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Transmit
Developer(s)	Panic
Stable release	5.10.4 / December 18, 2023; 11 months ago
Operating system	macOS
Type	File transfer tool
License	Proprietary
Website	www.panic.com/transmit

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Transmit is a file transfer client program for macOS developed by Panic Inc. Transmit is trialware; after a seven-day trial period, the product can only be used for seven-minute sessions until it is purchased. Transmit was originally built as an FTP client and now supports a number of protocols including SFTP and WebDAV and cloud services including Google Drive and Dropbox.^[1]

Many of the features of Transmit 4 take advantage of technologies Apple introduced in OS X 10.4, such as uploading using a Dashboard widget or the dock, support for .Mac and iDisk/WebDAV, FTP/WebDAV/S3 servers as disks in Finder (since v4.0), Spotlight, Droplets, Amazon S3 support and Automator plugins.

The app was called "Transit" at introduction in 1998,^[2] but had to be changed due to a conflict with an existing product. Transmit was originally developed for Classic Mac OS, but that version has been discontinued and made freeware.

Transmit for iOS was released in 2014 but removed and retired from the Apple app store in 2018.^[3]

History

On February 16, 2005, Transmit 3 was released. The app was previewed to attendees of Macworld Expo the month prior in January 2005.

On April 27, 2010, Transmit 4 was released. The app was almost completely rewritten, had a brand new interface, over 45 new features, and was up to 25 times faster.^[4]

On June 10, 2016, Panic began beta testing Transmit 5, touting improved performance and new features.^[5] Transmit 5 was released the following year on July 18, 2017.^[6]

Awards

Transmit is the recipient of a number of awards, including:

Apple Design Award, 2005 for "best Mac OS X Tiger technology adoption, for its use of features like Automator, Mac sync, Spotlight, Dashboard and more."^[7]
MacWorld Expo Best of Show (among 12 winners), 2005^[8]

References

^ "Transmit 5 for macOS. Now available". www.panic.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
^ "Transit 1.0 User Guide" (PDF). Panic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-23.
^ "Panic Blog » The Future of Transmit iOS". Retrieved 2020-01-19.
^ "Transmit 4.0". Panic. April 27, 2010.
^ "It's almost time to start beta testing Transmit 5". @Panic. June 10, 2016.
^ "Hello, Transmit 5". Panic. July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
^ "WWDC: Apple Design Award 2005 winners announced". Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
^ "MWSF: Best of show awards revealed". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-12-25.

Reviews

Keith Martin, Transmit 3, MacUser issue 21 7, Apr 2005
Joe Muscara, Transmit 2.1^{[permanent dead link‍]}, MacUser issue 18 24, Nov 2002
Rob Griffiths, Transmit 3 - Powerful file transfer app, macosxhints.com, Dec 28 2005, Pick of the Week

External links

Official website

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[1] "Transmit 5 for macOS. Now available". www.panic.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

[2] "Transit 1.0 User Guide" (PDF). Panic. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-23.

[3] "Panic Blog » The Future of Transmit iOS". Retrieved 2020-01-19.

[4] "Transmit 4.0". Panic. April 27, 2010.

[5] "It's almost time to start beta testing Transmit 5". @Panic. June 10, 2016.

[6] "Hello, Transmit 5". Panic. July 17, 2017. Retrieved July 20, 2017.

[7] "WWDC: Apple Design Award 2005 winners announced". Archived from the original on 2008-06-18. Retrieved 2009-12-25.

[8] "MWSF: Best of show awards revealed". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-12-25.

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-'''Transmit''' is a file transfer client program for [[macOS]]. Developed by [[Panic Inc.|Panic]], Transmit is [[shareware]]. After a seven-day trial period, the product can only be used for seven-minute sessions until it has been purchased. Originally built as an [[FTP client]], it now supports a number of protocols ranging from the more traditional ones like [[SSH File Transfer Protocol|SFTP]] and [[WebDAV]] to cloud services like [[Google Drive]] and [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panic.com/transmit/|title=Transmit 5 for macOS. Now available.|website=www.panic.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>
+'''Transmit''' is a file transfer client program for [[macOS]] developed by [[Panic Inc.]] Transmit is [[Shareware#Trialware|trialware]]; after a seven-day trial period, the product can only be used for seven-minute sessions until it is purchased. Transmit was originally built as an [[FTP client]] and now supports a number of protocols including [[SSH File Transfer Protocol|SFTP]] and [[WebDAV]] and cloud services including [[Google Drive]] and [[Dropbox (service)|Dropbox]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.panic.com/transmit/|title=Transmit 5 for macOS. Now available.|website=www.panic.com|language=en|access-date=2017-12-01}}</ref>
-Transmit 4 includes a number of features, many of which take advantage of technologies Apple introduced in OS X 10.4, such as [[upload]]ing using a [[Dashboard (macOS)|Dashboard]] [[Widget (computing)|widget]] or the [[Dock (computing)|dock]], support for [[.Mac]] and [[iDisk]]/[[WebDAV]], FTP/WebDAV/S3 servers as disks in Finder (since v4.0), [[Spotlight (software)|Spotlight]], Droplets, Amazon S3 support and [[Automator (software)|Automator]] plugins.
+Many of the features of Transmit 4 take advantage of technologies Apple introduced in OS X 10.4, such as [[upload]]ing using a [[Dashboard (macOS)|Dashboard]] [[Widget (computing)|widget]] or the [[Dock (computing)|dock]], support for [[.Mac]] and [[iDisk]]/[[WebDAV]], FTP/WebDAV/S3 servers as disks in Finder (since v4.0), [[Spotlight (software)|Spotlight]], Droplets, Amazon S3 support and [[Automator (software)|Automator]] plugins.
-The app was called "Transit" at introduction,[https://web.archive.org/web/20110623061621/http://panic.com/museum/transmit/older/Transmit%201.X/Transit_Guide.pdf] but had to be changed due to a conflict with an existing product. Transmit was originally developed for [[Classic Mac OS]], but that version has been discontinued and made [[freeware]].
+The app was called "Transit" at introduction in 1998,<ref>{{cite web |title=Transit 1.0 User Guide |url=http://panic.com/museum/transmit/older/Transmit%201.X/Transit_Guide.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623061621/http://panic.com/museum/transmit/older/Transmit%201.X/Transit_Guide.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=2011-06-23 |website=Panic}}</ref> but had to be changed due to a conflict with an existing product. Transmit was originally developed for [[Classic Mac OS]], but that version has been discontinued and made [[freeware]].
 Transmit for iOS was released in 2014 but removed and retired from the Apple app store in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://panic.com/blog/the-future-of-transmit-ios/|title=Panic Blog » The Future of Transmit iOS|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-19}}</ref>
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 On February 16, 2005, Transmit 3 was released. The app was previewed to attendees of Macworld Expo the month prior in January 2005.
-On April 27, 2010, Transmit 4 was released. More than five years after the release of version 3.0. The app was almost completely rewritten, had a brand new interface, over 45 new features, and was up to 25 times faster.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://panic.com/blog/transmit-4-0/|title = Transmit 4.0|date = April 27, 2010|accessdate = |website = Panic|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
+On April 27, 2010, Transmit 4 was released. The app was almost completely rewritten, had a brand new interface, over 45 new features, and was up to 25 times faster.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://panic.com/blog/transmit-4-0/|title = Transmit 4.0|date = April 27, 2010|accessdate = |website = Panic|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref>
 On June 10, 2016, Panic began [[Software release life cycle#Beta|beta testing]] Transmit 5, touting improved performance and new features.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://twitter.com/panic/status/741031463634669572|title = It's almost time to start beta testing Transmit 5|date = June 10, 2016|accessdate = |website = @Panic|publisher = |last = |first = }}</ref> Transmit 5 was released the following year on July 18, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://panic.com/blog/hello-transmit-5/|title = Hello, Transmit 5|date = July 17, 2017|accessdate = July 20, 2017|website = Panic}}</ref>
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 Transmit is the recipient of a number of awards, including:
-*[[Apple Design Award]], 2005 for "best Mac OS X Tiger technology adoption, for its use of features like Automator, Mac sync, Spotlight, Dashboard and more."<ref>[http://www.macworld.com/article/45262/2005/06/design.html WWDC: Apple Design Award 2005 winners announced]</ref>
+*[[Apple Design Award]], 2005 for "best Mac OS X Tiger technology adoption, for its use of features like Automator, Mac sync, Spotlight, Dashboard and more."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macworld.com/article/45262/2005/06/design.html |title=WWDC: Apple Design Award 2005 winners announced |access-date=2009-12-25 |archive-date=2008-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080618111452/http://www.macworld.com/article/45262/2005/06/design.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
-*[[MacWorld Expo]] Best of Show (among 12 winners), 2005<ref>[http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10621&Page=1&pagePos=3 MWSF: Best of show awards revealed]</ref>
+*[[MacWorld Expo]] Best of Show (among 12 winners), 2005<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10621&Page=1&pagePos=3 |title=MWSF: Best of show awards revealed |access-date=2009-12-25 |archive-date=2011-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610180004/http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=10621&Page=1&pagePos=3 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 == See also ==
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 ==External links==
 *{{Official website|https://www.panic.com/transmit}}
+{{Panic Inc.}}
 [[Category:FTP clients]]
-[[Category:SFTP clients]]
+[[Category:SSH File Transfer Protocol clients]]
 [[Category:Macintosh-only software]]
-[[Category:MacOS-only software]]
+[[Category:MacOS-only proprietary software]]
 [[Category:Panic software]]

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