[X4U] Using Safari For FTP Access

[Peter Apockotos]

On Apr 26, 2005, at 8:26 AM, Alex wrote:

>
> On Apr 25, 2005, at 21:11, revDAVE wrote:
>
>> Currently - when I type an FTP address into safari 1.2.4
>>
>> ftp://cooldomain.com
>>
>> -  it jumps to Internet explorer and attempts to open it from there...
>>
>> -  my friends tell me - that for them - when they type a safari ftp 
>> address
>> -  it opens a cool window in the Finder
>
> Some Mac OS X features make one wonder what they were smoking in 
> Cupertino... You have to use Safari to set the default browser to 
> something else, you have to use Mail to set the defaul mail client to 
> something else... and you have to use Internet Explorer to set the 
> default ftp client. Your setting is to use IE as ftp client. Go to IE 
> > Preferences > Network > Protocol Helpers and change the ftp to 
> Finder. Alternatively, you can try Default App
>
> <http://www.rubicode.com/Software/RCDefaultApp/>
>
> However, Finder as ftp client has limited capabilities. IMHO, you'd be 
> better off using Fetch, Transmit, or Interarchy.



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