Fetch

Fetch Help Page

Fetch, written by Jim Matthews, is the best FTP client program available today for Macintosh OS, and is free for educational and non-profit home users (shareware for other users). The latest version is 3.0.3, and can be downloaded by clicking here.

Note: Fetch is shareware. That means that if you do not meet the stated requirements for free use as stated by the Dartmouth Software Fetch License, you must pay to register the software in order to continue using it after a reasonable trial period. The AnswerPoint is not associated with Dartmouth Software or Fetch, and does not make any money off this software - I simply recommend it here as a tool available for Macintosh users at GeoCities.

Special thanks to Bill Dailey, another former WestHollywood Community Leader, for preparing this very helpful page.

Setting Up Fetch

GeoCities has updated their FTP procedures now, so you don't need to do anything special to upload files to the server any more! (Loud Applause!) For the official GeoCities info on FTP, check the new and improved GeoCities FTP setup guidelines. Follow me down for more detailed info, in what I think is little easier to understand language (and illustrations).

Download Fetch and install it.

Launch Fetch. You will be presented with a 'New Connection' box. Since this the first time you are using Fetch to upload to GeoCities, click on the Cancel option.

Next, choose 'New Shortcut' from the Customize menu:

Enter the following items in the dialog box to set up the new Shortcut:

	Enter a name for the profile (i.e., SiliconValley/Heights/7493)
	Choose 'Folder' from the Type popup.
	Enter the Host Name: ftp.geocities.com
	Enter Your User ID:*Your GeoCities User Name!*
	Enter your Password: *Your GeoCities Account Password!*
	Leave the Directory setting blank.
	Click on OK to save the settings.

Uploading Files Using Fetch

Launch Fetch

Select your shortcut from the 'Open Shortcut' option on the File menu. This will open a FTP connection to the GeoCities server

Select the 'Put Folders and Files' option from the 'Remote' menu.

You will get a dialog similar to this one where you can choose the files the you want to upload:

Use standard folder navigation techniques to find the files you want to upload. Add them to the list of files to upload by double-clicking on them, you by highlighting them and clicking on the 'add' button. Once you have added all the files you want to upload to the list, click on Done.

You will then be presented with the Put Files dialog box. Select 'Text' for text files and 'Raw Upload' for other files. Click on 'Done' when you are finished. The upload will then begin.

This window will now appear and let you monitor the transfer. Once it finishes uploading the files, you can choose 'Quit' from the File menu to exit Fetch. That's It! Your files should appear in your GeoCities directory within 20 minutes

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