Protocol Support in Transmit 5

Transmit allows you to connect using a variety of different protocols and cloud services. Not all of these protocols have the same level of support for various features and functions.

Here’s a breakdown of protocols supported in Transmit 5, and their notable properties:

• Buckets
• Emoji
• Empty Files
• Maximum File Size
• OAuth
• File Rename
• Remote Copy
• Preserve Modification Dates
• Maximum Simultaneous Transfers

Buckets

Connect and manage your buckets

Emoji support in files/folders 👾

Empty Files

Supported protocols that allow the creation of an empty file in Transmit.

Maximum File Size

Info on the maximum file size able to be transferred for the different cloud services.

• FTP/SFTP/WebDAV will vary depending on the server*

OAuth

File Rename

Right to Left Text in Filenames (RTL)

Remote Copy

Support for moving files remotely between servers or buckets:

File

Transmit is responsible for stepping through each remote folder and telling the server or service to copy any files.

Recursive

Transmit tells the server or service to copy a folder, and the server handles the rest.

Move (Remote)

Preserve Modification Dates

Maximum Simultaneous Transfers

Cloud service rate-limiting

2* Due to these rate-limiting restrictions, connections to the services listed above are capped at two simultaneous connections.

Learn more about rate-limiting

Configurable

The number of simultaneous file and server connections can be adjusted in Transmits Settings:
Click on Transmit in the menu bar and click on Settings…
or Command + , to open Settings

Simultaneous files

In Transmits Settings > Transfers >
You can configure Transfer up to X files simultaneously

Server Connections

In Transmits Settings > Advanced > click on the “Advanced Server Settings” button >
You can turn on and configure the Network option for Limit server to X connections