I'm also a long time user, so my review is more global: I've always preferred Transmit's interface and feel over the other FTP clients, but I've always also had issues while syncing "huge" folders (if you can consider 100Mb huge, nowadays...)
I still haven't found another app that does it with no alert of any kind or not having connection issues, so I suspect that FTP on its own is already an issue, but I can't believe there's no cure for such things in 2019... :-/
(From long-term paying user) Transmit is pretty, like all Panic products. But on recent MacOS (including latest Catalina, with latest Transmit) you get scattered zero-byte transfers, without warning or message of any kind. Not good. You're left digging through multiple folders to find where those files are, which is not what trustworthy FTP should be about. Also (maybe related) first single-file transfer after a connection can take up to 10-15 seconds, even for a tiny file. But yes, the software is pretty...
I'm also a long time user, so my review is more global: I've always preferred Transmit's interface and feel over the other FTP clients, but I've always also had issues while syncing "huge" folders (if you can consider 100Mb huge, nowadays...)
I still haven't found another app that does it with no alert of any kind or not having connection issues, so I suspect that FTP on its own is already an issue, but I can't believe there's no cure for such things in 2019... :-/
Having a lot of ftp connection issues with the last few versions (post 5). Have used this app since its birth so don't want to judge and re-rate just yet.. Am a Coda user as well and having much better luck using it as an ftp uploader.. what's going on Panic? If I did not use Coda.. and if Yummy did no sport such a crappy antiquated UI.. and if ForkLift imported Transmit bookmarks (I have looooads).. I'd have moved away already.. (on top of that support is not very good, in my perception at least).
I don't really like this much. I use Transmit to connect to a local linux box in our office via sftp. If I select a remote file (e.g. a tiny text file) from the Transmit window and edit and then save it in a Mac text editor, it can take up to 30 seconds before I get the notification from transmit that the file updated at the linux box. It's definitely not a bandwidth issue on our LAN.
Having moved over from my beloved FETCH 5.77 (used since the 1990s) as Jim Matthews is still creating the 64-bit version for the modern era, there's lots to like about Transmit, except it has already crashed on me 3 times in the past hour after Purchasing a couple of copies for Work.
Still lots of v5.5 bugs for them to follow-up on within OSX 10.14.5 Mojave. I've sent Crash Reports to Panic Dev.
With a different FTP program, I was having problems uploading my files. I got disconnected all the time. I then switched to Transmit, and voilà: no more disconnections! Wonderful program!
Since updating to 5.2.2, connections no longer resume after restarting the application. HUGE fail.
BTW, darkening the active tab is moronic and entirely unintuitive. Put it back to the way it used to be: active tab light; inactive tabs dark!
Great app but not worth its price, when you think you can get ALL of its features and more for less money, with apps like ForkLift or Commander One PRO.
Current full fledged file managers have pretty much all integrated FTP and support for multiple file protocols (icloud etc). This is a natural evolution; to the everyday user, the protocol should be transparent, from user's perspective it's all about moving files back and forth, whatever the source/destination, transport medium or protocol. Users think less in terms of local versus remote these days. Transmit have a hard time justifying cost; when the file management capabilities are not on par with likes of Forklift, Pathfinder etc, especially the dual pane UI. I know the 5 version improved greatly, but IMO, the file management aspect is still lagging behind. Forklift is only $29 and also supports SFTP, FTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, Backblaze B2, Google Drive, Rackspace CloudFiles, SMB, AFP, and NFS
With FTP increasingly being dropped - you can't even connect to Mozilla's internal servers any more - I'm afraid this once very useful application is going to be marginalized to personal ftp servers. Sad. But, security is paramount, I guess.
What other file transfer protocols does Transmit support? I'm currently playing with the free trial and, notably, SMB, AFP and NFS (among others) seem to be missing... ?
I loved v4 and before, but v5 has a terrible, bloated UI and crashes at least twice a day. I'm hopeful with every upgrade that Panic fixes these bugs, but they never do. I'm now looking for an alternative after all these years. Too bad Interarchy 11 is vaporware. Any suggestions?
Still no localisations after all these months. Even though the new design is sleek and fun to use, it's sad not to get appropriate language output at this price point - especially because this has been standard until v4.
I use a Wacom Intuos, Transmit does not support stylus, basically you can pretty much drag an drop a file/folder once (sometimes not even once) in the Transmit browser, and after that you're stuck using the trackpad (or a mouse.. I have not used a mouse for 20 years..). as Transmit does not respond to the Intuos beyond one or two actions at best... So today I moved a whole bunch of files.. I had to use a couple of fingers from each hand to drag and drop using the trackpad (about as pleasant as driving with a steering wheel covered in oil) and what had to happen happened, I let them go in the wrong folder, hundreds of files.. Big mess, had to reinstall the whole site from backup. Panic knows about this Wacom issue, and keeps telling me they'll fix it.. When?! In version 12 ? I'll have retired by then.
Also Panic said that Coda and Transmit would share the same bookmarks.. but years after saying this. one still has to export and reimport.. no automated syncing, Will this feature ever see the light of day.. why talk about it if you never come around to implementing it.
It's an excellent paid FTP app if you do web development professionally. Folder syncing, the "Mount as Disk" option and fast file transfer performance are all reliable and very helpful in development work. Strongly recommended if you are a professional web developer using a Mac as a primary development environment.
Cannot connect to multiple hosts on 10.11.6 (05-10-17 08:04:52,599 Transmit[19669]: [Crashlytics:Crash] Warning: NSApplicationCrashOnExceptions is not set. This will result in poor top-level uncaught exception reporting.) Contacted Panic multiple times, are not really interested in fixing.
Works en looks very well on 10.12, just a pity about 10.11 not being up to par with that. The best part of good software is good support and that leaves room for improvement at Panic. So 3 stars instead of 5.
The developer states that there is one price $35, whether you are an existing customer or a new customer, and uses the fact that it has not had a paid update since 2010 to justify. The bottom line is existing customers are not getting any usual discount, as newbies are getting for the same price. That's not how you show existing customer appreciation or keep brand loyalty.
Ok now I can review it.. I've used Transmit since.. forever ( I also have Yummy and Forklift) and even though I like forklift as it is almost a Finder, I keep getting back to Transmit as it always seems to work when I face rights issues etc with others, I also feel Transmit to be faster for transfers.. Since version 4 and now 5 the UI has gotten much better, always very Mac-like and almost playful.. which I like (the kid in me.. love the little truck). All the connection options are great.. and there is a soft spot in me for the company that brought us Audion.. way back :0)
As for the price, indeed they have not charged for ages.. time to show a little love/money !
I can't think of a better FTP tool! (tried Fetch, Cyberduck, and others)
After so many years of basic use, I've just read the "Learn 15 Secrets of Transmit 4" page (link above) and guess what: I've discovered a few useful features I didn't know! Great! :-)
There's also a 4.4.12 update for Transmit Disk: https://library.panic.com/transmit/td-install/
I have been a happy user of Transmit for a few years now, and I can say I am very happy with it. The remote server mounted as a disk is a brilliant idea, and although some servers don't play well with it, I have had very few bad experiences during the countless hours I've spent using it. Synchronization is a feature that could be improved in some ways, for example: simulating the sync is great, but why can't I choose which files I want or want not synchronized after getting the result of the simulation? What I do is export the list to a rtf file, then manually copy the files I'm interested in sync'ing, but it's far from ideal. 4 stars!
I want to leave a comment with a work around for those who use transmit disk menu and who want to upgrade to El Capitan.
By Default El capitan ships with SIP enabled, a new feature implemented by Apple to increase security to protect the OS and the user from malicious activities.
As a result of this certain system utilities will no longer function until updated to take into account of these features. People like me3 who have older software that either hasn't been updated , or the cost isn't worth upgrading for just that one feature. There is a work around apple has included.
Boot into Recovery mode by holding command+r on boot.
when the os x utilities windows appears select terminal from the utilities menu
in terminal type: csrutil disable and hit return. A message should appear saying the protection was successfully disabled
type reboot into the terminal to reboot the mac and your third party utilities will function again.
Keep in mind NOTE" don't do this unless you know what you're doing or have a real reason to do so because you are taking away security that will protect your system.
If you are good with computers and understand security or have experience with unix or linux systems outside os x you may proceed as you will already understand the risks. I personally like full control of the system and not have security policies in place I can't control.
Hope this helps have a great day!
By the way, you can re enable SIP by repeating the above steps but typing csrutil enable at the terminal prompt.
As a Beta tester of El capitan, I wanted to inform people that transmit menu is currently broken.
The issue is documented on Panic's site in their troubleshooting section. It's due to the new security changes apple has made to 10.11.
I also wanted to mention that the site doesn't specify a time it will be fixed, but they suggest it will be fixed in the future at some point.
the site for reference is: https://library.panic.com/transmit/td-troubleshoot/
It works great. I'm not saying I use this as my FTP client for everything. Because I never liked their UI. But they have improved a lot over time.
When I need manage my sites with FTP... Viper FTP is the way to go.
Mounting and using remote filesystems with TransmitMenu is extremely torturous. Hanging and disconnecting all the time. Oh, and if you want to refresh Finder, well, remounting is the only way. The "Refresh Finder" function does nothing.
In my opinion, this is completely useless feature and can be removed from the app without any further development. Half-star to TransmitMenu.
I used to love Transmit, and it's still the best FTP/SFTP client for OS X. However, I noticed over the last few months that after using Transmit for extended periods of time, sometimes it fails to upload all files and folders in a folder that you upload. There are no errors, and it shows that it completed successfully. Even the transcript doesn't show it attempting to upload the missing files. Re-uploading doesn't fix it, either. You have to quit Transmit, reopen, and then it works. I've been burned many times because missing PHP files. Lastly, still no automatic refresh of directories? No one wants cached directory listings.
I inadvertently hit the sad-face icon for Transmit when I was over at the Cyberduck page.
We recently had to select an FTP client for an enterprise company. We evaluated all the available solutions. After thorough testing the decision was made to go with Transmit.
I have several FTP clients on my MBPr, but I consistently use Transmit. Its easy to use, easy to manage, and does what I expect it to do reliably and consistently.
Costs a few dollars, but its fair to pay a developer for a quality product, happy to do so.
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If I did not use Coda.. and if Yummy did no sport such a crappy antiquated UI.. and if ForkLift imported Transmit bookmarks (I have looooads).. I'd have moved away already.. (on top of that support is not very good, in my perception at least).
Still lots of v5.5 bugs for them to follow-up on within OSX 10.14.5 Mojave. I've sent Crash Reports to Panic Dev.
The next day requires quitting and relaunching to transfer anything. Sad because it is often as much as twice as fast as Cyberduck or Fetch.