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How to “FTP” a file on a Mac
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Every week I get asked from one person or another “how do I FTP a file” so while this is not a super technical update to NoHeat I thought I would make something that other technical people can forward off to other FTP newbies. This week the FTP question was for the Mac so I chose to showcase CyberDuck. CyberDuck is a opensource and free program that can easily manage many FTP accounts. While its true that OS X has software built in that can connect to your FTP the easy of use for a novice in setting up would take longer than just downloading CyberDuck. Also note that I am a fan of Transmit for the Mac but since it is a shareware title and CyberDuck is free I will cover CyberDuck instead.
CyberDuck is a especially easy program to install. Simply go to CyberDuck’s website. From there you will see a download link with a blue arrow. Click the link and your download begin. When you finish downloading the file your Mac OS will inform you that the file is a application and ask you if you are sure you want to launch, say yes. From there it will decompress the .DMG which is a disk image format, just pretend there’s a CD in your drive for now. Once the .DMG file has been decompressed you will need to drag the icon of the duck to your application folder which may be in your dock, you may optionally drag the application to your desktop.
Once installed on your computer double click on the yellow CyberDuck icon. It may present you with a option for updating, for the purposes of this instruction we will assume you have the most up to date version of CyberDuck.
Once open you will notice a “open connection” button in the upper left corner of the window. Click on this button.
Insert your server name in the “Server” field (your server name will usually look like ftp.yourservername.com) in the picture the field is highlighted green. Insert your user name, your username may be one word or look like a email address, in any case enter this in the field, in the picture it is highlighted yellow. Then enter your password, this is highlighted blue in the picture. Then press “Connect”.
Your CyberDuck FTP program will now show you a directory of files that you can download or upload. You download by dragging files that show up in the CyberDuck window to your desktop or to whatever folder you choose to locally store your file. To upload you will drag your file in.
Thats it, now you are able to “FTP a file”.
Get your IP addess emailed to you from your Mac
We’ve been asked several times how to have your IP emailed to you automatically in case your Mac is stolen. We created IP in your Email for just that reason, among others, but we really couldn’t recommend anything for the Mac and we weren’t super anxious to build it ourselves. Fortuneatly there is already an application that does something similar. It’s call WIMP and as featured in the Metacafe video above.
We actually had some issues downloading it from the parent site so this link should suffice, if not we can host it.
Enable Right Click on Mac Book Pro or Powerbook
Missing a right click on your Mac Book Pro? Here’s a simple setting that can allow your Mac Book Pro to right click by using two fingers on the trackpad. Here’s what to do.
- Open System Preferences.
- Select Keyboard & Mouse in the second row.
- Click the Tap trackpad using two fingers for secondary click check box
- Close the dialog box.
- Using two fingers, tap the trackpad and a right-click (or context) menu opens.
For owners of Powerbooks you can try Sidetrack, which replaces the Apple Driver on your Powerbook. Here’s just a few functions Sidetrack allows.
- Vertical scrolling at left or right edge of pad.
- Horizontal scrolling at top or bottom edge of pad.
- Map hardware button to left or right click.
- Map trackpad taps to no action, left click, left click drag (with or without drag lock), or right click.
- Map trackpad corner taps to mouse buttons 1-6 or simulated keystrokes.
- Extensive control over accidental input filtering.
Modded Mac SE/30 with Mac Mini internals
Someone in Japan jammed a Mac Mini in the Case of a vintage Mac SE/30. Of course not much from the original SE/30 survived not even the original CRT which was replaced with another CRT capable of taking a RGB VGA input. Overall the integration looks pretty good for a case mod. But some might ask why, when even a stock 1986 Mac Plus can beat 2007 AMD Dual Core in testing.
Check it out (Japanese and English)
More Pictures Below…
Convert regular audio cassettes to Mp3s
AwkwardTV hacks the AppleTV
The folks over at AwkwardTV project have found a way to boot the Apple TV from an external USB drive attached to it, without opening the Apple TV case or removing the internal hard disk.As his video shows, Apple TV is booting a modified system off the external drive.
The AwkwardTV project is now looking to build a bootable image for USB drives based on the Open Source Darwin kernel which will allow mounting and editing the internal hard disk, so that the various hacks, such as enabling SSH, can be made without opening the case.
WestN arranged for a torrent of the hi-res version of the video. You can find it right here.
