File transfer for the MAC

Summary:
To transfer files from your OS X mac to lee.cs.miami.edu use Fugu, a free software supporting secure protocols.

To download Fugu, install and launch:

  1. Locate Fugu.
  2. Go to the downpage and select a distribution. Usually the typical download is listed first. Save the dmg file to your desktop.
  3. When the download completes you can select Launch File right from the dialog box announcing the completion of the download. Else locate the icon for the dmg file on your desktop and double click it.
  4. Accept the terms of the license. When the process completes, a Fugu icon will be on your desktop.
  5. If you wish, drag the icon to the Applications folder, so that it is available to all users of your machintosh. Or leave it on your desktop.
  6. To launch Fugu: locate the icon (either on your desktop or in the Applications folder, if that is where your dragged it) and double click on it.
  7. To uninstall drag the Fugu application to the trash.

Using Fugu

  1. To launch Fugu: locate the icon (either on your desktop or in the Applications folder, if that is where your dragged it) and double click on it.
  2. Fill in Connect To with lee.cs.miami.edu. Fill in Username with your lee account username. You can leave Port: and Directory: blank. Click on Connect.
  3. Accept the host key (if prompted), and fill in password when asked. Select Authenticate.
  4. Navigate the left pane to find the file or directory on your local machine, and the right pane to find the file or directory on the remote machine. Drag and drop files from one pane to the other to transfer.
  5. Use Disconnect in the tool bar when done.


Author: Burton Rosenberg Creating Date: Tue Aug 31 11:43:48 EDT 2004