FTP services have been in the finder since the beginning of OS X but they were more limited until 10.2 or 10.3.
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NoiseDesign - Aug 13, 2005 7:02:07 pm PDT #3992 of 10003
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tommyrot - Aug 13, 2005 7:05:08 pm PDT #3993 of 10003
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And here I was, using command-line ftp all this time....
Jessica - Aug 13, 2005 7:05:15 pm PDT #3994 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
FTP services are built into the finder in OS X. Under the "go" menu in the finder do a connect to network and just use "ftp://" and it will open in a regular window. For more stuff I use Fetch but that's not free.
I'm getting "error #43" when I do this.
NoiseDesign - Aug 13, 2005 7:08:06 pm PDT #3995 of 10003
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That's odd. Are you perhaps behind a firewall that is messing with FTP services.
Eddie - Aug 13, 2005 11:35:01 pm PDT #3996 of 10003
Your tag here.
I did some googling for "error 43 ftp mac" and came up with several references to "error -43" in this context. Is that in fact the error number, MINUS 43?
If so, this says Error -43 is File Not Found:
One instance where this esoteric knowledge becomes practical is in conjunction with MacsBug's error command, which returns a short description of cryptic Mac OS error numbers. If a program complains that "an error -43 occurred" you can identify the error number by popping into MacsBug, typing "error #-43", and pressing Return:
$FFD5 #-43 fnfErr - File not found
The application is telling you it tried to open a file, but couldn't find it. Depending on the program, this might be caused by a missing extension, plug-in, or document, but at least it gives you something to go by.
Offhand, I'm wondering if spaces in the filename aren't the culprit.
Jessica - Aug 14, 2005 6:13:53 am PDT #3997 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Are you perhaps behind a firewall that is messing with FTP services.
Nope (at least, not one that's ever blocked any other FTP programs I've used). My guess is that Apple moved the built-in FTP somewhere else in Tiger, as they seem to have done with a lot of things.
Off to Google, then...
Jessica - Aug 14, 2005 7:28:08 am PDT #3998 of 10003
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Note: The Finder lets you connect to FTP servers with read-only access so you can copy files from the server. However, to copy files to an FTP server, you may need another program. Visit the Apple website to find programs available for Mac OS X.
DCJensen - Aug 14, 2005 7:54:19 am PDT #3999 of 10003
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I found that the ftp through my OSX can get to the ftp server only if it is not behind a redirector. For instance, if you FTP to ftp.netscape.com, you get redirected to one of it's number sites, but OSX 10.3.9 gives a -43 error. however, if I ftp to ftp6.netscape.com it goes through.
DCJensen - Aug 14, 2005 8:16:44 am PDT #4000 of 10003
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NoiseDesign - Aug 14, 2005 10:12:24 am PDT #4001 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, the FTP services from the finder are not perfect, but they are free. I'm also comfy on the Unix Terminal so I'll do 'get' and 'put' from there as well. That one gives you much more control over your transfers, but you have to want to type in commands. Over the years I've found that Fetch is worth every penny if you do any FTP work on a Mac. I don't remember it being very expensive.