SFTP and rsync are two tools that can help you transfer files across networks and the web. Here’s how to use them within macOS.
The are many occasions on which you need to transfer files between two computers on a LAN, in an office, across the web, or to a remote server. Many workers today use cloud services such as Google Drive or Dropbox for such transfers.
But there are more sophisticated tools available that give you more flexibility and accuracy when doing network file transfers. Two such tools are SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), and rsync, or remote sync.
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