Using a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Client can be frustrating. Each client program is slightly different and has different capabilities. One of the better FTP clients for the Mac OS is Cyberduck. Cyberduck has been evolving since 2001. Its user-interface has been updated many times during its evolution. The Preferences panel is a good example of one of the user-interface elements that has changed. The preferences panel had previously contained some advanced FTP options such as the LIST -a option. This option has been removed from the preferences panel. If you need to access a site that requires some advanced FTP options, don’t fret. You can still set some options via the command-line. If you are receiving I/O errors in Cyberduck you may need to change your settings.
To connect to the Vertis Irvine FTP site with Cyberduck, you may need to apply the following command via the Terminal application.
Follow these steps to disable the LIST -a option.
- Quit Cyberduck
- Launch the Terminal utility by navigating to
/Applications/Utilities/Terminal - Enter the following line after the prompt in the Terminal window:
defaults write ch.sudo.cyberduck ftp.sendExtendedListCommand false- Launch Cyberduck again and the problem should be resolved.
You can revert to your previous settings, if needed by repeating the process but instead use the following command:
defaults write ch.sudo.cyberduck ftp.sendExtendedListCommand true