SFTP and rsync are two tools that can help you transfer files across networks and the web. Here's how to use them within macOS. There are many occasions on which you need to transfer files between two ...

People have used FTP clients to upload, download, and share files over the internet for years, and though the FTP protocol continues to age, it's still commonly used all over the world. Once barebones ...

Reader Gregg Andrews has an iOS device here and files there and wonders how to bring the two together. He writes: My company keeps a lot of work files on an FTP server. When I travel I’d like to take ...

Last week’s README file demonstrated how easy it is to turn virtually any desktop machine into an SFTP server. Today’s piece shows how to automate a well-known Windows open source SFTP client using ...

Let’s imagine a situation where we want to write a pure Java application that must download files from a remote computer running an FTP server. We also want to filter downloads on the basis of remote ...

Much as I prefer to rely on services like YouSendIt for sending large files from my PC, sometimes you just need a little FTP. Short for File Transfer Protocol, FTP is basically a way to connect ...

Vicomsoft on Tuesday announced the release of version 4.6 of FTP Client, its File Transfer Protocol (FTP) software for the Mac. It costs $35 (updates for registered users are free). FTP Client ...

There are two major differences between Secure File Transfer Protocol and FTP. The first is that SFTP utilizes Secure Shell, or SSH, to encrypt all communications between the client and server.

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol, which is essentially a means of moving files and information. It's an important aspect of the internet and is used to move files from a computer to a server ...