Transmit 4: Review of the application year

Frankly, I've been meaning to write about the ftp-client Transmit 4But immediately after the release in my time it was not, and then - did not become a reason. Now there was a reason: the authoritative online edition Ars Technica It called Transmit 4 the best new app for Mac OS X.

If you already use Transmit, you probably already updated to the fourth version, and imbued with all the innovations and speed of operation of the ftp-browser. Otherwise you will have to read this review, after which you want install Transmit 4 :)

So, what is this magical offering this program, if awarded the title of the best programs for Mac OS X?
Oh, the possibilities and advantages Transmit, line up in the order and is designed for one-two - I now you start to list!

Transmit shines, already eyes do not tear!

The new, fully redesigned user interface will probably be to the liking of the majority of users, the benefit was done with taste and twist inside. Just look at the welcome screen!

Now, download the trial version and see again: Transmit interface accompanies nice animation, and if Now this seems some pampering, after working with the program you are likely to change your mind on this score.

The new interface is similar to the chrome product, free of frills, so the user can concentrate on the content. Changes were made and the panel of new compounds - is, in the best traditions of the old adage, instead of the detailed description of one suitable screenshot - it is below this paragraph.

Improved organization workflow

Favorites and bookmarks can not be called a novelty in the ftp-client, and they have been before. But it is in Transmit 4, you will want to keep everything in order. New Transmit in one place displays your iDisk, bonjour, dynamic catalog with the history of past connections folder for bookmarks. User can now instantly add a connection or folder in the bookmarks of favorite or immediately after the connection to the new ftp-server. Favorites, as before, is synchronized with the MobileMe, actualizing the information on all your Macs.

Finally, in Transmit 4 there was such a thing as Places. Places - is something like a favorite within the same server. You can connect to your home server and create your Places, such as Movies folders for him, Music, Pictures, and quickly switch between them. Or add to your projects Places folder with test and production code within a single server to quickly switch between them instantly and make changes.

New Transmit and there was a place with Droplets DockSend. Droplets - are small, pre-configured applications, moving on which the files are automatically uploaded to a predefined directory on the server. DockSend - a feature that allows you to quickly upload files to a directory on the server by dragging these same files on the Transmit icon in the Dock.

Corrected file browser

View files in the new Transmit has been significantly improved and updated all the new capabilities of the system Mac OS X.

Perhaps he saw the realization of viewing files in a competing ftp-client ForkLift (which I I wrote and which I like), the guys in Panic decided to apply this experience to his client. Anyway, in Transmit 4 were all of the same modes of viewing both local and remote files, and ForkLift: list, icons, columns, and in the mode of Cover Flow. Of course, in the best traditions of the latest versions of Mac OS X, you can speed browsing using Quicklook files - of course by pressing the space bar.

Due to the rapid switching between display modes of one or two panels with directories and the ability to create tabs in a single window, Transmit is ideally suited to the role of full and perfect Finder replacement. Personally it seems to me superfluous.

Truck in the menu bar

New Transmit menu displays a small icon bar, which allows you to connect to the selected servers. And while he Transmit can not be started! In this case, the server will be mounted and displayed in the Finder, how to mount the disk - with them, you can download files, and, of course, be reinjected.

Synchronization

It would seem, too, one of the standard functions of a modern ftp-browser, but here the developers Transmit contrive to make a little miracle.

After selecting two folders for synchronization, the top window pops up with different synchronization settings. Using Transmit 4, a system of rules, you can create exceptions for the files, which should not touch the synchronization. However, it has already been implemented in ForkLift, except that (visually) in a slightly different version.

And, just as in ForkLift, the latest version of Transmit can first see what happens after the synchronization without its launch. This is done in order not to spoil all their many years of work and just do not do that out of stupidity or carelessness.

other improvements

Among other improvements can be noted, and gesture support new touchpad on the MacBook, and full support for 64-bit versions of Mac OS X. And of course, is to recognize the increased speed of the new Transmit. The greenhouse conditions (ie, with a broad Internet channel) Transmit 4 injects a large number of small files as much as 25 times faster than its third version. Download these files back into the new version there is 18 times faster. Delete, and retrieve a list of files faster than 2-4 times faster - is also a good result.

Total

Maybe I'm a little too vividly described the work of Transmit 4, but in my defense I can say the following: I still remained committed ForkLift. On the one hand, of course, this is due to the reluctance to buy a license for another one app, the other - after all, I used to ForkLift, and his work is quite suits me (again, read my review ForkLift). Anyway, the Transmit 4 is really incredibly good both at work and just visually. If you have just choose ftp-browser, be sure to pay attention to the Transmit 4.

Download the latest version of Transmit is possible to Panic Online Developer. Full license costs $ 34, and updated from a previous version - $ 19. Well, just take a look at page Transmit - there is also the designers have worked on glory!