Browse a server’s folders

Move around a server’s folders like in Finder.

Steps

  • Open a folder: double-click it, or select it and press ⌘↓ (Go ▸ Open Selection).
  • Go up: the ↑ button, or ⌘↑ (Go ▸ Enclosing Folder).
  • Back and forward: the arrow buttons, or ⌘[ and ⌘].
  • Home folder: the house button, or ⇧⌘H.
  • Type a path: ⇧⌘G (Go ▸ Go to Folder…). ~ means your home folder.
  • Click a folder in the path bar under the buttons to jump there.
  • Filter: type in Filter by name (or press ⌘F) to show only matching names.
  • Hidden files: the eye button, or ⇧⌘., shows names that start with a dot.
  • Refresh: the circle arrow, or ⌘R.
The server pane with its path bar, buttons and filter field

Columns and sorting

  • Click a column heading to sort by it. Click again to reverse.
  • Right-click the headings (or View ▸ Columns) to show or hide columns: size, date modified, permissions, owner, group and kind.
  • Folders show “—” as their size. View ▸ Calculate Folder Sizes (the Σ button) works them out. Settings can do it always.

Favourites

  • Go ▸ Add to Favourites keeps the server folder you see, for that host.
  • Go ▸ Favourites lists them: choose one to go there, or Remove one.

Tips

  • The status line under each pane shows the number of items, your selection and its size, and the free space.
  • A folder your account can’t read shows an error, not an empty list.
  • Large folders list fast: 50,000 items in about a second on most Linux servers.