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Fetch 5.7.7

Fetch 5.7.7 is compatible with Intel Macs running Mac OS X 10.5 or later, including macOS 10.13 High Sierra, macOS 10.12 Sierra, OS X 10.11 El Capitan, OS X 10.10 Yosemite, OS X 10.9 Mavericks, OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

Upgrades to Fetch 5.7.7 are free for registered users of Fetch 5.5, Fetch 5.6, and Fetch 5.7 and customers who purchased Fetch after January 28, 2009. Otherwise, registered users of Fetch 5.3.1 and earlier can upgrade for $10.

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.7.7 are:

  • Fixed a problem with the Edit command on macOS 10.13 High Sierra
  • Fixed a problem with copying URLs on macOS 10.13 High Sierra
  • Fixed a problem uploading files over TLS to vsFTPd 3.0.3 servers
  • Fixed a problem with long mirror operations
  • Fixed a -982 font error on Korean systems
  • Fixed a problem with BinHex encoding of files without resource forks

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.7.6 are:

  • Added compatibility with FTP servers that require TLS 1.2 (requires OS X 10.8 or later)
  • Added compatibility with FTP servers that require SSL session reuse (requires OS X 10.9 or later)
  • Added compatibility with FTP servers that send Extended Passive Mode PASV replies
  • Fixed a problem with editing when there are two copies of the editing application available
  • Fixed a problem with mirror downloads generating Finder sound effects

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.7.5 are:

  • Fixed a problem downloading iBooks Author documents
  • Fixed a problem with FTP with TLS/SSL connections on pre-OS X 10.8 Macs
  • Fixed problems with code signing for the Mac App Store
  • Fixed a problem with slowdowns in multi-file downloads on high-speed networks
  • Improved support for Retina displays

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.7.4 are:

  • Adopted OS X Mavericks code signing
  • Fixed a compatibility problem with some versions of the Bulletproof FTP server
  • Fixed a compatibility problem with the LIST -al command and some FTP servers
  • Fixed a problem creating folders on some SFTP servers
  • Fixed a problem resizing windows from the top edge
  • Fixed a problem uploading files to some SFTP servers
  • Fixed a problem where .DS_Store files were included in uploads
  • Fixed a problem with choosing a default shortcut
  • Fixed a problem with slow scrolling on OS X Mavericks
  • Fixed a version number compatibility issue with some software distribution systems
  • Improved stop button appearance on OS X Yosemite

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.7.3 are:

  • Fixed a crash connecting to some SFTP servers when the host key has changed
  • Fixed a problem with -9807 errors on FTP with TLS/SSL connections
  • Fixed a problem with MacBinary uploads to Rumpus and other servers with MacBinary support
  • Fixed a problem with mirror downloads not deleting stray files
  • Stopped invoking discrete graphics chip on newer MacBook Pros running Mountain Lion to conserve battery power

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.7.2 are:

  • Added compatibility with the Gatekeeper feature of OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Changed the Edit command to not open editor windows in front when Fetch is in the background
  • Fixed a problem that caused crashes when the Fetch.log file could not be created
  • Fixed a problem where an SFTP passphrase for a server using Two Factor Authentication was not hidden
  • Fixed a problem where the modification dates of uploaded files were temporarily displayed in UTC
  • Fixed a problem with using Preview as an editor on OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion
  • Improved compatibility with Windows NT servers

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.7.1 are:

  • Changed SFTP behavior to honor SSH config settings, and no longer require a dummy password for connections using public key authentication
  • Corrected phone/fax number in Read Me
  • Corrected system requirements in Read Me
  • Fixed a crash on Lion caused by the 3ivx video codec
  • Fixed a crash when the app was launched on Mac OS X 10.4
  • Fixed a problem that caused very slow file lists for folders with more than 10,000 items
  • Fixed a problem where an incorrect serial number was erroneously identified as having been revoked
  • Fixed a problem where certain failed downloads were not retried automatically
  • Fixed a problem where it took two attempts to get a file list on some servers
  • Fixed a problem with Fetch not quitting after an upload initiated by a droplet shortcut
  • Fixed a problem with crashing on quit when StuffIt was installed
  • Fixed a problem with using Smultron as an editor on Lion
  • Fixed keyboard shortcuts for Preferences tab switching
  • Improved compatibility with servers that take more than thirty seconds to start or finish a transfer
  • Improved feedback during mirror and large transfer operations
  • Removed Dashboard widget instructions from Read Me
  • Stopped displaying extraneous post-upload FTP server messages

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.7 are:

  • Added support for displaying the overall progress and time remaining of multi-file transfers
  • Added support for syncing shortcuts using Dropbox or a shared file server
  • Added support for preserving the modification date of uploaded files
  • Added find field for filtering transfer window file lists
  • Added automatic removal of trailing spaces from the names of uploaded items
  • Added preference for skipping over files you do not have permission to download
  • Added support for Bonjour discovery of FTP with TLS/SSL servers
  • Added support for editing remote files displayed with Quick Look
  • Changed default preference setting to ignore file list cache
  • Changed the meaning of KB, MB, GB, TB units to match the Finder
  • Fixed a problem that caused the discrete graphics card in late model MacBook Pros to be activated
  • Fixed a problem where Info windows incorrectly displayed 000 permissions for just-uploaded items
  • Fixed a problem with stalled uploads
  • Improved appearance on Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Improved compatibility with AS/400 servers
  • Improved compatibility with FTP servers with broken MDTM support
  • Improved compatibility with FTP servers with broken SIZE support
  • Improved compatibility with GlobalSCAPE SFTP server
  • Improved compatibility with Mac OS X 10.7 Lion
  • Improved compatibility with Tectia SFTP servers
  • Improved compatibility with Windows NT servers
  • Improved compatibility with some servers by removing automatic use of MacBinary mode transfers
  • Improved handling of SFTP host key changes
  • Improved reliability of large transfers
  • Improved support for default preference settings on Mac OS X Server
  • Improved user interface for first time SFTP connections
  • Improved warning message for mismatched SFTP host keys
  • Removed the Fetch Dashboard Widget

Fetch 5.6

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.6 were:

  • Added automatic resume of stalled or failed downloads
  • Improved stalled transfer detection to work better in more circumstances
  • Fixed some cases where automatically resumed uploads would try to resume when the entire file was already on the server
  • Improved handling of uploads where the connection is dropped after an hour with certain routers, to avoid unnecessary resume upload attempts
  • Made detection and automatic resume of FTP upload stalls quicker
  • Added automatic resume of SFTP text files uploads in most cases (when not converting line endings)
  • Improved behavior of automatic upload resume on very slow connections
  • Fixed a problem where Adobe Flash (.swf) files would sometimes be uploaded in the incorrect format
  • Fixed a problem where the Fetch widget would not dismiss Dashboard on Mac OS X 10.6 and later
  • Improved scrolling performance in folders containing hundreds of different file kinds
  • Changed system requirements to Mac OS X 10.4 or later
  • Improved encoding handling when editing files with BBEdit or TextWrangler; if a file specifies an encoding, it will be used instead of Fetch's preferred encoding preference
  • Added server-side serial number verification
  • Changed droplet shortcuts to queue uploads if an upload to the same server is already in progress, instead of opening a new transfer window
  • Changed "immediate return" AppleScript property to queue uploads if an upload to the same server is already in progress, instead of opening a new transfer window
  • Fixed a rare problem where certain kinds of font files were uploaded as zero length files
  • Added connection error messages to Fetch Transcript
  • Improved descriptions of transfer results in Fetch Transcript
  • Fixed a problem with New Connection dialog moving to background after Option-double-clicking a shortcut
  • Fixed Automatic Passive Mode to immediately honor changes to "Use passive mode transfers" preference
  • Fixed a problem where "Automatically decode files like this" setting for zip files was not remembered on Mac OS X 10.4
  • Changed preferences to default to not sending MACB probe
  • Fixed incorrect upload format display in Put button help tag
  • Fixed missing "Bounce icon in Dock" notifications
  • Revised unknown item icon
  • Fixed rare -108 error after upgrading from Fetch 4.0.3
  • Improved error message for POSIX Error #51

Fetch 5.5.3

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.5.3 were:

  • Fixed Mac OS -8905 errors when opening Fetch or saving shortcuts on Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard
  • Fixed rare freezes when quitting
  • Fixed a problem where Fetch displayed the copy cursor when moving a file
  • Fixed problem displaying file lists with Norwegian month names from vsFTPd servers
  • Fixed a problem where items moved to a parent folder would sometimes not appear in the parent folder's file list
  • Improved compatibility with certain versions of the VanDyke VShell server that send non-standard TYPE replies
  • Fixed repeated server messages in transcript window
  • Changed handling of download stalls — Fetch now displays an error instead of waiting forever

Fetch 5.5.2

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.5.2 were:

  • Improved Quick Look behavior when using Mac OS X 10.6 and later — Quick Look windows now include Full Screen and Add to iPhoto buttons, and you can switch back and forth between the Index Sheet and individual images
  • Replaced Quick Look as Text with more flexible View as Text command — View as Text allows you to open multiple windows, cut and paste text, and view the windows while Fetch is in the background
  • Added support for SFTP through SOCKS proxies
  • Fixed problem adding Get Specific Fetch Items action to Automator workflows on Mac OS X 10.6
  • Fixed a problem in the Purchase window where editing the email address would sometimes change the country field
  • Disabled Stop button in Purchase window when stopping the purchase may not be possible
  • Fixed problems loading widget on certain systems that have StuffIt Deluxe installed
  • Fixed problems automatically resuming uploads on certain Filezilla servers
  • Fixed problems automatically resuming uploads on certain WS_FTP servers
  • Fixed a problem duplicating files on certain servers
  • Fixed a problem where the editor choice sometimes would not be remembered when the "Remember this editor choice" checkbox was checked
  • Fixed a problem using Edit New with JavaScript files when Dashcode is the editor
  • Improved compatibility of automatic passive mode with certain servers
  • Improved compatibility with Chyron character generators

Fetch 5.5.1

The fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.5.1 were:

  • Fixed rare crashes when uploading caused by missing default editors
  • Fixed rare crashes when opening preferences caused by missing default editors
  • Fixed rare freezes when getting file lists
  • Fixed delays in renaming items when the list of recent folders is very long
  • Fixed a problem where pressing Return in the Put dialog inserted a space into the names of uploaded files
  • Made it easier to select all files in the Put dialog when a single file is already selected
  • Fixed a problem where file lists wouldn't be displayed when connecting to certain Windows servers and the "Use LIST -al" preference was selected
  • Fixed a problem where folders would display as files when connected to certain Microsoft DFS servers
  • Fixed a problem downloading folders that appear to contain files beginning with "._" from certain servers
  • Fixed garbled text in confirmation dialog when dragging files to the Trash
  • Fixed rare problem where Fetch Shortcuts window could become very short and not resizable

Fetch 5.5

The major new features in Fetch 5.5 were:

  • Improved Edit command — you can now edit any kind of file using any application and the changes will automatically be saved back to the server
  • Added automatic resume of stalled or failed uploads
  • Added Quick Look support for previewing files on servers (Mac OS X 10.5 and later only)
  • Made Get Info quicker by not calculating folder sizes until you ask for them
  • Redesigned Recent Folders menu to improve readability and display of folder hierarchy
  • Changed file list to remember the last sorting choice
  • Added support for gestures on laptop trackpads: in the transfer window, swipe left to go back to previously viewed folder, swipe up to go to the parent folder, and swipe down to open the selected folder

Other fixes and improvements in Fetch 5.5 were:

  • Fixed missing modification dates in Put, Open, and Save dialogs on Mac OS X 10.5 and later
  • Changed transfer window title bar and Recent Connections menu to show shortcut name instead of hostname when there’s a matching shortcut
  • Changed transfer window title bar to list folder name first, followed by shortcut name or hostname
  • Redesigned and streamlined purchase window
  • Added Edit With menu for quickly editing a file with a non-default editor
  • Improved Edit With command to let you to choose any compatible editing application
  • Added "Remember this editor choice" option to Edit With dialog to permanently set a new editor for the selected kind of file
  • Fixed Edit command to not open a file for editing a second time if that file is already being editing
  • Added automatic retry when certain errors occur while deleting files
  • Improved speed of deleting many files when Fetch is in the foreground
  • Changed Command-O to be the keyboard shortcut for opening a remote folder, instead of opening a saved shortcut or mirror document
  • Fixed a problem where Microsoft Office documents in the new Office XML Formats (such as .docx, .xlsx) were decoded into folders when downloaded
  • Fixed a problem where the Back button would sometimes unexpectedly take you to the root folder instead of the previous folder
  • Fixed incompatibilities between Fetch’s Edit command and old versions of BBEdit on Mac OS X 10.5 and later
  • Fixed rare VAT calculation errors in the purchase window
  • Changed Automatic upload format to use Zip Archive instead of StuffIt X Archive for preserving resource forks
  • Disabled the "If a file already exists: Pick a different name" option in the Put dialog for FTP uploads
  • Added information to transcript about which upload format or download mode was used to transfer a file
  • Improved compatibility with servers that reset the connections at the end of uploads
  • Fixed Put, Open, and Save dialogs to have all the features normally found in file dialogs on Mac OS X 10.5 and later
  • Digitally signed Fetch application with trusted certificate, to reduce unnecessary firewall alerts
  • Added "Quit Fetch after upload" option to droplet shortcuts
  • Added option to create droplet shortcuts that upload using a specific format
  • Added support for saving a shortcut in the Fetch Shortcuts window as a droplet shortcut
  • Added Open Folder item to Go menu
  • Added Command-T as keyboard shortcut for New Shortcut command
  • Improved compatibility of Unicode (UTF-8) preferred encoding
  • Added capability to display file sizes in terabytes (TB), petabytes (PB) and exabytes (EB)
  • Changed Command-double-clicking on folders so that a new window opens only when a single folder is selected
  • Changed list of Bonjour servers to exclude Macintosh that Fetch is running on
  • Enabled Put command when a folder shortcut is selected
  • Disallowed getting info on a shortcut
  • Removed Get Quick Info command because the Get Info command no longer calculates folder sizes automatically, and thus is quick by default
  • Disallowed pasting an item into itself when using copy and paste to transfer files
  • Fixed a problem where selecting and then uploading nested items in Mac OS X’s list view would cause them to be uploaded twice
  • Fixed a problem where the info window and file list cache date sometimes did not honor the date and time format settings from System Preferences
  • Fixed a problem displaying the size of extremely large files in DOS-style file lists
  • Fixed crash when trying to list files with extremely long names
  • Fixed a problem saving edited files with CSSEdit on Mac OS X 10.5 and later
  • Fixed a problem that caused certain PageSpinner files to be stuffed on upload
  • Fixed a problem that caused certain disk images (.dmg) to be stuffed on upload
  • Fixed a problem that caused certain AIFF files created by Logic to be stuffed on upload
  • Fixed a problem that caused certain AppleWorks/ClarisWorks files to be stuffed on upload
  • Fixed a rare problem where the Option key would be ignored when choosing from the Shortcuts menu
  • Fixed failure to launch on Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard"
  • Fixed crash on launch when Desktop folder does not exist
  • Fixed rare crash when uploading folders
  • Fixed rare stalls when downloading small files from certain servers
  • Fixed rare case where SFTP downloads would stall with certain servers
  • Fixed very rare hang connecting to certain servers
  • Fixed rare freeze when resizing transfer window with certain toolbar configurations
  • Fixed rare stalls when connecting to certain FTP with GSSAPI servers that don’t support data encryption
  • Improved warning dialog when connecting to an FTP with TLS/SSL server that doesn’t support encryption
  • Fixed transcript window so that it doesn’t unexpectedly scroll to the bottom
  • Improved recognition of URLs and paths entered in the Hostname field
  • Fixed a problem where extra white space wasn’t removed from end of hostname and username fields in the New Connection dialog
  • Made sure SFTP uploads and downloads transfer items in alphabetical order
  • Changed name of Open command in file list and shortcut list window contextual menus to Open Folder
  • Added Paste command to file list and shortcut list window contextual menus
  • Added Put command to shortcut list window contextual menu
  • Removed Get Info for Other command
  • Added support for converting AppleScript objects to Fetch Items objects in Automator
  • Fixed a problem where the Fetch Shortcuts contextual menu would not work when Fetch was in the background
  • Fixed a rare problem where shortcut list window contextual menu choice would operate on transfer window instead of shortcut list
  • Fixed a problem where clicked shortcut would not be selected when clicking on the Fetch Shortcuts window in the background
  • Updated transcript to reflect new labels for firewall status in Mac OS X 10.5.1 and later
  • Fixed a problem where the file list would sometimes not refresh correctly after Duplicate or copy/paste upload to an SFTP server
  • Fixed a problem where filenames beginning with a period could still appear in the file list after checking "Omit filenames beginning with a period" preference
  • Fixed a problem where transfer window wouldn’t accept drags from certain applications (including iTunes and Address Book)
  • Improved some error messages, including ones for SSL errors
  • Fixed rare crashes when uploading ClarisWorks files with Automatic upload format
  • Fixed a problem detecting folders on certain VShell SFTP servers
  • Enabled proxy password field for USER fireID@remoteHost proxy type
  • Fixed disappearing hostname when Proxy hostname field contained leading spaces
  • Fixed incorrect Proxy port setting when Proxy hostname field contained leading spaces
  • Changed Fetch debug logging to use our own log file (~/Library/Logs/Fetch.log) instead of system.log, and to include transcript as well as debugging information

For information about changes in older Fetch releases, please see the full Fetch release notes.