[X4U] Ftp with Safari

[Eddie Hargreaves]

No, Safari doesn't support FTP. It hands it off to the Finder, which only
sort of handles FTP. Specifically, it mounts the server as a remote volume
and allows you read-only access.

If you use Transmit for FTP, I suggest you change your system's ftp://
protocol setting using RCDefaultApp, which I'm pretty certain can be
downloaded via VersionTracker.

Eddie Hargreaves


On 3/11/05 5:44 PM, Allan Rube¹ <allan at nhbungalow.com> wrote:

> I use Transmit too, but it would be nice when I double click on an ftp link
> it would open Safari, not IE. But, as Zane said, perhaps Safari can't do
> ftp.
> 
> Maybe you get a finder window to  open as you do not have IE installed??
> 
> Allan
> 
> 
> Bob Salsburg wrote:
> 
>> Zane H. Healy healyzh at aracnet.com 3/11/05 7:25 PM (snip)
>> 
>>>> I have to keep IE on my Mac for 1 site. However, when I double click to ftp
>>>> from within Entourage or even when I enter a ftp command in Safari's
>>>> address
>>>> bar, IE opens.
>>>> 
>>>> How can I make it so ftp is done by Safari?
>>> 
>>> I'd love to be proven wrong, but as far as I know Safari doesn't do FTP :^(
>>> This is a *MAJOR* problem for me.
>>> 
>>> Zane
>> 
>> Another monkey wrench. Safari is my default browser. When I enter an FTP
>> server URL and supply credentials, the site opens in a Finder window. This
>> might be the way it works (for now).
>> 
>> I use Transmit.