NetFinder is an essential tool for people who manage files on servers who want to do it as easily and Mac-like as the Finder. It supports FTP (file transfer protocol), FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV/iDisk, HTTP, allowing you upload, download, rename, move, delete, archive, edit and much much more. It will make your file management life unbelievably simple and fun.
Key Features:
Re-written from ground up using cool stuff like Cocoa.
Support for more protocols: ftp, sftp, ftps, ftpsi, webdav, http, file, iDisk.
Advanced mirroring/syncing engine, with lots
What's New
Version 3.1.1:
Added Toolbar to listing windows for easy access to often used commands.
Added a View Menu to hide/show various parts of the listing window, including the toolbar.
Added private/public URL mapping preference pane
Added "Copy Public URL to Clipboard" feature.
Added WebView command to open a files public URL in the default browser, eg Safari.
Added remainder of German localization. Special thanks to Morell. If you still find something in English, send over the German translation and we will fix it up.
Fixed a corrupt file causing characters to drop out in a few German localized strings. Thanks Reto.
Fixed a bug in single window mode which would allow a new window to be created when opening the parent window from the Menu.
Improved handling of bad reply from certain FTP servers, should no longer crash.
Version 3.1.1:
Added Toolbar to listing windows for easy access to often used commands.
Added a View Menu to hide/show various parts of the listing window, including the toolbar.
Added private/public URL mapping preference pane
Added "Copy Public URL to Clipboard" feature.
Added WebView command to open a files public URL in the default browser, eg more...
Thanks be the gods this was updated and is now fully Leopard savvy. It is a great app, having used it since the OS 8 days. (the days of Dartmouths ''Fetch''). I strongly recommend NetFinder to anyone who want smooth FTP integration into the Mac interface. The best keeps getting better.
Another user of NetFinder before the OS10 days and have used it everyday. I too have tried many ftp clients including the "popular ones" as they say, and I just find it simple and easy.
As for the comment about how long it has been that it has been updated. WHO SAYS an app has to be updated every week to be the best. I look at it as Netfinder was coded right the first time.
Netfinder may not have some features, but I bought it years ago and it has worked for me, and I tell all my new web designers to get it.
I have used a lot of file management systems over the years but still find NetFinder the most stable, powerful and fastest app out there. It's obvious time has been spent on this version to make sure that the build continues to out performs it's competitors.
It supports all of the servers/protocols I need and then some. The filterable self contained reports are extremely useful & easy to use. There are also a lot of other extremely handy features for NetFinder users such as labeling, comments, the ability to preview Movies, MP3 & Shockwave files as well as the integration with Apple Automator, Keychain & BBEdit.
It may have been a white between builds, but it was well worth the wait.
Don't waste you time looking at the other apps like I did.
NetFinder is by far the best file management system out there and well worth the price.
NetFinder has always been my workhorse for FTP, the only one I bought back in the pre-OS 10 days.
I'm happy this new version is out - compatible more servers, protocols, and current Macs. It has some nice new features & menu changes. It's been a long wait from 2 to 3 but it's a good update.
Considering that the last update to NF was 5 YEARS AGO and the update before that was SIX years ago, you have question the commitment of the developer to his customers...
Quite simply, even if NF 3 was the best FTP client on the planet (and it isn't), I wouldn't be investing my money in it now.
There are plenty of well supported products to consider. The crowd favorites are Transmit and CyberDuck, and of course there are the products that have stood the test of time - Fetch and Interarchy.
[Version 3.0]
Anonymousreviewed on 29 Jan 2004
NetFinder actually beats out Tranmit in terms of a true Mac-like interface for a Mac FTP client, but it falls short of true excellence from complex preference panes and the occasional crash. Also, at $10 more than Transmit, the price could be a bit more competitive.
Unfortunately, I've been more and more reliant on the built-in FTP features of Mac OS X, which do not cost extra.
[Version 2.3.3]
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NetFinder is an essential tool for people who manage files on servers who want to do it as easily and Mac-like as the Finder. It supports FTP (file transfer protocol), FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV/iDisk, HTTP, allowing you upload, download, rename, move, delete, archive, edit and much much more. It will make your file management life unbelievably simple and fun.
Key Features:
Re-written from ground up using cool stuff like Cocoa.
Support for more protocols: ftp, sftp, ftps, ftpsi, webdav, http, file, iDisk.
Advanced mirroring/syncing engine, with lots of options.
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+6
Finkel reviewed on 23 Apr 2009
+53
Itty reviewed on 20 Mar 2008
+9
As for the comment about how long it has been that it has been updated. WHO SAYS an app has to be updated every week to be the best. I look at it as Netfinder was coded right the first time.
Netfinder may not have some features, but I bought it years ago and it has worked for me, and I tell all my new web designers to get it.
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numinx reviewed on 27 Feb 2008
It supports all of the servers/protocols I need and then some. The filterable self contained reports are extremely useful & easy to use. There are also a lot of other extremely handy features for NetFinder users such as labeling, comments, the ability to preview Movies, MP3 & Shockwave files as well as the integration with Apple Automator, Keychain & BBEdit.
It may have been a white between builds, but it was well worth the wait.
Don't waste you time looking at the other apps like I did.
NetFinder is by far the best file management system out there and well worth the price.
Hoby reviewed on 30 Jan 2008
I'm happy this new version is out - compatible more servers, protocols, and current Macs. It has some nice new features & menu changes. It's been a long wait from 2 to 3 but it's a good update.
+16
Soothe reviewed on 30 Jan 2008
Quite simply, even if NF 3 was the best FTP client on the planet (and it isn't), I wouldn't be investing my money in it now.
There are plenty of well supported products to consider. The crowd favorites are Transmit and CyberDuck, and of course there are the products that have stood the test of time - Fetch and Interarchy.
Anonymous reviewed on 29 Jan 2004
Unfortunately, I've been more and more reliant on the built-in FTP features of Mac OS X, which do not cost extra.