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Fetch 5
 

Fetch 5 is a file transfer program for Macintosh computers included with the SEU Network Installer. Members of the St. Edward's community may also download a copy of Fetch from http://www.frc.stedwards.edu/installers. With Fetch 5, you can transfer files to and from your Macintosh computer and other servers such as edshare.stedwards.edu.

Fetch 5 supports SFTP which is a secure file transfer protocol necessary for accessing many St. Edward's servers.

Opening Fetch and Connecting To a Server
Uploading Files To Another Computer From Your Mac

Opening Fetch and Connecting To Another Computer

1) Open Fetch by clicking on the Fetch icon in your Applications folder.Fetch Icon

2) Opening a New Connection:

  • From the File pull-down menu choose New Connection.
  • Enter Host: host.stedwards.edu (i.e. host = edshare.stedwards.edu).
  • Enter Username: login name (use the login name for your account on the host computer)
  • Enter Connect Using: SFTP
  • Enter Password: password (this is the same as your password on the host computer).
  • Click on Connect.
    New Connection dialog box

Once you have connected to a server via Fetch you will see the following screen. The files listed are those in your home directory on the remote computer. In the picture below files are listed for a student folder on edshare.stedwards.edu.
Fetch Connection screen

Uploading files to another computer or server

1. After conncecting to the server with Fetch navigate to the directory on the remote server in which you want to put files. For example, if you are adding files to your St. Edward's web site, you would connect to the host edshare.stedwards.edu and then click on the public_html folder to open it.

2. Click the Put File button. Put Button
This option allows you to "put" or upload one file or more files to the remote server.

3. The Fetch Put interface window opens to allow you to choose which files to upload to the remote server.
Fetch Put window

4. Open the directory on your Mac that contains the files you want to move to the remote host computer.

5. Click on the files and/folders you want to move to the remote host computer. If you want to move multiple files, hold down the Command key to select multiple files.

6. Click on the Put button to upload the files to the remote server.

To Exit Fetch completely, go to the File pull down menu and select Quit.

 

 
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