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DESCRIPTION
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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WHAT'S NEW
Version 8.32:
  • FTP and FTP-J tasks - transfer files based on modified date.. BETWEEN option now supports time in the future for first date to account for FTP server timezone differences. Format: -3-8 Hours means files with a timestamp between 3hrs before and 8hrs past.
  • Log viewer now supports Find and Find Next.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.3 or later.

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SCREENSHOT

Developer:Hitek Software
Downloads:14,486
  - Version d/l:97
Internet:FTP
License:Demo
Date:24 Nov 2009
Platform:PPC/Intel
Price:$89.95
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AbleFtp User Reviews (7 posts)Write A Review
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Apr 7 2008

MILESLONG  the thing I like best about ableftp is the fact that it is impossible for me to even install it which in turn saves me a lot of time that I would have wasted evaluating it...  
(Version 8.0.1)

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Nov 6 2007

CASTLE ROSE  I much prefer Captain FTP. It's better designed, is rock solid, has more useful features and it's cheaper.   
(Version 7.42)

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Aug 15 2007

DAVID BOTTON  The price tag for a single license is $69, that is fairly steep over excellent fully native apps like Yummy or Fetch.  
(Version 7.36)

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Aug 13 2006

STAR-AFFINITY  OS X screenshot has been added on their site!

Although, it doesn't look much better than the Windows version... :(  
(Version 7.09)

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Jul 30 2006

COOLFACTOR  The developer hasn't bothered to build a native Mac OS X application. It may run on the platform, and appears like a Mac application, but the application has many shortfalls that will only hurt its adoption.

- 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.  
(Version 7.07)

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Jan 30 2007

KRYSTOF VASA  I'm not the developer, but I'm gonna say this:

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.  
(Version 7.23)

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Jan 30 2007

COOLFACTOR  No whining intended. Just observations. If the developer is serious about delivering a Mac application, then deliver one. Don't deliver a half-heart hack-job just to support multiple platforms. That's no way to garner a loyal user base.

As an development myself, interface design is critical, and AbleFTP falls down badly on that aspect regardless of the programming environment used.  
(Version 7.23)

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Jun 23 2006

MACLOVER1.1  Same comment as below, if you wanna get me to even give product a try... ake the time to show me sceenshot on MY polatform, for God's sake LOL SO I guess I'll bypass this one.  
(Version 7.0.3)

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Jan 25 2006

STAR-AFFINITY  I went to the home page to check out some screen shots. Instead of seeing Mac OS X screen shots all I got was horrible Windows screens. They hurt my eyes...

I guess I have to download it and try. If I dare... :)  
(Version 6.29)

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