To stop Netscape from sending “ftp:// URL’s” to Transmit, press this button.

To have Netscape send all “ftp://” URL’s to Transmit, press this button.

Choose one of these two options to decide how Transmit tells an anonymous FTP server who you are.

Keep on running, little dog.

To always know which panel is active and, therefore, which panel is accepting keyboard commands, check this box.

If you wish to quickly initiate transfers by double-clicking a file, check this box.

Finder-based progress bars are built into the icons of downloading files. This allows you to, at a glance, check the status of a download without opening Transmit. To enable this feature, check this box.

If you would prefer a one-panel interface showing only “their stuff”, check this box.

To speed up Transmit’s file listing display time, you can use generic icons instead of the fancy correct ones. To do so, click this box.

To open the transcript window automatically upon startup, check this box.

To open the preview window automatically upon startup, check this box.

To open the “more information” panel automatically when a window is opened, check this box.

If you use a proxy server, configure it here. You system administrator should be able to provide you with the correct settings.

Some servers will disconnect you after a period of inactivity; “tickling” the server will trick the server into thinking you’re still active, thus keeping the connection alive. Not all servers are so easily fooled, however!

If you’d like Transmit to instantly connect when a favorite is selected (including the favorite in the above ‘immedately connect’ preference), check this box.

If you’d like Transmit to automatically select a server when opened, use this pop-up menu.

If you often find yourself needing to connect to a busy server, use this slider to turn on ‘site redial’, which will make Transmit continually try to connect to a site until it is able to do so.

Transmit normally changes “risky” characters in filenames to “safe” ones as not all servers handle punctuation in filenames properly. Check this box to disable this feature at your own risk!

Choose one of these roads for Transmit to take when it encounters a duplicate file when uploading/downloading.

If you have a file type (e.g. txt) defined via Internet Config to send using “ASCII Mode”, check this box to have Transmit pay attention to this setting.

If a particular file (e.g. sit) is associated with a helper(e.g. StuffIt Expander™), check this box to automatically send the file to the appropriate helper when the transfer is complete.

If you like your computer to beep a lot, check this box to have it beep whenever a download is complete. Beep, in this case, can mean quack, eep, moof,  ‘droplet’, etc.

Use this setting to automatically set permissions on files each time you upload them. The checkboxes below determine which permissions to set.

Transmit uses Internet Config to determine which filetypes (e.g., “.txt”) are mapped to which programs (e.g., “SimpleText”).

Transmit uses Internet Config to track the location of your default download folder.

If you wish to always have a confirmation dialog before deleting a file or folder, click here. It’s safer, you know.

Some UNIX systems start files with a period if they’re meant to be hidden. This option controls how Transmit treats those files.

To display files with exact file sizes, click this box. For example, Transmit will display “36,102,403’ instead of “36M”.

Trashcan

Drag items to this trashcan to delete them. This action cannot be undone, so be careful!

This is a list of files and folders on the remote server. Drag these items over to “your stuff” to download them.

This is a list of local files and folders, i.e. items on your computer’s hard drive(s). Drag these items over to “their stuff” to upload them.

This is the type of server you are connected to. Additionally, if the server supports resume transfers, it will be noted here.

This is the username used to log in to this account.

This is the estimated time remaining in the transfer. The larger the transfer, the more accurate this number becomes.

This is the estimated speed at which the transfer is taking place. The larger the transfer, the more accurate this number becomes.

This is the amount of the file that has been transferred.

This is the filename of the file currently being transferred.

This is what Transmit is currently doing.

Cancel Button

Click this button to cancel the current action. Hold down the option key and click this button to quickly disconnect from the server.

Click this button to connect! Come on now, did you really need help with this one?

Use this field to type the directory (initial path) you wish to go to upon entering the site. For example, ‘/usr/local/etc/’

Type the password to the account you wish to connect to in this box. If connecting as a guest (anonymously), leave this field blank.

Type the username of the account you wish to login to in this box. If you are conneting as a guest (anonymously), leave this field blank.

Type the FTP address of the server you wish to connect to in this field. For example, ‘ftp.apple.com’

Favorites Menu

To add a site as a favorite, simply fill in the  site’s information, click this button, and choose “Add this to favorites...”. Later use this button to select the favorite for easy access.

Sort order toggle

Click this button to reverse the sorted order of these items. For example, if the files are sorted by name from A-Z, clicking this button will sort by name from Z-A. Clicking it again will switch back.

Sort by size/date button

To view these files sorted by their size, click here. To view these files by date, option-click here.

Sort by name button

To view these files alphabetically by name, click here.

History pop-up

This menu contains a list of the folder(s) containing the current folder.

Parent button

To go to the parent directory without using the history pop-up, click this button. To reload the current file listing, option-click this button.