y ago
I think they did today's Apple aesthetic better than Apple often does.

rvanmil 9y ago

Fantastic app, instabuy. I'm really happy to see these kinds of native Mac apps being successful for so long. They're a breath of fresh air amidst all the Electron crap lately.

Outofthebot 9y ago
Agreed. I get that it's easier to build a singular cross platform app using a JS framework, but the decrease in quality from a well done native app really shows. I'm looking at you Spotify, todoist, Slack and others
- ivm 9y ago
  > I get that it's easier to build a singular cross platform app using a JS framework More like to wrap a website. I doubt that it's easier than Qt when building from scratch.
  - donatj 9y ago
    It's easier than Qt in so far as I don't know C or how to distribute a Qt based app with all the necessary libraries.
    - ivm 9y ago
      Qt programming is done in C++ or Python and it includes everything required inside the distributed app package. It's also easily skinned to look very close to native UIs (see VLC). I've never used both of these languages and wrote only simple things in JS but I would spend a week learning Python syntax and Qt features to deliver a better UX and performance for a cross-platform app.
      - kennydude 9y ago
        QT tries to match the native style by default. Although if I remember on macOS the toolbar doesn't work properly without stupid hacks

blacksmith_tb 9y ago

Transmit has always been slick, but it seems like Cyberduck[1] might have stolen a fair chunk of their clientele? I find it pretty useful on macOS (and/or things like yafc and ncftp on Linux). 1: https://cyberduck.io/ https://cyberduck.io/

wukerplank 9y ago
Cyberduck is not bad if you don't use SFTP too often. But Transmit is way superior in terms of protocols and speed. Definitely worth the money.
- vetinari 9y ago
  What's wrong with Cyberduck's SFTP support? I've been using it for a few years already and never had a problem.
  - wukerplank 9y ago
    There is nothing wrong with it. But for me it still crashes too often and as I said: Transmit is a lot faster if you have to transfer a large amount of files.
- bdcravens 9y ago
  > But Transmit is way superior in terms of protocols Until today's update, Cyberduck supported many more cloud providers than Transmit.
  - copperx 9y ago
    It still does. Google Cloud Storage isn't supported by Transmit. To be honest I'm disappointed by these file transfer apps. One common use case is to backup your local files, but none of these apps support pausing/resuming transfers after sleeping a laptop. I'm looking for the equivalent to Backblaze software, but for any cloud storage service. Arq is close but it has mandatory encryption and compression, which makes you dependent on software to be able to restore. Sigh.

DavideNL 9y ago

<just kidding...> What a surprise it's not a monthly subscription! </kidding>

drcongo 9y ago

I'm buying this just for it not being a monthly subscription.

amazingman 9y ago
I don't understand the allergy that so many developers have (in my experience) to subscription software. Software is never finished, golden master style distribution ends up orphaning huge swaths of customers across major updates, and most of the cost of software maintenance is continuous. Continuous income via subscription services goes a long way toward solving these issues.
- whorleater 9y ago
  Because it strips away your right to "own" software. Transmit 4 still works, and I can choose to pay for an upgrade if I wanted to. Transmit 5 is faster, nicer looking, and has more features, but I don't suddenly lose access to Transmit 4 by not upgrading. Charge me and upgrade fee and make versions, don't do a subscription.
  - tehwebguy 9y ago
    So does Transmit 3, which I still use when appropriate!
  - sushisource 9y ago
    Generally speaking subscription software that isn't SaaS doesn't lock you out when it's over. It just locks you out of updates.
    - zippergz 9y ago
      Not true of two big (and expensive) ones I use: Adobe and Autocad. I used to upgrade every couple of versions. This has ended up costing me way more. But I still pay it because I need the software. So I guess they win...

breadmaster 9y ago

Always worth the money I've spent for a Panic app. Coda 2 got me through my previous gig as a web dev.

acomjean 9y ago

I've use transmit for over 10 years.. (Yikes). Was just wondering if this was going to get an upgrade. Same price new/upgrade. Its been 7 years since they've upgraded the previous version so thats fair. I like the "Sync folders" feature quite a bit. They started making games, and was wondering if thats where the company was headed..

copperx 9y ago
Does the "sync folders" feature support checksumming? Basic file integrity checks would be nice.

overcast 9y ago

FINALLY. So frustrating having to wait all of this time. I couldn't get a definitive answer from them on whether a Trasmit 4 license purchased at present, would be eligible for a Transmit 5 upgrade.

apetresc 9y ago
It's spelled out clearly on the order page – there's no special upgrade pricing, unless you bought v4 on or before June 1st, 2017, in which case it's free.
- overcast 9y ago
  Yes, thank you. That was not there PRIOR to Transmit 5, for the past 6+ months. I wanted to purchase it, and if I did in May, I'd be paying twice for 4 and 5 in a two month time frame.
- nicky0 9y ago
  Do you mean on or after?
  - apetresc 9y ago
    Whoops, yes, meant "on or after".

pier25 9y ago

Finally. I've been using Transmit for 10 years and had already moved to Forklift since the Transmit 4 engine was so slow. Transmit 5 looks awesome and I only miss access to Google Cloud Storage which surprisingly only Cyberduck supports.

kasperset 9y ago
While not native but I believe there is a way to access Google Cloud storage with Transmit. Read: https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/interoperability https://cloud.google.com/storage/docs/interoperability
aficiomaquinas 9y ago
I've also been waiting for Google Cloud Storage support for a long time. Please add it, Panic! That's the only thing I'm missing.
copperx 9y ago
Thanks for the heads up. Forklift looks like a great improvement over Transmit.

atYevP 9y ago

Yev from Backblaze here -> good news! Backblaze B2 as a destination ;)

kup0 9y ago
Very glad to see this :D

smacktoward 9y ago

I wish there was a universal file-transfer app like this on Windows & Linux. The best cross-platform solution I know of is FileZilla, and even that (1) only does FTP/SFTP, leaving out S3 and all the other services and (2) features some utterly baffling design decisions (ahem: https://trac.filezilla-project.org/ticket/2914 https://trac.filezilla-project.org/ticket/2914) that make it more or less unusable for serious work. Sigh.

cateye 9y ago
Maybe check https://winscp.net/eng/download.php https://winscp.net/eng/download.php
cjensen 9y ago
I've used the CloudBerry apps on Windows. They work reliably, but the UI is abysmal.
copperx 9y ago
What about Cyberduck?
- LeoPanthera 9y ago
  Seconding Cyberduck. Great on Windows and Mac.

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nbrempel 9y ago

I'm always impressed with Panic's software. I'm sure this won't be any different!

terinjokes 9y ago

This says it supports "Amazon S3". Does anyone know if they allow you to configure the endpoint, and thus use an S3 compatible store[0]? [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_S3#S3_API_and_competing_services https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_S3#S3_API_and_competing...

33degrees 9y ago
On transmit 4 you can configure the server you're connecting to, so I would think it would work
- terinjokes 9y ago
  Awesome, I didn't know it worked in Transmit 4 either. I'd been burned by trying out Commander One and Forklift where it doesn't work. Based on your comment I downloaded the trial and confirms it works (only with TLS) for the Minio instance I have running.

aidos 9y ago

When I moved to a Mac (2004/5) Transmit was one of the first bits of software I purchased. It was a bit of a revelation to discover that software could be so lovely- it really added to the joy of using a new machine. Having said that, nothing was ever as fast as LeechFTP I used on Windows [http://www.leechftp.de http://www.leechftp.de]. That thing was magic - no ftp client has ever felt so fast.

dangayle 9y ago

What timing! I was just telling my coworker this morning that Transmit was the best money I ever spent on tools I use for web development. I've been using Transmit for a long, long time and I still feel like I haven't fully utilized it. Instabuy for me.

copperx 9y ago
Curious, what do you use it for?

danpalmer 9y ago

I love Transmit, and version 4 served me well, but I've used it less and less over the years to the point where I don't think I'm the target market, as a web developer, anymore. I wish I had a reason to use this, but I can't find one.

copperx 9y ago
I agree; however, it's invaluable if you use S3 or the like to manually backup files you never want to lose. Arq, for example, works great to backup your entire computer/server, but I like have a manually curated backup.

Exuma 9y ago

I've been a fan all the way since the beginning... I'll buy this even though I don't even use FTP and whatnot much anymore. Just for the extreme value this app gave me many years ago when I was getting started.

nodesocket 9y ago

Can I backup my macOS Time Machine to Google Cloud Storage using Transmit? I'd like to store my Time Machine backups offsite just incase.

dawnerd 9y ago
I use Duplicati so I can encrypt my backups. Have it sent to google drive.
skinnymuch 9y ago
Arq seems to be the app most people wildly endorse on Mac for backups like that.
- copperx 9y ago
  Arq forces your files into their own proprietary (although open) containers, which are always encrypted. Being paranoid is nice and all, but it makes it impossible to log in into your cloud storage provider and browse your files or share a public link to one of your files. Arq is atrocious for backups, but that doesn't seem to be its main use case.

ivanhoe 9y ago

Funny how much git changed how we do things. Transmit was one of the apps that I've always had opened on my laptop, and now haven't touched it at all for more than a year.

bdcravens 9y ago
I primarily use it for S3, not FTP (though these days I find myself going to the AWS CLI more and more)

dmix 9y ago

They also launched a new sync service which automatically encrypts your files clientside: https://panic.com/sync/ https://panic.com/sync/ It's great to see encryption is becoming standard practice with new services.

LeoPanthera 9y ago
It's not new, it's been around for a long time in Coda and Transmit for iOS.

gabrielcsapo 9y ago

The mac application company, they are the reason I started programming!

jshelly 9y ago

Any way to add SMB? I don't see it in the list of options and I need to copy files to a Windows server.

copperx 9y ago
Isn't SMB natively supported by OS X?
- LeoPanthera 9y ago
  It is.
- jshelly 9y ago
  It is, but its a PIA and I'd like to use the mirror function
  - copperx 9y ago
    It is a PIA, but you can still mount the SMB share, open it in Transmit, and sync.

rangibaby 9y ago

I bought Transmit 4 in 2011-ish and was happy with it. The major missing feature (IMO) was segmented downloading. I switched to lftp and never looked back.

_Codemonkeyism 9y ago

We use mostly Forklift here for uploads/downloads, the two pane view is a favorite of mine since Norton Commander.

wooptoo 9y ago

The remote-remote feature is great! Does any other client have such a thing? I basically need Google drive -> ftp.

pwenzel 9y ago

I bought Transmit 3 in 2006, and upgraded to Transmit 4 in 2010. It's always been a shining example of extremely well supported, well designed Mac software. I'm cool paying $35 for Transmit 5.