Overview

Cyberduck is an open-source application used for FTP and SFTP on Mac OS X. It can be used to connect to any of (mt) Media Temple services. The first thing you need to do is download a copy at [1]. Please follow the installation steps to install the application on your computer.

The following tutorial is provided as a courtesy to our customers to help you configure your ftp software to work with (mt) Media Temple's hosting solutions.

Third-party software can not be supported directly by (mt) Media Temple. If you have further questions about configuring Cyberduck, please visit http://cyberduck.ch/help/en/.

Requirements

Before you start, be sure you have these handy:

• Server name: Your access domain or example.com. example.com or your IP address.
• Username: Your primary domain or FTP username.
• Username: Your FTP username.
• Password: Your FTP password.

Please see FTP and SFTPFTP and SFTP to learn how to find these settings.

Instructions

Once Cyberduck is installed, we can create a bookmark.

1. Click on the "+" sign at the bottom left corner to create a bookmark, see Figure 1 below:

   
   Figure 1: Click the plus sign to begin.

2. Use the following settings as illustrated in Figure 2:

   

   • Nickname: s00000.gridserver.com
   • Nickname: example.com or your IP address
   • Protocol: FTP (File Transfer Protocol)
   • Server: s00000.gridserver.comexample.com or your IP address
   • Port: 21 for FTP, 22 for SFTP
   • Username: example.comdomainuser
3. Under "More Options", change the following:
   Path (optional): N/A
   Connect Mode: Passive
   Encoding: Default
   Download Folder: Choose a folder on your computer you wish to download files.
   Transfer Files: Default
   Web URL: example.com
   Notes (optional): N/A
4. Save and then double-click on the bookmark to connect.

Resources

• Cyberduck Homepage - http://cyberduck.ch/
• Cyberduck Help Documents - http://cyberduck.ch/help/en/