The Open command prompts you to open one or more previously saved shortcut documents, shortcut list documents, or mirror documents. In contextual menus, it displays a remote folder's contents in a file list.

File > Open only opens saved Fetch documents from your Macintosh.

To open a file shown in a transfer window, use the View commands in the Remote menu instead (for text and media files), or download the file by selecting it and clicking on the Get button, and then opening it in the appropriate application. (You can also set certain types of files to automatically open after downloading using the Transfer Options pane of the info window.)

To open a shortcut in the Fetch Shortcuts window or a shortcut list window, double-click the shortcut, or select the shortcut and press Command-Down arrow. You can also choose the shortcut from the list of shortcuts in the Shortcuts menu.

In the file list contextual menu, the Open command makes the selected folder the current folder and displays its contents in the file list. In the shortcut list window contextual menu, the Open command opens the folders referenced by the selected shortcuts in transfer windows, opening a connection to the servers containing the folders if necessary.

Related commands:

• View

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