iGet 1.0 offers SSH-based file transfers between Macs
updated 07:10 am EDT, Thu July 1, 2004
iGet 1.0 file transfer app
Five Speed Software today announced ($25), its new file transfer application for Mac OS X. "iGet is a modern replacement for dated file transfer tools like FTP, SFTP, or client-server solutions. Taking full advantage of several Mac OS X technologies [e.g., Rendezevous and Keychain], iGet provides a better way to move files between Mac OS X computers." iGet is based on a custom protocol, which the company says was designed from scratch "to be fast on real-world Internet connections" as well as fully support Mac-specific file attributes--including resource forks, HFS metadata, packages, aliases, and Unicode file names--many of which are not supported through traditional FTP. It uses industry-standard SSH encryption for data security.
