Find your way around the window

AirSCP has one main window. Here is what each part does.

The main window with its sidebar, toolbar, tabs, two file panes and the Transfers list

The sidebar (left)

  • Connected: the servers and desktops that are connected now. ⌘1 to ⌘9 switch between them. A dot shows the state, and a number shows transfers that are waiting or running.
  • Hosts, and your groups: all your saved servers. A server that goes through another server says so under its name, for example “via bastion”.
  • Remote Desktop: your Windows computers.
  • Proxies (at the bottom): HTTP proxies, if your network needs one. Most people need none.

The toolbar (top)

From left to right: + (add a host, a Remote Desktop or a group), Connect (⌘K), Open Terminal (⌘T), Run Command (⇧⌘R), Command Log (⌥⌘L), Disconnect (⌘E) and Search Hosts.

The top of a server

The server’s name and state (Connected, Not connected…), its user, address and port, the route through jump hosts and proxies, and its keep-alive. For a connected Linux server, three small boxes show its CPU, memory and disk at a glance; the Monitor tab has the details.

The tabs

  • Files: two panes. The left pane is this Mac (or another server), the right pane is the selected server.
  • Monitor: CPU, memory, disks and processes of a Linux server. See Monitor.
  • Tunnels: port forwards through the connection. See Tunnels.

The Transfers list (bottom)

Every upload and download of every server. See Transfers and the queue. Hide it with View ▸ Hide Transfers.

Tips

  • Every button and menu item explains itself. Hover over it for a moment.
  • View ▸ Hide Sidebar (⌃⌘S) gives the files more room.
  • Closing the window keeps your connections. Click AirSCP in the Dock, or press ⌘0, to bring it back.
  • The Dock icon shows how many transfers are waiting or running.