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Captain FTP
Version: 5.3 ||
Release Date: 2008-05-14 ||
License: Shareware
($29)
Developer: Xnet Communications
Powerful, secure, user-friendly, FTP Client built from scratch for Mac OS X, with workgroup file-sharing in an attractive tabbed metal interface. It includes Turbo, WebDAV, Growl, File Archiving, Quick Connect, Synchronization, remote file editing, Virtual Folders, Resume, Bonjour, built-in viewers and many, many more.
Captain FTP is the very first FTP Client to allow local network FTP users to share files directly between each other.
Tags: captainftp , Transmit , ftp , CyberDuck , transfer , Fetch


Opinions:
One of the best ftp clients for OS X! Captain FTP has all the features you could possibly need! FTP/SFTP/WebDAV/Server to Server transfers everything in one package, not to mention the great GUI and usability. With tabs you can easily connect several servers and copy your files. Also Captain FTP is as far as I know the only ftp client for OS X that supports PRET. The best feature and the main reason I'm using Captain FTP is folder synchronization. With this feature I can easily synchronize my school documents between our school servers and my laptop.
I use Captain FTP when to fetch the worksheets from my shool or when I need to upload my "homework" back. Sometimes I send larger videos I created to present my homework, so its' a musthave that the FTP Client supports a resume function on a reliable level, so does Captain FTP! For file transfer in my home LAN I used ForkLift, but it has not quite the possibilities Captain FTP has! Aaand it looks nice, like a mac app should look like! Thumbs UP! guys, good job! Excuse my English, it's still shool English ;)
If you look for just an ftp program, captain Ftp can suit to your need.
If you look for the best ftp program, here you are : Captain Ftp is simple, efficient and just ready for beginners and experienced users. I can only recommend this program for all the functionalities and the interface.
C'est vraiment le client ftp à utiliser sur mac, efficace, rapide, pro.
Captain Ftp is the best ftp on MacOSX and the greatest i have ever used.
I have been using Captain FTP in conjunction with Ga Virtual On-line school. I often have to post PDFs that are bigger than the size requested; so I upload with Captain FTP, and submit the link! This works great!!!
An excellent product and excellent service. I previously used "Fetch" for a long time (at least 10 years), Captain FTP is a lot easier to use (intuitively and functionally). I sometimes have to use Captain FTP to login to tens of accounts daily, it has never been
an issue (the same can't be said for CyberDuck, which I tried briefly on a recommendation ... and then found Captain FTP). This software publisher also seems to be in tune with Mac OS X upgrades. I consider Captain FTP to have been a good investment.
Regards,
Barry Coutts, PMP
There are few usable ftp clients around there for Mac OS X, Captian FTP is the best one. I like it's handy user interface, it's usability and that the program is capable of using SCP/SFTP/FTP, so I have not to use different programs for different kinds of data transfer.
Beside that, Captain FTP is the best looking FTP client software
I have been using Capt FTP for uploading hundreds sometimes thousands of images to my clients all over the world. It just keeps getting better and better. They really went the extra mile when they created Capt FP!!! I highly recommend Capt FTP to photographers all over the world!!!
I have used a Mac for some time now, and i cant find programm that would be like SmartFTP. And its so lame. So i tried Cyberducky, wich was fine by idelogy, but hated how less i could configure it, and i didint like the UI. So i finaly found this, reminds me little bit of WS_WTP but hey, its best i could find and i enjoy it. Give it a shot, and you wont go back.
I have been using Fetch for years and CaptainFTP is easier to use and powerful. Best part is it feels like you are transfering files internally. Also the layout and graphic is pure Mac. I highly recommend this software.