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Oct 27 2009

LUGAL  You can follow this hint to repair Macfusion under Snow Leopard:

http://rackerhacker.com/2009/08/28/fix-macfusion-on-snow-leopard/  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Aug 31 2009

SHOCK J  Appears to no longer function under Snow Leopard. Not sure if it's a MacFusion or MacFuse issue (or both). Hopefully theses issues get resolved quickly as they both are indispensable tools.  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Dec 16 2008

MICHAEL KWASNICKI  It would be nice if the Finder Icon was not redrawn 60 times per second or so, making operations on the desktop less responsible. (Try Quartz Debug and watch yourself)

Also a feature request is to be not forced to set a manual mount point. Instead it would be nice if it mouts the same way as all the other mounts. Just in /Volumes/ with an automatically generated folder with the name of the server or so.

The rest is working well and as promised.  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Aug 5 2008

BROCK SAMSON  No more automatic mounting?  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Aug 5 2008

MGORBACH  Good point, this isa feature that was in v1 and is not in v2. If you can, please file a bug on Macfusion's trac requesting this.  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Aug 7 2008

BISLEY  just I'm stick with 1.2b3 because of this feature. When MacFusion 2.x get automount feature I will use it :)

btw great and essential app for me.  
(Version 2.0.3)

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Jul 23 2008

WORLD28  This version is a disaster. All favorites have disappeared, and connections are all impossible with SSHFS (no mount, unrecognized password) ! By the way, I wrote Applescripts for SSHFS, that work fine, which confirm that this version of macfusion is TOTALLY buggy. A shame, even for an opensource program.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Jul 23 2008

JETFIREDX  Yeah it seems pretty unstable still with FTP as well. Trying to change the default path to ~/Comcast caused it to crash after an error about being unable to create the mount point. (However typing the full path in worked fine the next time.)

Glad to see MacFusion getting some updates though! Hopefully it will just continue to get better.  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Jul 22 2008

NICK.V  Version 2.0.1 still seems very buggy. I get crashes when I go to the MacFusion tab for a favorite or try to mount via SSH using a password on the keychain. My advice is to stick with an older build (the last one I have is 1.3 Beta 3) for now.  
(Version 2.0.1)

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Jul 22 2008

MGORBACH  Nick. Thank you for the feedback. Please report these crashes in the Trac site: macfusionapp.org/trac. It's very hard for me to fix these unless they are reported, as they do not happen on my computer.

What I need to fix these crashes you mention are crash logs as well as specifications on the type of machine you are using.

Michael  
(Version 2.0.1)

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Jul 24 2008

NICK.V  I submitted the bug for the Macfusion tab crash. The keychain crash appears to be fixed now with the latest build...  
(Version 2.0.2)

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Jul 21 2008

MARK EVERITT  I can't seem to add favourites in version 2.0. I can connect to server, but the Favourites menu item is greyed out as are all the menu items in the configuration box.

Otherwise it's fantastic as always!  
(Version 2.0)

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Jul 21 2008

MGORBACH  You should be able to add favorites by clicking the plus button in the main window (not the menuitem).  
(Version 2.0)

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Jul 21 2008

MARK EVERITT  Sorry, that's what I meant by the menu items in the configuration box. Everything in the plus and the cog is greyed out.  
(Version 2.0)

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Jul 21 2008

MGORBACH  hmm, I'm not sure how this happened, but a bug I thought I killed earlier seems to have reappeared. Will be fixed in very short order.  
(Version 2.0)

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Jul 21 2008

MARK EVERITT  Thanks. I'm liking the new interface, very slick!  
(Version 2.0)

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Jul 21 2008

MGORBACH  Should be fixed now. You can either re-download it from Macupdate, or do a "check for updates" from Macfusion's menu. The new version is 2.0.1.

Apologies to all!  
(Version 2.0)

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Jul 21 2008

MARK EVERITT  Thanks again. :D  
(Version 2.0)

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Jul 22 2008

MIKEDFUNK  I am not able to save my password for an FTP mount with v2.0.1 on Mac OS 10.5.4. When I check "Save Password in Keychain" and click OK to mount it says "The application ftpfs_askpass quit unexpectedly" and then slides down a notice - "Could not mount filesystem: Mount has timed out." Would love to be able to save passwords and load them from the keychain.  
(Version 2.0.1)

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Jul 22 2008

MARK EVERITT  I've noticed this too, but I occasionally have keychain issues anyway so I put it down to that. I'll do a repair permissions before I put it down to macfusion.  
(Version 2.0.1)

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May 7 2008
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SCORCH  Amazing. Just what I was looking for. Very straight-forward and works beautifully with macFUSE 10.5-1.5.1. No restart required (the installer for macFUSE warns about this). You can even quit the app and have the mounted disk(s) remains.  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Dec 17 2007

TATONKA  Great app!

But i couldn't manage to show the mounted servers in the finder sidebar. They only show up on the desktop, although the finder shows servers which are mounted local via afp.  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Dec 7 2007
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MCJULES  Great app,very easy to use, good integration with the system, looks like you're browsing files locally :-)  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Dec 4 2007
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NO LEGGED SNAKE  This program is great! I mean, you can do this using osx anyway, but this program just makes it really easy. Its really slow to read and write to your ftp mount but thats got nothing to do with the program and everything to do with the speed of your internet connection. I'd definitely recommend this one to web developers.  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Aug 27 2007

ARVIDTP  I want to like this app, but so far all it does when I try to connect to an FTP server is beachball ALL my apps for upwards of 5 minutes (I can't do anything at all with the mac, in any app!) then says unmounted next to the FTP account in the MacFUSE list when it is finally done with this.

OS X 10.4.10, Powerbook G4 1.25GHz  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Sep 8 2007

KAZ219  Same here with a PowerBook G4 1,33GHz...  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Oct 20 2007

ARVIDTP  I thought I would give it another try, but sure enough - system hosed again - had to force reboot.  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Jul 17 2007

G3P0  I love this app. My only wish is that it could mount smb volumes as well.  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Jul 17 2007
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WALKI-TALKI.COM  Oh, my God!!! It's the app I have been dying to have. The FTP volumes that I mounted via Tiger never worked. I could download, but not upload. This one so far works with both my servers, ftp and sftp. Frankly, I am not even sure which Macfuse I'm using, the Google one or the one I installed via fink. I assume they are the same. Either way, the initial test of this software has worked magnificently. You, sir, may have obviated the need for an (s)ftp client altogether. :)  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Jul 16 2007
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MARK EVERITT  Does what it says on the tin. It makes life so much easier! Thanks to the developers of both this and MacFUSE for two of the most useful and timesaving pieces of software I've downloaded this year.  
(Version 1.2b3)

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Jul 16 2007

MGORBACH  For those of you having problems with authentication and write access, I apologize. There is a simple workaround for now, and I will be fixing this by default in an upcoming version. For now, using MacFusion 1.2 Beta 3, please add "-odefer_auth" (minus the quotes) to the advanced options field in your ssh or ftp account. This has been known to fix many such issues.

Thank you,

Michael Gorbach

MacFusion Lead Developer  
(Version 1.2b2)

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Jun 29 2007

SHOCK J  Going to have to stop using MacFusion until they update it properly. Regardless of which user I use to connect to a server with (including root), I no longer have write access if I connect via MacFusion. I'm backing using sshfs for Darwin until MacFusion gets the bugs out. Too bad, MacFusion is super easy to use versus sshfs, which has no UI. Same problem with 1.2beta2 as well.  
(Version 1.1)

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Jun 7 2007

SHOCK J  Creating a symbolic link to the new location of the MacFuse extension where MacFusion expects it to be seems to be a temp workaround. MacFusion will give you a warning that it has not been verified with the version of MacFuse (0.4.0) that you are running and it could cause problems. To make symlink (in Terminal): "sudo ln -s /System/Library/Filesystems/fusefs.fs/Support/fusefs.kext /Library/Extensions/fusefs.kext" Of course , you have to be an admin to do this.  
(Version 1.1)

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Jun 7 2007

SHOCK J  Yes, I have encountered the same problem after upgrading to new version of MacFuse. I read the Changelog and the latest version of MacFuse has repackaged and moved the installed components to new locations. This is probably why MacFusion now longer works. It's looking for MacFuse in the wrong place now. Probably an easy fix for the developer(s). Hope they get to this quickly as I love this little app. :-)  
(Version 1.1)

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Jun 7 2007

MACLOVER1.1  It seemed to work so so... stopping the connection midway during an upload.. guess this was due to MacFUSE.. I now installed 0.4 from Google and MacFusion tells me MacFUSE is not installed.. oh well I'll keep using Fire Ftp right within Firefox which kicks booty (I don't know much about all these protocols, I just need basic ftp abilities really :-)  
(Version 1.1)

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Jun 6 2007

NAOH  It works wonderfully for me.

I've managed to connect to a range of FTP servers.

(Not tried SSH yet.)

One thing that I would like added, is a way to allow FUSE to take control of NTFS volumes.

I have seen instructions on how to do this manually, but it really is too much hassle.

It would be great if there were a menu option to choose an NTFS volume that were mounted through the Mac OS X driver. Doing this would unmount the volume in question and re-mount it through FUSE.

The only two variables involved appear to be the volume name and the volume identifier. They should be easy enough to obtain from the OS.

Apart from that one wish, it's showing huge promise.

Keep up the good work!  
(Version 1.1)

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May 25 2007
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AKROBAT  Don't know what the problem is but it simply don't work. Using the same settings as CaptainFTP and Transmit but all I get is 'Failed to Mount'. Shame about the lack of a help file.  
(Version 1.1)

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May 27 2007

GRAHAM PERRIN  We have a workaround, explanation or fix in the pipeline for nearly every known issue.

Please, don't hesitate to note your problem amongst the list of issues —

http://code.google.com/p/macfusion/

If you don't wish to add to the list of issues, you can chat with the MacFusion community:

* IRC irc.freenode.net #macfusion

or chat with me personally

* http://fuzzy.wordpress.com/chat/

In live chat, most issues are resolved in a few seconds :)

Regards

Graham Perrin  
(Version 1.1)

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May 23 2007

GANNET  Ah, a great program - this is so useful. Always wondered why OS X can't normally write to FTP volumes.

One request though: can you make it so that you can drag it around the way you can with other menu extras? (or why not make it an actual menu extra instead of an app?)  
(Version 1.1)

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May 27 2007

GRAHAM PERRIN  MacFusion issue 9 comment 6

http://code.google.com/p/macfusion/issues/detail?id=9#c6

explains why the menu extra icon can not (will not) be draggable.

MacFusion issue 156

http://code.google.com/p/macfusion/issues/detail?id=156

arises from the developer's discussion of user preferences for the menu extra, and for a Dock icon.  
(Version 1.1)

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May 15 2007

ABTON  Had the same problem with MacFusion not storing port numbers. It appears that if you add a server that is not currently available (due to network problems, for example) the port number always defaults to 22 rather than the one you specify.

If the server is available then it works fine. A small bug but annoying.

Apart from this, nice software.  
(Version 1.1b2)

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May 21 2007

GRAHAM PERRIN  ABTON and MACPERSON0852,

this was a bug with the OK button, first noted on 11th May, fixed on the 15th and verified on the 16th. This fix will be incorporated in MacFusion 1.1, which should be available soon.

##

In the meantime, the workaround is to

hit the Enter key

to enter your entries.

(Don't click the OK button)

This bug hit a few people — including me — apologies for any inconvenience!

Regards

Graham Perrin

MacFusion Project member  
(Version 1.1b2)

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Apr 23 2007

MAC0852  I didn't want to mar my previous review.

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Seems as though the app doesn't support/ retain custiom ssh ports options.

Each time I set a custom port, MacFusion persists in only connecting to the standard (22).

This is the only minus in an otherwise great app.  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 23 2007

MGORBACH  hmm ... interesting. I've just been testing this on my system and it seems to work fine. Can you check whether the port is being set in the defaults? Changes the port, quit macfusion, then type

defaults read org.mgorbach.macfusion

in the terminal ... what does it say?  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 27 2007

ZEITKIND  Works for me (eg. ssh -p 222).

One thing I dislike is inability to cd .. from eg /root to /

But might be a limit from MacFUSE? So I will stay with Fugu I guess.  
(Version 1.0)

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May 27 2007

GRAHAM PERRIN  @Zeitkind:

If you wish to cd to /

then simply specify /

in a favourite for the connection.

You can create separate favourites

— one for /root and

— one for /

but it's probably not advisable to mount and write to both at the same time.   
(Version 1.1)

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Apr 23 2007
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MAC0852  Excellent App.

I currently use MacFUSE, and have most of my remote mounts already setup as bash aliases, but this is a nice touch.

I especially like the simplicity of the "no-dock" icon approach and the unobtrusive menu-bar item.

Well done.  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 23 2007
*****

MARK EVERITT  Got that problem sorted, and it turns out it was just me being stupid. Excellent app! Just what I've been looking for.  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 22 2007

MARK EVERITT  I've got the newest MacFUSE installed. The icon sits in the menu bar, but the submenus are greyed out. None of the non-greyed options work, including quit (so I have to force it). Any idea what's wrong?

This'll be perfect when I get it working!  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 22 2007

MD07  Try checking to see if MacFusion popped up a window in the background asking if you want to automatically check for updates. I think the options stay grayed out until you select your preference.  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 22 2007

MGORBACH  My guess is that the problem is as described in the above post. Sometimes a window gets "lost". If this isn't the issue, please email me or comment back and I'd be happy to try to figure out whats going wrong.  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 23 2007

MARK EVERITT  That did the trick! Just my own stupidity getting the best of me again. ;)  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 22 2007
*****

MD07  Absolutely perfect solution for these types of connections. I actually signed up for a MacUpdate account just so I could say how great this product is. I tried all sorts of other software packages and this is the only one that was able to deliver. Thank you so much.  
(Version 1.0)

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Apr 22 2007

E_COMMERCE  Now this looks like exactly what I've been waiting for to use MacFUSE. I'll be watching this closely.

Oh, and you may want to redo that screenshot - your domain names are still quite readable through the blur.  
(Version 1.0)

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