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Transferring Images to Your Home Computer with an FTP Program

One of the easiest ways to get your image files to your home computer is to copy them first to a flash drive connected to one of the Linux computers in the EM facility. However, images can be as large as 64MB which fill up a drive fairly quickly. What is even easier is to use a FTP program. There are numerous free or "try before you buy" FTP programs available for both the Macintosh and the PC. Shown here are two such programs, Fetch and CuteFTP. These two programs are not specifically endorsed and they are used here only to demonstrate the FTP procedure. FTP programs are fairly similar. If you are using a different program make sure you enter the same parameters mentioned below. Once a connection to the Linux machine is made your files can be dragged and dropped onto your home computer.

Fetch

This is a very popular program for the Mac OS but it is not available for the PC. When you first start the program you will get the window shown on the right. If the program is already open click on File/New Connection and the same window will appear. Fill in your details as shown. Make sure to choose the SFTP feature in "Connect using" and type 22 in the "Port" box. If you type the pathname as shown in the "Initial folder" window you should be able to see your folder when the connection is made. Obviously, if your files are in the polara folder you will need to type that in the box instead of sphera. Your folder name can also be added at the end.

CuteFTP

This program is available for both the Macintosh and the PC. When you start it up you will see the "Site Manager" window (below). You can also click on the "Site Manager" icon in the upper right area of the program window and then on the "New Site" button when the Site Manager appears.

Fill in the boxes as shown above. The "Label" box is just what you want to call this connection for the next time you login. Enter your username and password, type in 22 for the "Port" and choose SFTP for the "Security". Then click "Connect" at the bottom. CuteFTP is a little different than Fetch in that you have to choose the pathname where your files are with a different window. If you click View/Change Folder... you will get the window shown below. Type in the remote folder as shown in the box. Obviously, if your files are in the polara folder you will need to type that in the box instead of sphera. Your folder name can also be added at the end. You can later save this as default by clicking on Tools/Save Remote Folder as Default.