Fetch I began using (22 years ago) at the ANU. It’s still around. It still works. I used it extensively over the last 3 years (maintaining websites) and it worked flawlessly.

At the end of the day, if what you use works, then USE IT. What appeals to one, doesn’t necessarily appeal to another. That’s life.

It makes me wonder why it seems so difficult to create decent simple utilities for the Mac??!!
Any recommendations? I will check back

Well I not only use Yummy FTP, like Yummy FTP, but I’m also a real person, which you can see by looking at my blog post and googling me:

http://simonwoodside.com/weblog/2008/12/1/yummy_ftp_for_mac_os/

Oddly enough the page you reference doesn’t mention Yummy at all. Seems like you are conducting a FUD campaign against Yummy… Odd that googling you comes up with … NOTHING AT ALL. Fishy.

Anyway, as others say, check out Yummy before you buy. I haven’t tried the latest Transmit but in the past I found it annoying.

I don’t like Fetch or Cyberduck because they are single-paned, showing only server files, hence you must open a finder window and multiple windows cluttering the screen. I prefer a multi-paned interface all in one window.

Check out Filezilla, I think it’s worthy of this “top” list, because to me it has all the desired features, it’s intuitive, and it’s free.

Officially retracting my comment, as I think I misunderstood what you said completely (must have mixed things up somehow, could happen anyone). Although I still don’t understand why a few people raving about a competitor app would mean what you suspect.

I for one is in no way affiliated with the creators of Yummy FTP.

Is there any logic behind your comment? Agreed, Yummy FTP doesn’t have a fraction of the userbase compared to Transmit. But what does that prove?

The reason why there are a lot of more Transmit users out there, and why the same app has gained heaps if credit and reputation, is simply due to the fact that 1.) it has been out since forever, and 2.) it’s been spent a whole lot more marketing dough on, and possibly 3.) has had the opportunity to enjoy a lot more media hype in times when ftp clients were few and ftp’ing was an exotic kind of practice.

Judging from your comment, it’s hard to believe that you even tried Yummy FTP yourself. You’re making an assumption that the sheer number of users equals ‘the’ measure for defining quality… Thusly, I take it you’re prefering the ‘better’ PC platform, which has a gazillion more users than Mac, yes?

Flow looks very promising. I can’t wait for it to come out!

Transmit is the best – BY FAR. If you can’t afford it, or don’t have enough need for all it has to offer, then CyberDuck is a distant, but VERY worthy second.

Everything else is just… well, just there.

http://wilshipley.com/blog/2005/12/sock-puppet-marketing.html

Transmit and Interarchy are the kings of the Mac FTP world. Whenever Interarchy or Transmit are mentioned in a blog you can almost guarentee a bunch of rave reviews for Yummy FTP will appear in a days time (and Jim Matthews in two days time saying “What about Fetch”). Sure a few mentions of competitors is to be expected but the same bogus comments – all agreeing with each other – keep getting made over and over again. Highly suspicious.

I doubt the validity of any of the comments here promoting Yummy FTP. And I also doubt the validity of comments shamelessly promoting Yummy FTP elsewhere. Clever marketing perhaps but highly unethical. Yummy FTP is certainly not a company I want anything to do with.

@Jordan: check out the Droplet shortcut support in Fetch 5.2.

got any other pieces of software that offer deep education discounts or for free?

Unless you are in an enterprise environment, it’s overkill.

I do tend to use Transmit mainly, though (yes I bought licenses for Interarchy *and* Transmit…). Transmit has NEVER failed me in any way and is extremely easy to use.