Remote file access (Mac)

Question

I have a Mac mini at home that I can SSH into and access via VNC (over SSH). What's the best way to transfer files from the Mac mini to my local machine. I assume there is a way to do this in Terminal but I haven't been able to get it to work.

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 04 '10 at 04:22

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from your local machine:

scp acct_name@your.macmini:/path/to/file local_file

answered Feb 04 '10 at 04:22

skarface

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 20 '11 at 04:52

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Connect to your Mac Mini using SFTP with Cyberduck.

Cyberduck SFTP

edited Oct 20 '11 at 04:52

Gareth

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answered Feb 04 '10 at 04:21

fideli

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 04 '10 at 21:57

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One word: ExpanDrive

answered Feb 04 '10 at 21:57

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Feb 04 '10 at 23:06

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scp is easy and great for quick copies. If you're looking for bigger copying jobs to synchronize directories or multiple files, learn about rsync

answered Feb 04 '10 at 23:06

Doug Harris

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 04 '10 at 04:23

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If you want to do it over the Terminal, you could use the scp command-line utility that transfers files over SSH. If you look at the manpage for scp you will find out examples on how to use it.

answered Feb 04 '10 at 04:23

ayaz

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Remote file access (Mac)

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