For example, ForkLift’s App Delete module is quite accurate and therefore useful. However, Transmit has the edge by supporting Dropbox without the need for installing the Dropbox app to make everything work and by supporting eight (8!) more services, including Box and Microsoft’s services.Īs I said, though, ForkLift is more than a remote server client and, although you can do some basic local file management things with Transmit too, ForkLift really is very feature-complete when it comes to local file management. It has preset configurations for RackSpace, Backblaze, Google Drive and Amazon S3. Transmit beat ForkLift in this test and took only 3min24sec before the folder was downloaded.įorkLift’s developers ran their own tests and you can read their conclusions here: įorkLift was clearly the fastest in most tests, but its support for protocols and servers is brilliant, too. Finally, downloading the 153.4MB folder took 3min45sec with ForkLift. Transmit opened the file in a rudimentary text editing module that didn’t offer the functionality BBEdit has and that took 1sec as well.ĭeleting one folder remotely took 0min58sec with ForkLift with Transmit, it took 1min19sec. Editing remotely with ForkLift automatically launched BBEdit (set in Preferences) and that took 1sec. The local machine was my new iMac 5K Retina 3.4GHz with 40GB of RAM and the network had a maximum of 100Mbps download speed and 15Mbps upload speed. For downloading, I used only one of the two with 153.4MB of files inside. For my upload, edit and delete tests I used two folders holding 387.7MB. I compared it with Transmit, which I find no slouch, either. Of course, there’s a synchronisation feature on board too.įorkLift 3.2.6 is very fast. It supports AFP, VNC, SMB and NFS network protocols, RackSpace Cloud files, Google Drive, Backblaze B2, Amazon S3, and WebDAV and WebDAV HTTPS, FTP SSL and TLS, SFTP and ordinary FTP. Its file management features include disklet capabilities (when you install the free MacFuse), source control functionality (with Xcode’s FileMerge or one of the supported apps which includes Kaleidoscope but unfortunately not DeltaWalker), Git support, a batch file renaming module, an app deleter (it removes preferences and associated files) and droplet/synclet capabilities.Īs FTP client, ForkLift shines with support for FXP (copying between two remote FTP servers without having to download/upload the file to/from your local workstation), remote editing using your favourite local text editor. You could say ForkLift is a slimmed down Path Finder combined with a speedier Transmit.įirst of all, ForkLift 3 has a gorgeous interface with access capability via a menu applet. It turns out ForkLift 3 is a lot closer to Path Finder – a Finder replacement app – than it is to Transmit. I pitted its functionality against that of Transmit, one of the other well-known FTP clients for Macs. Forklift is an FTP client but not a simplistic one.
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