To install ftp in MacOS High Sierra or Mojave run following in the Terminal: However, it is still possible to get it if you Homebrew installed on your Mac. FTP Clients Comparison ftp Command Line Utilityįor years macOS like any other UNIX operating system had a built-in ftp utility, but things have changed when Apple decided to exclude ftp utility from the list of supported apps starting with High Sierra. FTP Clientįastest ftp client on Mac ordered by download speedīy the way, FileZilla is also the fastest free FTP client on Mac. The following is the table with speed tests. The built-in command-line FTP utility is the slowest of all. FileZilla is the quickest FTP client to download with a speed of 8.72 MB/s. It is also in the top three when it comes to downloading data. I also provided upload and download speeds.Ĭaptain FTP is the fastest client on Mac with an upload speed of 14.24 MB/s. I tested 7 most popular FTP clients with GUI and provided their descriptions below. There are many FTP clients for Mac, paid, and free.
