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OS X does support sftp out of the box. Also, it can act as an sftp host if you enable Remote Login (ssh).
by crescendo 18y ago
OS X does support sftp out of the box. Also, it can act as an sftp host if you enable Remote Login (ssh).
- tlrobinson 18y agoFrom the command line, yes, but not the GUI. When I do command-K in the Finder and enter a sftp://whatever I get this message: URLs should begin with afp://, at://, file://, ftp://, http:// http://, https:// https://, nfs://, smb://, cifs://, or vnc:// It's easy enough to get a nice SFTP client though (I prefer Transmit. It even supports Amazon S3)
- crescendo 18y agoAh, yes, that's right. It's easy to forget that not everyone is a developer. Cyberduck (http://cyberduck.ch/ http://cyberduck.ch/) is also a good sftp/s3 client for OS X.
- jonknee 18y agoOS X doesn't even really support FTP through the Finder... It's read only. A good substitute is MacFUSE and the SSH file system. Your server gets mounted as a disk (read and write!) and it's secure through SSH. If you want goodies like preferences there is a product called ExpanDrive that makes it pretty seamless.