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About Transmit

View Transmit’s version and build Copyright information A list of 3rd-party tools we use under Acknowledgments

License…

View license number and registration details for the direct version of Transmit:

About Licenses Panic Inc Plain-English EULA Remove License Deauthorizes the computer you’re using Transmit on

Subscription…

View Subscription ID and Subscription Status for the Mac App Store version of Transmit:

Manage Subscription Opens the App Store to your subscriptions Restore Purchase Restore an App Store purchase if a subscription appears inactive

Learn more about the differences between the direct and Mac App Store versions of Transmit.

Check for Updates…

Manually check for available updates to Transmit. View Transmit’s Version History and Release Notes Checking for updates is only found in the direct version of Transmit. Updates for the App Store version of Transmit are managed through the App Store App

Check for S3 Region Updates…

Manually check for Amazon S3 region updates to install. View current supported regions

Settings…

Opens Transmit’s Settings.
⌘, (Command-Comma)

Services

Access the system-wide Services menu.

Hide Transmit

Hide all Transmit windows.
⌘H (Command-H)

Hide Others

Hide everything but Transmit.
⌥⌘H (Option-Command-H)

Show All

Show any hidden windows.

Quit Transmit

Stop all active transfers and quit out of Transmit.
⌘Q (Command-Q)

File Menu

New Window

Open a new Transmit window

When creating a new window, the left and right panes will follow the preference in Settings

⌘N (Command-N)

New Tab

Open a new tab in the selected pane.
⌘T (Command-T)

New Folder

Create a new folder in the selected pane.
⇧⌘N (Shift-Command-N)

New File

Create a new file in the selected pane.
⌥⌘N (Option-Command-N)

Close Tab

Close the active tab in the selected pane.
⌘W (Command-W)

Close Window

Close the window you have open, along with any open tabs.
⇧⌘W (Shift-Command-W)

Disconnect

Disconnect from the selected connected remote server.
⌘E (Command-E)

Open

When a file or folder is selected: The selected file or folder will be opened.

When a server is selected from the Servers list: Open will connect the selected server.

⌘O (Command-O)

Open Recent

Choose and open a file from the list of recently accessed files.

Save

Available when saving changes to a file currently open in Transmit’s built-in text editor.
⌘S (Command-S)

Edit in Transmit

Open selected file in Transmit’s built-in text editor.

Preview in Browser

Open and view the selected file in your default web browser.
⌘B (Command-B)

Get/Hide Info

Toggle Transmit’s Inspector window: A docked panel that displays details for the selected file, folder, or open directory.
⌘I (Command-I)

Move to Trash…

Deletes the selected files or folders.

For local files: Deleted items will be moved to your computer’s Trash.

For remote files: Deleted items will be deleted immediately.

By default: You will be asked to confirm all deletions unless Ask before deleting items is turned off.
When Ask before deleting items is turned off, all items will be deleted immediately.

⌘⌫ (Command-Delete Key)

Move…

Move selected items into a folder within the same directory or up one level to the parent directory.

Duplicate

Make a copy of selected items in their current location.
⌘D *(Command-D)

Compress

Create a ZIP archive file of selected items in their current location.
For local files only

Quick Look

View selected item in Quick Look.

Transmit’s cache folder is designed to be deleted occasionally by the OS. You can also delete the cache folder manually if preferred.

⌘Y (Command-Y)

Rename

Rename the selected file or folder.

Tags

Manage the Finder tags for local files and folders.

Show in Finder

Opens a Finder window showing the selected items in its parent directory.

Open with Finder

Opens the selected items just as if they were double-clicked in Finder.

Send Raw Command…

Send the server an FTP command, as though from the command line interface.

Send SSH Command…

Send the server an SSH command, as though from the command line interface. Enter an SSH command or access the built-in commands for: Zip/Unzip a selection Symlink a selection. The server must support SSH to be able to send an SSH command.

Print

The only printable item in Transmit is something being edited in Transmit’s built-in text editor.
⌘P (Command-P)

Edit

Undo

Undo the last action.
⌘Z (Command-Z)

Redo

Redo the last action.
⇧⌘Z (Shift-Command-Z)

Cut

Cut the selected item or text to the clipboard.
⌘X (Command-X)

Copy

Copy the selected item or text to the clipboard.
⌘C (Command-C)

Copy URL

Copy the selected paths and URLs.
⇧⌘C (Shift-Command-C)

Learn More about Copy and Copy URL

Paste

Paste the contents of the clipboard to the selected folder or document.
⌘V (Command-V)

Delete

Delete selected item(s).
⌫ (Delete Key)

Select All

Select all items in the currently selected directory or all the text in a document.
⌘A (Command-A)

Find

The Find action in Transmit serves a few different purposes, depending on how you’re using the app.

1. When in a local or remote directory, Find will:
   • Focus the search bar in the top-right of Transmit’s window to search the selected local or remote directory.
   • Top-level search is only supported at this time. Recursive search is not supported.

2. When viewing your saved Servers, Find will:
   • Focus the search bar in the top-right of Transmit’s window to search your saved servers and servers in folders.

3. When editing a file using Transmit’s built-in file editor, Find will:
   • Open and focus the search bar to search, find, or replace text within the file.

⌘F (Command-F)

The following menu items only apply when editing a file using the built-in text editor in Transmit.

Standard menus in macOS only apply when editing a file using the built-in text editor in Transmit.

Writing Tools

Spelling and Grammar

Substitutions

Speech

AutoFill

Start Dictation

Learn more about the voice dictation feature from Apple.

Emoji & Symbols

Opens the Character Viewer to select emojis or symbols
⌘E (Command-E)

View

Local Browser

Toggles the selected pane to a local file browser pane.

If a local file browser is currently selected, the browser pane will toggle to a remote file browser pane.

Remote Browser

Toggles the selected pane to a remote file browser pane.

If a remote file browser is currently selected, the browser pane will toggle to a local file browser pane.

Show Transfers

Display the Server Activity window for more details on downloads and uploads.

⌘L (Command-L)

as Thumbnails

Show the contents of the selected file browser pane as thumbnail icons.

⌘1 (Command-1)

as List

Show the contents of the selected file browser pane in a list.

⌘2 (Command-2)

as Column

Show the contents of the selected file browser pane in columns.

⌘3 (Command-3)

as Gallery

Show the contents of the selected file browser pane in a gallery.

⌘4 (Command-4)

Refresh

Fetch and refresh the root folder listing in the selected file browser pane.

In List view, only the root folder is refreshed. Opened subfolders are not refreshed recursively.

⌘R (Command-R)

Show/Hide Hidden files

Toggle the display of files and folders with names beginning with a dot, for example .htaccess.

When this setting is disabled, Transmit will not transfer hidden files, even if they are being displayed via a rule.

⇧⌘B (Shift-Command-B)

Show/Hide Item Count

Toggle the display of the item count for the opened directory in the selected file browser pane.
Items number is shown to the right of the Path Bar.

Show View options

Open the View Options window to adjust settings related to the File Browser.

⇧⌘J (Shift-Command-J)

Show/Hide Activity Bar

Toggle the Activity Bar to view the progress of file transfers at the bottom of Transmit’s window.

⌘/ (Command-Slash)

Show/Hide Places bar

Toggles the Places bar atop both file browsers. Learn more about the Places Bar.

⇧⌘S (Shift-Command-S)*

Show One File Browser/Show Two File Browsers

Toggle to show one or two file browsers. The selected pane remains visible, hiding the inactive one.

Customize Toolbar…

Add or remove items from the toolbar at the top of Transmit’s window.

Enter/Exit Full Screen

Toggle Full Screen mode
🌐F (Fn-F)

Focus on Local

Bring focus to the file browser pane on the left.
⌥⌘◀︎ (Option-Command-Left Arrow)

Focus on Remote

Bring focus to the file browser pane on the right.
⌥⌘▶︎ (Option-Command-Right Arrow)

Text Encoding

Specify the Text Encoding used in Transmit’s built-in text editor.

Go

Back

Move back to the last-viewed folder or directory.
⌘[ (Command–Left Bracket)

Forward

Jump forward to the folder you viewed after this one.
⌘] (Command–Right Bracket)

Enclosing Folder

Jump to the parent of the current folder.
⌘▲ (Command-Up Arrow)

Go to Folder…

Enter a path to navigate to.
⌥⌘G (Option-Command-G)

Open in Terminal

Open the configured Terminal app and navigate to the currently displayed directory.
⌥⌘T (Option-Command-T)

Link Folder Navigation

Attempt to navigate the left and right file browsers in unison.
This only works well if the folder structures displayed in the left and right panes are more or less identical.

⇧⌘L (Shift-Command-L)

Connect To…

Opens Quick Connect to configure and connect to one of the following:

SFTP…
FTP…
Amazon S3…
WebDAV HTTPS…
Amazon S3 with IAM Role…
Backblaze B2…
Box…
DreamObjects…
Dropbox…
FTP with Implicit SSL…
FTP with TLS/SSL…
Google Drive…
Microsoft Azure…
Microsoft OneDrive…
Microsoft OneDrive for Business…
OpenStack Swift…
Rackspace Cloud Files…
WebDAV…

Last Used Protocol…

Open Quick Connect with the last used protocol selected.
⌘K (Command-K)

Add “Current Folder” to Places

Adds the currently selected parent directory to the Places bar.

Local Places

View a list of frequently used local Places.

Remote Places

View a list of frequently used remote Places.

Transfers

Transfer Selected Items

Begin transferring selected items.

Menu options change depending on the direction and method of the transfer of “File/Folder” or Selection:

Upload: Uploads locally selected items to the open remote folder.

Download: Downloads remotely selected items to the open local folder.

Move | (Local items only): Move selected local items to the opposite open local folder when in dual-pane view.

⇧⌘R (Shift-Command-R)

Cancel

Stop the current operation immediately.

We try to end operations gracefully, there might be a short delay as we wait for the server’s response.

⌘. (Command-Period)

Pause Transfers/Resume Pending Transfers

Halts the transfer queue, and no new transfers will continue or be started until the queue is resumed.

Since FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, and similar protocols don’t have a concept of a “pause” function, current transfers will be allowed to finish before pausing transfers.

Synchronize…

Open the Sync Files configuration window. Learn more about File Sync

Mode

Explicitly set the transfer mode used for transfers made via FTP or FTP over TLS/SSL.

Auto: The transfer mode is chosen according to the item’s file extension.

If the extension is found in the list of ASCII File Extensions in Settings ASCII mode is use, If not, Binary is used.

ASCII (Text): Data is handled as 8-bit ASCII text.

Some servers need to know this to be able to add the correct line endings for locally storing the data as text.

Binary: The raw data is transferred with no conversion of any kind.

Servers

Add New Server

Select a protocol and configure a new connection to save it to your Servers list.

⇧⌘A (Shift-Command-A)

Show Quick Connect

Opens the Quick Connect window, allowing you to quickly enter server details and connect without saving.

Connecting to a server through Quick Connect does not save the connecting info.

⇧⌘F (Shift-Command-F)

Add…

Save the server details being used in Quick Connect to your Servers list.

Add Folder

Add and name a folder in your saved Servers list.

Individual servers can be moved into folders. Folders cannot be nested at this time.

Edit “Server”…

Opens the edit window for the selected server in the Servers list to update server details like the address, username, password, or paths.

⇧⌘I (Shift-Command-I)

Save as Droplet…

Save and configure the selected server as a Droplet.

Import SSH Key File…

When adding or editing a server, selecting Import SSH Key File will open the Keys window, allowing you to select or import SSH keys.

Clicking the Edit button in the top-right will open Transmit’s Keys Settings, where you can import a key.

Certificate Details…

View certificate details when connected to a server using:

• FTP with TLS/SSL (Explicit FTP)
• FTP with implicit SSL
• WebDAV HTTPS.

Saved Servers List

List of saved servers.

Shared Servers

View all shared servers found on the network.

History

View all previously connected servers or clear your connection history.

Import From

• Transmit and Nova…
• Coda…
• ExpanDrive…
• Cyberduck…
• Fetch…
• FileZilla…
• Flow…
• Interarchy…

Export…

Export and save a .transmitservers file to back up your saved servers or migrate them to another computer running Transmit.

Encrypted with passwords

As a security measure, exporting passwords in a .transmitservers file requires encryption with a unique password that is at least 12 characters long.

Once the .transmitservers is exported and encrypted, it can only be opened by entering the exact password entered used during export.

There is no way to recover the data or reset the password if lost.

We strongly recommend saving the password in a secure location:

• macOS Passwords is one option.
• Alternatively, Panic Sync is a secure and easy way to back up and sync your servers across your devices.

Unencrypted without passwords

Exports your Servers in a plain .transmitservers file, containing only server information.

Passwords are not included.

Window

Minimize

Minimizes the selected Transmit window to the Dock.
⌘M (Command-M)

Minimize All

Minimizes all Transmit windows to the Dock
⌥⌘M (Option-Command-M)

Zoom

Toggles the selected Transmit window to fill available screen space.

Fill

Fill the selected Transmit window to fill available screen space.
⌃🌐F (Control-Fn-F)

Center

Centers the selected Transmit window on the screen.
⌃🌐C - (Control-Fn-C)

Move & Resize

Learn more about Move & Resize menus in macOS

Full Screen Tile

Learn more about tiling windows menus in macOS

Remove Window from Set

Move to “secondary monitor”

Select Next Tab

When multiple tabs are open, switch to the tab to the right of the current tab.
⌃⇥ (Control-tab)

Select Previous Tab

When multiple tabs are open, switch to the tab to the left of the current tab.
⌃⇧⇤(Control-Shift-Tab)

Transcript

Opens the Transcript window to view detailed logs about a server connection.
⌃⌘T (Shift-Command-T)

Show Inspector

Toggle an undocked, windowed version of the Inspector in Transmit.

⌥⌘I (Option-Command-I)

Bring All to Front

Show all Transmit windows, bringing any hidden windows behind other apps to the front.

Windows

A list of all open Transmit windows.

Purchase

Purchase Transmit Online…

Transmit Home Page

Unlock Transmit…

Help

Search Bar

Search Transmit’s Menu Items, and view Help Topics associated with the Menu Items.

Transmit Help

Visit Transmit’s Help Library

Report a Problem or Feature Request

Contact Transmit support

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