Transmit 5.11.7 on Mac

People who move files between machines for a living — developers, designers, sysadmins — tend to want two things: speed and quiet. Transmit, from Panic Art Studios, does the job without fuss. It connects to FTP, SFTP, S3, WebDAV, plus a dozen cloud services like Google Drive, Dropbox and Backblaze B2. You upload, download, delete or sync files across local and remote folders.

The current version, 5.11.6, fixes a specific crash when dragging files into IntelliJ — a small thing, but telling. The Get Info toolbar button turns active right after launch now, so you don't have to click around to check file details. German users get larger text entry fields on the File Rename sheet. Tags work throughout, and two-factor login keeps the connections safe. Panic Sync means your site settings follow you from one Mac to another.

Information sidebar saves a window

Transmit has a few details that don't make the splash screen but save time once you know them. The information sidebar, for instance, lets you inspect file properties while you browse without opening a separate window. It shows size, date, permissions and a preview for images and text files. It's one of those things you forget is there until you need it.

The Places Bar sits at the top of the window and gives you one-click access to favourite folders. You drag a folder in, it stays. Switch between servers, jump to a project directory, go back to the root — all with a click. If you manage several sites, it beats navigating the whole tree every time.

Batch renaming works on local and remote items. Select a group of files, choose the rename tool, and set a pattern — add prefixes, change extensions, number sequences. Handy when you upload a folder of photos or need to tidy server filenames before deployment.

Open remote location in Terminal

Transmit doesn't try to replace the Finder, but it works alongside it. You can open the current remote location in Terminal directly from the app — useful when you need to run a command on the server side while still browsing files. The integration is simple: one menu item, one terminal window.

Panic Sync is the feature that ties Transmit together across machines. Your saved sites, keys and settings sync through Panic's service, so moving from your MacBook Air to a desktop doesn't mean re-entering credentials. It's not iCloud, it's not Dropbox — it's a dedicated sync layer built into the app. Set it once, forget it.

Tags in macOS work inside Transmit too. You can tag local files directly in the app, and those tags appear in the Finder later. If you use colour labels or custom tags to organise projects, they carry over.

For Amazon S3 users, Transmit handles very large files — the kind you can't just drag into a browser. The latest release improved error reporting for files that exceed S3's upload limits, so instead of a generic failure you get a message that explains what went wrong.

Crash fix for IntelliJ drag-and-drop

Version 5.11.6 is a polish release, not a rewrite. The crash fix for IntelliJ is the headline: if you drag files from Transmit into JetBrains IDEs, it no longer drops the connection. Developers working with remote assets in IntelliJ-based editors should notice the difference immediately.

The Get Info button now works as soon as the app launches. Previously you had to navigate somewhere first — now you can open Transmit, select a file and press the button without an extra step. It's a small delay removed.

German users will see larger text fields in the File Rename sheet. That one is specific to the German localisation, but it shows Panic pays attention to non-English interfaces rather than just shrinking the English layout.

Beyond those fixes, the rest of the app stays the same. Two-factor login, key generation, support for Backblaze B2, Box, Microsoft Azure and Rackspace Cloud Files — all unchanged. Transmit remains a mature tool that gets refined rather than reinvented.

• Fixed a crash when dragging files into IntelliJ
• Improved error reporting for oversized S3 uploads
• Get Info toolbar button now active immediately after launch
• German File Rename text entry fields are larger

• macOS 13.0 or later (Ventura)
• Intel or Apple Silicon

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