1. Basics

1.1 Introduction

Hefty is quite a complex program, and, unlike other Mac FTP clients, Hefty attempts to reveal as much as possible about what is going on when transferring data via FTP. So it can appear a bit daunting to new users, but it is well worth making the effort to understand Hefty since it offers so many features not found in other similar programs.

The purpose of this tutorial is to explain the very basics of operation, and to help get the new user going by downloading a file from an FTP server. More complex functions can be looked up in the main documentation.

1.2 First Principles

• Hefty is an FTP client that allows you to browse FTP sites, upload files and folders, and download files and folders.

• Hefty works via a queueing system. In practice this means that you may browse an FTP site to your heart's content, but when you want to upload or download a file, this file is placed in a queue which runs INDEPENDENTLY of the browsing function.

• So Hefty has a browsing window, and a queue window. In the first you may wander around an FTP site and choose files for download or upload. These files are NOT immediately transferred, thereby freeing you to browse further. They are, however, placed in the queue, which you can control in the queue window.

• You should therefore have both the Main window and the Queue window showing until you get the hang of things. See the samples below

1.3 The Main Window

1.4 The Queue Window

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