09.10
If you’d like to use an sftp share directly though finder then this guide is for you.
First, you need to install OSXFuse from https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/downloads
At the “Installation Type” stage, be sure to select MacFUSE Compatibility Layer. It’s unticked by default.
Once installed, you need to get Macfusion from http://macfusionapp.org/
Perform the usual drag and drop into your Applications folder then run Macfusion.
Add a new Macfusion share by clicking on the plus icon and selecting SSHFS, enter your details, click ok, then mount. After a few moments your share will be available. You can press cmd+r to show your share in the Finder.
You can now directly edit files on the sftp share using any app on your mac without the need to manually download and re-upload them.
If this process does not work for you, try restarting your mac, then re-adding the Macfusion share.
Perfect!
In OSX Lion 10.7 you can see the mounted volume on Desktop by ticking “Connected servers” in Finder Preferences.
I hope this could help.
Thanks!
It works using osxfuse and the Macfusion GUI!
Only it will not get started at boot, I have to start it manually and press mount. On my Linux machines I have a script “mountsshfs” placed in “/etc/network/if-up.d” that do it automatically when network is connected. But I have never had a mac before so perhaps I just missed some step.
Hey!
Thanks man. this works perfectly!
Thanks a lot. I tried this before and it didn’t work, I was getting an error that it disconnected or something. I had to remove the “HTTP://”
Awesome! Thanks!! I had tried this using macfuse and it just didn’t work but this saved my life!
I cannot see the FTP drive, even though MacFusion says it is mounted. I tried refreshing the Finder several times
Ignore previous message. However, one of the folders I want to open doesnt appear as a folder, but as a white page, and when I click on it, it says that the original item cannot be found.
I am connecting to a Stora Netgear