Copy files

Upload files from your Mac to a server, or download them from a server to your Mac.

Steps

Upload

  1. Open the target folder in the server pane (right).
  2. Drag files from the left pane, or from Finder, onto the server pane. Or select files in the left pane and click Upload.

Download

  1. Open the target folder in the left pane, this Mac.
  2. Drag files from the server pane to the left pane, or onto your Desktop or a Finder window. Or select them and click Download, or choose File ▸ Download To… to pick a folder.
Uploads in the Transfers list: two done, one running, one waiting

The copies run in the Transfers list. See Transfers and the queue.

Other ways

  • File ▸ Copy to Other Pane copies the selection into the folder the other pane shows. Its name says where: “Upload to …”, “Download to …”.
  • Edit ▸ Copy and Edit ▸ Paste. Files copied in Finder can be pasted into a server pane: they are uploaded.
  • File ▸ Upload… chooses Mac files to upload.
  • File ▸ Upload Compressed packs the selected Mac items into one stream and unpacks them on the server.
  • File ▸ Download as .tar.gz…: see Download as one archive.

Within one server

  • Dragging inside one server moves the items. Hold ⌥ to copy instead.
  • Edit ▸ Cut and Edit ▸ Paste move too.

Tips

  • Copies are safe: a file arrives under a temporary name and takes its real name only when it is complete. A cancelled copy never leaves a half file in place of the old one.
  • A replaced server file keeps its permissions.
  • Settings ▸ Copied files keep their original date keeps the files’ dates (off by default).