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AbleFtp is designed with automation in mind, so you do not have to spend time interactively transferring files. Features include:
- Simple User Interface helps you transfer files interactively, but the Goal is to get you to create advanced ftp tasks that can be scheduled automatically or run manually.
- Automate FTP to/from an intranet or internet server. Schedule ftp of files between your PC and the server and automatically rename the files based on current month, day or time if needed. Ftp supports wildcards (*). Transfer multiple files at once. Supports subdirectory
What's New
Version 9.13:
- Changed FTP/SFTP task settings so that user can enter remote directory fields to support blank field and dynamic variables.
- Schedule module bugfix: suspending/resuming a schedule sometimes led to schedule being left in suspended state.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later
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AbleFtp is designed with automation in mind, so you do not have to spend time interactively transferring files. Features include:
- Simple User Interface helps you transfer files interactively, but the Goal is to get you to create advanced ftp tasks that can be scheduled automatically or run manually.
- Automate FTP to/from an intranet or internet server. Schedule ftp of files between your PC and the server and automatically rename the files based on current month, day or time if needed. Ftp supports wildcards (*). Transfer multiple files at once. Supports subdirectory transfers.
- Scheduler software is very easy to use, yet has very powerful scheduling, tasking and automation capabilities.
- Email Notification of task failure based on task exit code.
- Remote FTP directory monitor can detect directory change and trigger ftp , zip, copy, delete tasks. Can also detect file size, total files, file modification dates and trigger other tasks if required.
- Local directory monitor works similar to the Remote Ftp directory monitor.
- Zip files and directories using wildcards on schedule. Can append date/time to filename for archive purposes.
- Copy files and directories using wildcards on schedule. Can append date/time to filename for archive purposes.
- Delete files on schedule based on wildcards.
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I recommend looking at Cyberduck. Way cooler to work with.
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Although, it doesn't look much better than the Windows version... :(
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- menubar on the window rather than at the top of the screen
- multiple toolbars, none of which are the standard type
- blank window of first run
- spacing of window elements is awkward and ugly
One interesting observation is that the download is only 6MB for the Mac, but 22MB or over for Windows or Linux.
I also have to commend the developer on the integrated Feedback window.
If this application is going to garner any loyalty, they'll rewrite it as a Cocoa application, or at least fix some of the shortfalls. The app has potential.
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All the stuff that you mentioned can't really be done anything with. Unfortunately. I haven't downloaded it, but I bet it is some ugly kind of Java and that is I think already enough to say. Java is a nice idea of crossplatform development, which works, but sucks - it's painfully slow, (at least on OS X) doesn't look right (the windows aren't composite) and the controls' behavior is usually not as we're used to.
This is the huge disadvantage of this app. However, there is an advantage: it's available for 3 platforms at the same time. That's why the dev is never going to rewrite it in Cocoa. First off - he might not even own a Mac! He would have to learn a new language and that would commit him to one platform. If he's going after profit, the most profitable platform would be (I guess) Windows... Unfortunately.
So we have to deal with what we have here and not wine about what we don't have... There are many cool native (written in Cocoa) FTP clients for OS X which you may use instead.
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As an development myself, interface design is critical, and AbleFTP falls down badly on that aspect regardless of the programming environment used.
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I guess I have to download it and try. If I dare... :)
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JohnKHeath rated on 05 Oct 2011