Getting started

New to AirSCP? These four short pages take you from installing the app to copying your first files.

  1. Install AirSCP
  2. Connect to your first server
  3. Copy your first files
  4. Find your way around the window

The first time you open AirSCP, a welcome sheet helps you start. You can open it again any time: Help ▸ Welcome to AirSCP….

The Welcome to AirSCP sheet with Import from ~/.ssh/config, New Host and New Remote Desktop buttons and three tips

Short tips are always one click away, even without the internet: Help ▸ AirSCP Tips.

The AirSCP Tips window with tips about hosts, files and transfers

Words used in this help

  • Host or server: a computer you log in to over SSH. AirSCP saves each one in the sidebar.
  • This Mac: the files on your own Mac.
  • Remote Desktop or desktop: a Windows computer you open in AirSCP’s window.
  • Sheet: a small window that slides over AirSCP’s window and asks something.

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