Transmit, the popular OS X FTP client by Panic Support, has finally broken its half decade run of version 3.x executables and finally released version 4.0, a significant and shiny upgrade that boasts faster performance, a new user interface and several fantastic new features.
The new user interface is very attractive: jettisoning the old Aqua-style drop downs, Panic now looks more like native Finder, including a path bar, custom icons for your favorite locations, Coverflow, thumbnail view, options to disclose folders or color code them and a new sync button.
Another new noteworthy feature is “Transmit Disks,” which allows you to mount any favorite FTP site in the finder and interact with it like a normal folder on your Mac. It works even if Transmit isn’t running.
Everything’s also much faster: Panic claims that Transmit has been greased up and now runs 25% faster than version 3.
It’s a significant upgrade, but it’s not free: a new license costs $34, while users of the previous version must pay a $19 upgrade cost, unless they purchased it after March 1st, in which case the upgrade is free.
