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Reliability is the watchword for Fetch 5.6, the latest version of the original Macintosh file transfer program, released today. Transient errors or stalls can all too often cause a website update or large download to grind to a halt, wasting time and requiring tedious and error-prone manual intervention. Fetch 5.6 automatically resumes uploads, downloads, and mirror operations, to ensure that network glitches and server hiccups do not stand in the way of successful FTP or SFTP transfers.
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Fetch Features
* Support for FTP, SFTP, FTP with TLS/SSL (FTPS), and FTP with GSSAPI (Kerberos)
* A file list modeled on the familiar Mac OS X Finder
* Support for drag-and-drop of files and folders between servers and your Mac, or between two servers
* Droplet shortcuts and a Dashboard widget for easy uploading and tracking the progess of your upload
* One-click editing of remote files using any application, with changes automatically saved back to the server
* Quick Look previews of image, video, audio and other files right inside Fetch
* Synchronizing folders using the Mirror command, which only uploads or downloads the files that have changed since the last transfer
* WebView, which lets you easily preview files in your web browser and copy their web addresses to the clipboard
* Automatic resuming of stalled or failed uploads, for rock-solid reliability
* Resuming downloads
* Automatic Passive Mode, for more reliable transfers through firewalls
* Compatibility with virtually all FTP servers, including VMS, VM/CMS, OS/2, Chyron, etc
* Upload and copy files between servers using Copy and Paste
* Automatic support for Zip, StuffIt, Gzip and other common file formats
* Animated progress indicator in the Fetch Dock icon
* Bonjour (Rendezvous) support
* Unicode file names
* Automating repetitive tasks with Automator actions and AppleScript recording
* Extensive online help, and context-sensitive tool tips
* Plain English (or French, German, etc.) error messages
* Localized to French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Italian
* Universal binary for better performance on Intel-based Macintosh computers
* Full compatibility with Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger
New in version 5.6
* Added automatic resume of stalled or failed downloads
* Improved stalled transfer detection to work better in more circumstances
* Fixed some cases where automatically resumed uploads would try to resume when the entire file was already on the server
* Improved handling of uploads where the connection is dropped after an hour with certain routers, to avoid unnecessary resume upload attempts
* Made detection and automatic resume of FTP upload stalls quicker
* Added automatic resume of SFTP text files uploads in most cases (when not converting line endings)
* Improved behavior of automatic upload resume on very slow connections
* Fixed a problem where Adobe Flash (.swf) files would sometimes be uploaded in the incorrect format
* Fixed a problem where the Fetch widget would not dismiss Dashboard on Mac OS X 10.6 and later
* Improved scrolling performance in folders containing hundreds of different file kinds
* Changed system requirements to Mac OS X 10.4 or later
* Improved encoding handling when editing files with BBEdit or TextWrangler; if a file specifies an encoding, it will be used instead of Fetch's preferred encoding preference
* Added server-side serial number verification
* Changed droplet shortcuts to queue uploads if an upload to the same server is already in progress, instead of opening a new transfer window
* Changed "immediate return" AppleScript property to queue uploads if an upload to the same server is already in progress, instead of opening a new transfer window
* Fixed a rare problem where certain kinds of font files were uploaded as zero length files
* Added connection error messages to Fetch Transcript
* Improved descriptions of transfer results in Fetch Transcript
* Fixed a problem with New Connection dialog moving to background after Option-double-clicking a shortcut
* Fixed Automatic Passive Mode to immediately honor changes to "Use passive mode transfers" preference
* Fixed a problem where "Automatically decode files like this" setting for zip files was not remembered on Mac OS X 10.4
* Changed preferences to default to not sending MACB probe
* Fixed incorrect upload format display in Put button help tag
* Fixed missing "Bounce icon in Dock" notifications
* Revised unknown item icon
* Fixed rare -108 error after upgrading from Fetch 4.0.3
* Improved error message for POSIX Error #51
ry it free for 15 days. Mac OS X 10.4 or newer (older versions)
System Requirements:
Fetch 5.6 is a Universal binary, compatible with Mac OS X 10.4 or later, including Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard,
Fetch 5.6 is free to try for 15 days, and a single-user license is $29. Upgrades are free for Fetch 5.5 users and customers who purchased Fetch after January 28, 2009; otherwise, upgrades are $10. Free licenses and upgrades are available for educational and charitable use.
For further information contact:
http://fetchsoftworks.com
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