Transmit 5 Release Notes

5.10.4

December 18, 2023

Fixed

This release contains a security fix for CVE-2023-48795, which could allow an attacker to downgrade the security of SSH connections

5.10.3

November 6, 2023

Fixed

Creating new Droplets now works as expected
Resolved an issue with importing Servers from Nova and Transmit
Tabs and toolbar icons no longer become hidden at smaller window widths
Fixed a case where confirmation sounds would not play as expected when transferring files
Mouse events are no longer passed through the File Synchronize sheet in some circumstances
Improved appearance of Places bar when using “Dark” system appearance with “Allow wallpaper tinting in windows”

5.10.2

September 28, 2023

Fixed

Local files are no longer deleted after being closed in an ODB external editor

5.10.1

September 27, 2023

Fixed

Fixed a potential crash when saving changes in external editors
A permissions error is no longer displayed when filtering remote files in some circumstances
FTP: Added a workaround for connecting to servers that incorrectly advertise support for EPSV
FTP: Addressed a potential crash when downloading files without a modification date

5.10.0

September 20, 2023

New

Added support for the following AWS S3 storage regions:
- Hyderabad (ap-south-2)
- Jakarta (ap-southeast-3)
- Melbourne (ap-southeast-4)
- Spain (eu-south-2)
- Tel Aviv (il-central-1)
- UAE (me-central-1)
- Zurich (eu-central-2)
FTP: Added a setting to preserve seconds when uploading files, if desired
SFTP: Added the ability to set and modify special permissions for remote files

Improved

Updates to OpenSSL encryption (for SFTP and FTPS connections)

Fixed

Addressed a potential crash when expanding local browser folder contents when using list view
Resolved a crash when stopping uploads after multiple errors in some circumstances
File Sync: Fixed a potential crash when running sync operations
SFTP: Resolved an authentication issue affecting specific server configurations
Google Drive: Resolved an issue with folder aliases not resolving as expected
Fixed an issue that could cause hidden files to continue to be shown in column view after unchecking “Show Hidden Files”
Control + clicking in the toolbar area now displays the contextual menu as expected
Fixed an issue that could cause tabs to be displayed at smaller than expected sizes on some versions of macOS
Various cosmetic fixes and improvements

5.9.2

March 23, 2023

New

Added support for opening ftp+tls:// URLs from the command line

Improved

S3: Removed dialog when moving files to a destination with different ACLs per user requests
Local files displayed in Icon view now display thumbnail previews

Fixed

Addressed a potential crash when performing remote to local File Sync
Moving disconnected remote tabs between windows no longer triggers auto-connect unexpectedly
Resolved a potential hang when canceling large transfers with very many files
S3: Changes to file permissions from the info sidebar are no longer potentially interrupted by file navigation
S3: Transfers of many files are no longer terminated with a “Too many open files” error in some circumstances
B2: Empty child folders whose names contain / are no longer displayed as containing themselves, recursively
AppleScript: Addressed an issue where “Connect to address” command would not use passive mode for FTP connections
Various cosmetic fixes and improvements

5.9.1

November 18, 2022

Fixed

Addressed a potential crash when reading key files
SFTP: Resolved an issue that prevented connecting to an EC2 instance with SSM when using the ProxyCommand directive

5.9.0

October 31, 2022

New

Added support for SSH certificate client authentication
Added support for FIDO2 ECDSA-SK and Ed25519-SK key authentication
Added support for generating FIDO2 ECDSA-SK and Ed25519-SK keys when using an authentication device

Improved

Increased maximum speed of FTP w/TLS file transfer operations
Various design tweaks for a future macOS release

Fixed

“Connect to servers automatically” preference checkbox is no longer unexpectedly deselected in some cases
The “Show Hidden Files” preference now works as expected when using a non-encrypted FTP connection
When canceling a keyboard-interactive password dialog Transmit no longer re-prompts for credentials
Resolved a problem with double clicking to “Open in External Editor” would fail in some circumstances
Column View: The “Tab title shows folder” setting now works more reliably

5.8.10

September 14, 2022

Fixed

Addressed an issue that could cause state restoration to not work as expected in some circumstances

5.8.9

August 30, 2022

Improved

Security improvements for macOS Monterey

Fixed

Column View: Addressed an issue with the display of file and folder names after toggling “Show Hidden Files”
Column View: Fixed an issue where files could be deselected when attempting to right-click a non-contiguous selection of files

5.8.8

July 7, 2022

Fixed

Column View: Fixed a crash when showing the contextual menu and the Action toolbar item is enabled

5.8.7

June 29, 2022

Added

Panic Sync account deletion can now be performed from the “Sync” section of Transmit’s preferences

Fixed

Resolved an issue that could prevent rearranging tabs via click and drag in some circumstances
Swift: Addressed an issue that could cause v3 connections to be unexpectedly downgraded to v2
Swift: Fixed an authentication issue that prevented connecting to Conoha.jp hosted servers
Dropbox: Corrected a problem that prevented directory listings with certain Dropbox Business account configurations
Column View: The “Tab title shows folder” setting now works more reliably when navigating upwards in the directory structure
Column View: Choosing “Open In” from the contextual menu while Transmit is in the background now works as expected
Resolved an issue that caused tab labels to be clipped in an unreleased version of macOS
Various localization improvements

5.8.6

May 18, 2022

Fixed

Fixed an issue that could cause Transmit to hang when the file browser was set to column view, and certain rules were set in preferences

5.8.5

May 16, 2022

New

Added a preference for setting the default terminal used for “Open In Terminal”
ProxyCommand: added support for sourcing %% %h %p and %r values from ssh_config
Added a setting to disable file editing conflict checking if desired
Box: Added support for chunked file uploads, enabling transfers of files larger than 32GB
SFTP: Added support for the ServerAliveInterval ssh_config directive

Improved

S3: “Copy Signed URL” options are now sorted by duration
File synchronization operations now always use binary mode for improved detection of changes
FTP: When configured to use a passive connection, Transmit now attempts passive mode whether or not a server lists it in its FEAT response

Fixed

Addressed an accessibility-related crash
Resolved a potential hang when using the file browser in Gallery view
Fixed a potential deadlock when attempting to retrieve a directory listing on an unreadable volume
macOS application packages can now be copied using a file synchronize operation
Simulating local file synchronize operations now works as expected for file or folder names that contain a forward-slash
Fixed an issue where changing a Server’s local path would not be saved unless a connection was made
List View: Compressing files within a disclosed folder now creates the archive in the target’s parent folder
List View: Pressing “home” now moves the selection to the first row of the file browser
OpenStack Swift: Fixed a potential crash when attempting to connect to server without using a password
OneDrive: Addressed an issue where Transmit could fail to reauthenticate during very long transfer operations
B2: Fixed an issue with listing directories when their name contains a forward-slash and name prefixes are enabled
S3: Addressed an ACL error when creating or renaming a folder and Object Ownership Control is set to “BucketOwnerEnforced”
S3: Resolved an issue where file/folder names containing a double forward-slash // could result in a recursive directory listing
Preferences: Addressed a potential issue that could cause file browser selection to change when creating a new rule
Preferences: Changes to default file permissions are now applied to active connections
When navigating /Applications in the file browser, all applications are now listed

5.8.4

February 14, 2022

Fixed

Resolved an issue where “Edit In Transmit” could fail silently in some circumstances
The tab overflow indicator should no longer be displayed when tabs are not overflowing the tab bar
Mac App Store: Addressed a potential issue with validating subscription status in some circumstances

5.8.3

February 7, 2022

New

Added support for upgrading RSA key security (the default when using OpenSSH 8.8 servers)
S3: Added support for parsing aws_session_token from ~/.aws/credentials in some circumstances

Fixed

Dragging and dropping local files into Safari no longer moves them unexpectedly
Contextual Menu items can now be navigated using keyboard arrow keys
Resolved a potential crash when deleting a non-empty server group directly after state restoration
Added a user preference for opting out of important announcements
Attempting to “Save Folder As Droplet” no longer causes an exception
Column View: Fixed a potential exception when moving local hidden files
Column View: Fixed Cmd+down/up arrow not working as expected in some circumstances
Column View: Name field no longer loses focus immediately after creating a new folder
Column View: Addressed a potential issue where file selection could change when Transmit is moved to the background
Column View: Restored the ability to double-click a folder to make it the view’s root
Column View: Command + arrow navigation now works as expected when renaming items
Column View: Fixed a potential crash when Folder Linking is enabled
FTP: Addressed a problem where CWD into an alias wouldn’t work as expected with certain server configurations
SFTP: Resolved a potential error when parsing KexAlgorithms or Ciphers directive from ~/.ssh/config
SFTP: Fixed an authentication issue when opening multiple connections to a single server using different usernames and keys stored in Transmit
macOS Monterey: Auto-filling Panic Sync passwords using the macOS Password manager now works as expected
Resolved a potential issue where permissions for 10+ files would not be displayed as expected immediately after upload
Fixed an issue where double clicking column dividers would not automatically resize them as expected in some circumstances
Dragging and dropping files onto the “Eject” icon no longer causes an exception
Adding “Flexible Space” when customizing the toolbar now works as expected
Removing your license now automatically signs out of Panic Sync
Addressed a number of small cosmetic issues
Various localization improvements

5.8.2

October 26, 2021

Fixed

Column view: Addressed a possible crash when right-clicking
FTP: Fixed an issue that could cause file name encoding to not work as expected in some circumstances
SFTP: Resolved a potential crash when using the IdentitiesOnly directive with keys stored in ssh-agent
Fixed a problem that prevented importing of Servers exported from Transmit 4.4.13

5.8.1

October 21, 2021

Improved

SFTP: Improved the ability to match keys in ssh-agent when using the IdentitiesOnly directive
Various animation and appearance improvements

Fixed

Preferences: Resolved an issue that prevented transfer rules from being saved in some circumstances
Column view: Fixed a potential crash when using the view mode
Column view: Corrected an issue that prevented keyboard navigation of the file browser using the arrow keys
Column view: Fixed an issue that could potentially prevent selection of contiguous folders using keyboard modifiers
Column view: Addressed an issue where pressing ⌘+↓ would not perform the expected file browser action
Column view: Fixed an issue where “Quick Look” and “Copy URL” actions would not be performed on the selected file
Column view: Pressing Esc to end a rename operation now works as expected
Column view: Right-clicking files now selects them as expected
Icon view: Selecting files is more responsive
Resolved an issue that prevented disabled contextual menu items from being automatically hidden in column and icon views
Addressed a problem with file tags not being displayed as expected when using some view types

5.8.0

October 5, 2021

New

Added support for a future version of macOS
S3: Credentials stored in the AWS credentials file can now be used for authentication
- Our documentation has the full details at https://help.panic.com/general/s3/

Improved

Added Support for the IdentitiesOnly directive when using SSH config files
Improved file browser drop target
Various UI fixes and improvements

Fixed

S3: Updated format of copied object URLs
S3: Resolved an issue with listing folders when their name contains an ampersand
German localization fixes

5.7.6

August 12, 2021

Please Note: After enabling TLS 1.3 in Transmit 5.7.5, some users reported incomplete uploads with certain FTP servers when using TLS 1.3. In this update we have reset the default TLS version to 1.2. If you find you can no longer connect to your FTP server after this update, you can now select a specific TLS version from Preferences > Advanced > Advanced Server Settings…

Improved

Added an advanced preference for specifying the TLS version used when connecting via FTPS

5.7.5

August 09, 2021

New

FTP: Added support for TLS 1.3

Improved

Enhanced compatibility with some S3 clones

Fixed

Fixed a potential exception when changing tabs
Resolved a crash when adding the “Action” button to the toolbar on macOS Mojave
Backblaze: “Copy URL” now uses custom URL value when specified in Server settings
Automator: Default local directory for file synchronize operations now works as expected
Rackspace: Resolved an issue that prevented servers from auto-navigating to remote path when opened
Addressed a problem with OAuth connections not re-authenticating during file synchronization operations
Fixed an issue where remote file names containing unicode characters could be displayed incorrectly after being modified
Various improvements to text alignment

5.7.4

April 15, 2021

Fixed

Fixed a potential crash when showing the contextual menu

5.7.3

April 12, 20201

Improved

Google Drive: Added support for creating files and folders with a name that contains a forward-slash /

Fixed

Arrows in the file conflict sheet no longer potentially point in the wrong direction when using “Double-click to transfer”
S3: Resolved an issue that prevented listing directories that contained the % character
Google Drive: Fixed an issue displaying or listing folders with a name that contains a forward-slash /
Resolved issues with selecting, copying, or moving files when Transmit is in the background
Contextual menu items are now displayed as expected when Transmit is in the background
Fixed a potential text-encoding issue when displaying processed file names in the activity window

5.7.2

March 3, 2021

Note! Due to improvements to the Dropbox OAuth API, Transmit 5.7.2 will require all Dropbox favorites to be re-authorized once.

New

Support for Dropbox Business Team Spaces
SFTP: Implemented the rsa-sha2-512 and rsa-sha-256 host key algorithms
Added an option for exporting servers and their passwords to a password-protected, encrypted file

Improved

The default connection timeout has been extended to two minutes of inactivity
Transfer confirmation sounds now play even when system interface sounds are disabled in System Preferences
Updated to the latest version of the Dropbox OAuth API

Fixed

The “Preserve modification dates” preference is now applied to folders when using a supported protocol
FTP: Resolved an issue with the initial connection being closed unexpectedly after logging in
The activity queue no longer shows files as “moved” when copying from network drives mounted in Finder to Transmit’s local file browser
The directional arrows in the conflict resolution dialog no longer point in the wrong direction in certain circumstances
Editor: Command-G (⌘g) now advances to the next match in the document while the “Find” field is focused
Automator: Credentials are now saved as expected when creating an Application workflow using a Server saved in Transmit
Quick Connect: Fixed an issue preventing focus of the password field using keyboard navigation after connecting with a key saved in Transmit
Fixed an issue where the content of the server activity window would not resize properly in some circumstances
Resolved a potential crash that could occur with the info sidebar in rare cases
“Open in Terminal” is no longer disabled for connections without a username or password defined in Transmit
Middle-clicking tabs now closes them as expected
Resolved an issue accessing the ~/.ssh/ folder when it is symlinked elsewhere
After resolving a remote folder, symlink the folder’s icon is now badged as expected
Resolved an issue with drag and drop of files from FUSE mounted network drives
B2: Resolved a potential issue with refreshing expired authorization tokens while operations are in progress

5.7.1

December 10, 2020

Improved

Refreshed server list icons
Improved the display of custom Droplet icons

Fixed

S3: Fixed an issue that caused all new buckets to be created in the default North Virginia region
Rackspace: Resolved an issue that prevented creating a new remote file whose name contains the colon character
Transfers: No longer unexpectedly replace colon characters in names on upload using protocols that support them
SFTP: Fixed a potential issue navigating very deeply nested folders
Big Sur: Resolved an issue with the Servers list using incorrect padding on right side after disconnecting
Big Sur: Fixed the cancel connection button in the servers list appearance
Big Sur: Item checkboxes are now shown as expected after simulating a file sync operation
Big Sur: Other minor appearance changes

5.7

November 12, 2020

New

Adds support for macOS 11 Big Sur, fixing bugs, improving appearance, and adding new icons
Adds support for Apple silicon chips, like the new Apple M1

Fixed

Resolved an issue with saving local files edited in Transmit
Fixed connection advanced preferences potentially not being applied when opening two tabs with the same server
Editing documents on servers that do not return modification dates no longer shows the “File modification conflict” alert
Fixed an issue that could cause the File Browser window to be resized too small in some cases
Resolved a potential issue with reading .pem keys stored in keychain
S3: Uploading multiple large files simultaneously will no longer potentially cause transfers to halt
S3: Multipart uploads no longer fail when custom x-amz-server-side-encryption header is set
OneDrive: Fixed an issue that prevented uploading files when their name contains invalid characters
SFTP: Resolved a possible error when connecting to certain servers using the Agent API
Fixed the file browser search bar not working on some versions of macOS
Improved layout of Unix permissions labels on some versions of macOS
Fixed the Places Bar drawing blank on some versions of macOS

5.6.7

September 14, 2020

New

Verbose Logging can now be toggled in Transmit’s Preferences

Improved

Various design tweaks for a future macOS release

Fixed

S3: File permissions were not being set
Resolved a potential crash when opening a document in BBedit 13.3
Various minor fixes for a future macOS release

5.6.6

August 17, 2020

New

SFTP connections now support Diffie-Hellman group14-sha256, group16-sha512 and group18-sha512 exchange methods
Added a “Learn More” link to Preferences > Keys
Now supports preserving Modification Dates for Dropbox

Improved

S3: Added Advanced setting to ignore ACLs
Fixed a potential hang when saving edited remote documents inside of Transmit
Improved SFTP connections with usernames using unicode characters
SSH Config: Cipher and MAC values are now being used for server side encryption
Fixed an issue where simulating a sync using B2 may transfer files
Fixed a hang when signing in or out of Panic Sync in a future version of macOS

Fixed

Fixed an issue where replacing a file in the Finder appended a “2” to file name
Fixed an issue where dragging files into Transmit could cause multiple files to be uploaded
S3: “New Folder” contextual menu incorrectly labeled “New Bucket” in some cases
S3: Dual-stack endpoints that were no longer working as expected
S3: Folders with an ampersand in their names are now able to be deleted
Sandboxing: SFTP: SSH Config: Now supports expanding tilde to the users home folder
B2: fixed an issue that resulted in wrong paths when moving folders across buckets
FTP: Resolved an issue where Transmit was unable to follow certain valid symlinks

5.6.5

May 04, 2020

Fixed

FTP and SFTP links would not prompt for credentials when opened via Safari
In some cases, toggling view options and rules wouldn’t be applied to a nested folder tree in list view
Improved file conflict sheet default action colors for greater clarity
SFTP: Transmit now offers to save key passphrases in keychain for keys located outside the app
SFTP: Once again use passwords before implicit encrypted keys during authentication
Fixed a possible crash that could happen when switching local directories
Resolved a potential crash when selecting a tab via the menu bar
Fixed a possible exception when downloading from google drive

5.6.4

April 20, 2020

New

Added support for automatically converting Google Docs files during download

Fixed

Renamed Cover Flow to Gallery view
Fixed a crash when showing the contextual menu while editing file/folder name in column view
B2: Improved reliability for uploads and downloads larger than 10GB
B2: Fixed an issue that could prevent creating a new file inside of a new folder under certain circumstances
SFTP: No longer display extra connection prompts after canceling from the 2FA code prompt
SFTP: Fixed an issue that could prevent connecting to certain servers that require both key and password authentication
S3: Resolved an issue where some custom headers were not re-applied when replacing an existing file
S3: Fixed invalid copy URL generation when connecting directly to a specific region
“Connecting…” indicator is no longer incorrectly displayed when switching server groups
Fixed and issue that could cause Transmit to display file-sizes as zero KB if the transfer was disconnected and then resumed
OpenStack Swift: Fixed an issue that prevented re-prompting for the password after a failed connection
Fixed a potential issue when connecting to an FTP server with an invalid path that contains a trailing slash
Resolved an issue where transferring items to Finder via drag and drop could potentially also transfer files from the previous operation
German Localization: Improved “When an object already exists…” translation
macOS 10.15: Fixed the Gallery View not rendering icons on some machines
macOS 10.15: Resolved other minor cosmetic issues

5.6.3

February 20, 2020

Please Note: New installations of Transmit will now default to binary transfer mode for FTP connections. You may still change the mode to ASCII (text) or automatic at any time in the Transfer menu. This update does not change your existing preference, but we have noticed that many modern servers do not support text mode properly, so we encourage all users to change their transfer mode to binary whenever possible.

Improved

Improved drag and drop compatibility with other apps
Increased Tab color/contrast when using dark system appearance

Fixed

Fixed an error when attempting to move a file after dragging another file to the Trash
B2: Resolved a crash that could occur on unexpected auth response
10.15: Local/Remote toggle becoming unresponsive under certain circumstances
Resolved an issue where excessive connection churn could potentially cause issues with 2FA on specific SFTP servers

5.6.2

January 8, 2020

New

Preserve Modification Date now supported for Google Drive servers

Improved

TLS connection re-attempts are now logged to transcript
Preferences UI now properly enforces the 12 simultaneous transfers per server limit
Explicitly Set max TLS Version for FTP/TLS connections

Fixed

An issue that prevented authentication of new One Drive for Business Servers
S3 rules are now applied on file upload
Resolved an issue that prevented connecting to FTP servers that send invalid PASV addresses
Batch rename now works as expected with ISO-8859-2 characters
Fixed an issue that prevented connections to some s3 clones
Droplets created via “Save Droplet for Folder” no longer upload to the Server’s root

5.6.1

October 23, 2019

New

Removed support for Amazon Drive at the request of Amazon
- This does not affect Amazon AWS S3, which remains fully supported.

Improved

Added support to quickly copy current open folder’s path to clipboard

Fixed

Fixed rules predicate popup not drawing correctly
Resolved a crash when parsing invalid ssh config files
Remote Quick Look now works as expected in macOS Catalina
Fixed a crash when attempting to import non-existent Coda favorites
Resolved an issue that prevented writing very large keys to known_hosts
Deleting files from filtered search results no longer hangs Transmit
B2: Duplicate “Untitled Folder” no longer appears after creating a new directory and refreshing
Fixed Copy URL not working properly for two servers on the same remote host
Resolved a problem where non-transfer operations could be counted as transfers
Adding a remote folder to the places bar and then copying one of its children no longer transfers the entire folder
Fixed an issue that prevented clearing a server’s Local Path text field (Mac App Store version only)

5.6.0

September 11, 2019

New

Added support for the next major version of macOS
Removed Transmit Disk (more info)

Improved

Text legibility on alert windows
French translation of file synchronize sheet
Japanese translation of server edit view
Updated Backblaze B2 connection labels to match recent Backblaze changes
Openstack Swift: Improved error reporting when the server does not provide endpoints

Fixed

Resolved an issue where Transmit would not upload files saved in legacy versions of certain editors
Fixed a problem that could cause transfers to occasionally stall out, requiring an app restart
Copying Remote files from Transmit into folder on dock now works as expected
Copy URL once again copies non-default port numbers
Editing server address now correctly updates address in server list
B2: Moving or coping very large files now works as expected
S3: Creating buckets from the non-default endpoint no longer results in error
Fixed the S3 IAM Role drop-down in the server creation view not saving selection
Restored the ability to use dots in new S3 bucket names
Fixed import of Amazon S3 IAM credentials
Fixed a problem that prevented accessing S3 buckets whose name contains uppercase letters
Resolved an issue that could prevent window size from being restored when reopening Transmit
Importing multiple, encrypted SSH keys now prompts separately for each passphrase
Dismissing the move file sheet via the escape now works as expected
Editing filename in icon view with dark system appearance and graphite accent color no longer results in light text on light background
Various SSH library improvements

5.5.2

July 22, 2019

New

Added ability to import server passwords using JSON
Support for the official Backblaze file copy API

Improved

Added support for listing files on erlang based SFTP servers
Improved visual feedback when cancelling connections from the activity bar or queue
Updated Quick Connect and Duplicate Item Japanese localizations

Fixed

Transmit disk menu once again displays the server list
Restored remote/local switcher and view option icons when using light system appearance
Fixed a crash that could occur when saving a remote file in an external editor
Fixed an intermittent issue that could cause multiple save dialogs when editing external files
New server button is now visible after creating a server within a group
Encrypted keys stored in ~/.ssh/ no longer prompt for passphrase when switching directories for the first time
Fixed a crash when connecting to SFTP or FTP servers using an invalid path
Addressed visual issues with Apply to All checkbox on conflict sheet
Resolved intermittent stalling of drag and drop based transfers to Finder
Fixed an issue where after searching for and deleting a server you could be connected to the wrong server
S3-based connections no longer fail when their Remote Path consists of a single forward slash
Synchronizing a folder with only symlinks in it no longer causes an error
S3-based connections now close after three unsuccessful password attempts
Resolved a crash that could occur when creating/renaming a folder in icon view

5.5.1

June 19, 2019

New

Support for generating 8192-bit RSA keys

Improved

Remaining transfer time is now more consistent

Fixed

Automator actions now work as expected
Resolved a crash that could occur when editing remote files on some FTP servers
Renaming a symlink now works as expected if the directory isn’t cached
Fixed a crash when editing documents in an external editor
Improved S3 with IAM authentication error format
Fixed scroll bar color in disconnected remote server view
Resolved an issue where multiple errors could block transfers from continuing
Fixed a crash when uploading a decompressed app bundle to Dropbox
S3 connections no longer fail to connect without a leading forward slash in the remote path field
Fixed a crash that could happen when dismissing the transfer activity error overlay
Local symlinks now show link name instead of destination (Mac App Store only)

5.5.0

June 10, 2019

New

Google Drive: Team Drives
AWS IAM Role support
S3 Multi Factor Authentication (2FA)
Support for anonymous S3 connections
Copy signed URLs for S3 files
Access public S3 buckets without login
Support transfer-encoding: gzip on s3 keys
Western Digital ActiveScale X100 System support
Direct download of files without list/read access

Improved

Updated Google Drive API
S3: Added Hong Kong and Stockholm regions
S3: Added support for multi-object delete
Improved changing bandwidth limit with active downloads
Updating skip rules no longer requires closing preferences window to save changes
Inspector: Local folder permissions are now updated when they are modified outside of Transmit
Display a warning before saving changes to remote files that have been modified outside the external editor
Dots now act as text selection word boundaries when editing filenames (like Finder)
Refreshing a folder in List view now refreshes all expanded sub-folders

Fixed

Swift: Non-default port numbers are no longer ignored
Fixed connecting to S3 with limited access/permissions
Compressing an app bundle no longer omits outermost folder
Fixed a crash when opening the contextual menu in Transmit’s search bar
Multiple permissions alerts are no longer displayed when launching a Droplet
File Sync download operations no longer rename symlinked files to the target filename
Changing server protocol via sync operation now correctly updates favicon without relaunching
Duplicating folders with .* in their name now follows Finder convention
S3: Fixed performing operations on non RFC3987 compliant object identifiers
Fixed VoiceOver selection issues with the connect screen and the path bar

5.2.4

March 4th, 2019

Improved

Improved handling of known_hosts files
Added “Keep Both” file transfer options to the Transfer Preferences
Improved listing very large directories over SFTP

Fixed

Resolved an issue that caused the activity window to appear blank in windowed mode
Fixed a problem where deleting items from Google Drive would not restore the drive capacity
Various dark mode visibility improvements
Fixed an issue that could prevent file browser columns from saving their width

5.2.3

February 4th, 2019

Improved

Improved file drag and drop compatibility with 3rd party apps

Fixed

Fixed an issue that prevented connections to some SFTP servers
Now restores the previously active connections as expected
Resolved an issue that prevented the file browser split from correctly restoring its position
Restored Action toolbar functionality
Fixed an issue that prevented tabs from being rearranged
Clarified Backblaze B2 connection fields
Fixed “Connect to servers automatically” preference when opening multiple windows
Resolved an issue that could cause the new server UI to be displayed incorrectly after making a server group
Restored button for docking the Get Info sidebar

5.2.2

January 22nd, 2019

Improved

SFTP connections now use the default server permissions when creating a new folder
Drag and drop performance improvements
SSH library improvements

Fixed

Fixed an issue where transferring an expanded file tree in list view could result in files being copied multiple times to root folder
Batch Rename pane no longer has overlapping text in French localization
Fixed ‘File Synchronize’ configuration labels that incorrectly used dark text when using light system appearance
Resolved an issue where files starting with specific unicode characters were unable to be downloaded via drag & drop

5.2.1

October 25th, 2018

Fixed

Fixed an issue where copying remote file selection no longer added path to clipboard
Added support for the latest version of Krypton when connecting with SFTP
Connecting to a Server with an invalid local path no longer displays error alert twice
Thumbnail view background color preference is now correctly saved between launches
Thumbnail view background color defaults to light when using light system appearance
Folder icons are now drawn darker in dark mode
Improved File Synchronize sheet appearance when using dark mode
Worked-around bug on macOS 10.14 where switching to Thumbnail view may not draw as expected
Miscellaneous small improvements when using Dark Mode on Mojave

5.2

September 21, 2018

New

Added support for Dark Mode in macOS 10.14 Mojave
Exposed OpenStack Swift protocol in Automator

Improved

Added a help button to the invalid serial alert
File browser views now use monospaced numeric font
File browser views now have modern drag and drop behavior
Improved the error message shown when connecting to SSH based Servers that do not support SFTP

Fixed

Fixed an issue that could potentially keep multiple large transfers from starting on slow connections
Command dragging a file from Transmit to the Desktop no longer creates an extra copy
Fixed an issue where synchronize operations run from AppleScript could cause an exception
Preserve Modification Date setting now works for empty folders when using FTP and SFTP
Resolved a problem where creating a new window with Cover Flow view could cause a non-crashing exception
Fixed the File Sync arrow changing directions unexpected when running sync operations in multiple tabs
Other miscellaneous fixes and improvements

5.1.5

July 16, 2018

Improved

DreamObjects now supports the new us-east-1 endpoint, more details here!
Minor UI adjustments and improvements

Fixed

Resolved a rare issue that could cause Transmit to hang when deleting a large number of remote files
Changing permissions of a multi-item selection with mixed permissions now works more reliably
Sorting the local file browser by Permissions now behaves as expected
OpenStack Swift storage URLs without an explicit tenant will now resolve the correct address
Fixed an issue preventing creation of Droplets for OpenStack Swift servers
Preferences window can now be resized when Rules tab is visible
Fonts with a very long name no longer cause layout issues with Preferences > General window
Improved wording of copied files in German localization

5.1.4

June 1, 2018

New

Added Command-O keyboard shortcut support for navigating into symlinked folders

Improved

Dropbox: Improved the error message displayed when attempting to upload a file whose name ends with trailing whitespace
SFTP: Improved CPU usage on slower network connections

Fixed

Amazon S3: Fixed an issue preventing permissions from being set in some cases
Duplicating a file whose name ends in a trailing whitespace character no longer causes an error dialog
Dropbox: When overwriting files over 5 MB they could fail based on the Dropbox server Transmit connected to
Fixed an issue that prevented local Place items from being created in some cases

5.1.3

May 9, 2018

Improved

SFTP authentication now prefers ECDSA host keys over Ed25519 once again, fixing some possible login issues. (Users may see a ‘Host Key Changed’ alert as a consequence.)
SFTP Host key mismatch dialog now shows the specific ECDSA key size

Fixed

Preference to automatically remove activity queue items on successful download is now honored as expected
Fixed an issue preventing some file operations after an unexpected server disconnect
Fix an issue where the Conflict resolution dialog may show the opposite source and target locations
Fixed an issue preventing downloads of text files from some FTP servers

5.1.2

May 7, 2018

New

Added badges to password and key passphrase prompt dialogs for additional clarity

Improved

Better visual indication that OAuth logins are proceeding (EG: OneDrive for Business)
Improved error reporting when attempting to download OneNote notebook from OneDrive
Minor improvements to the French localization
Now use Amazon S3 V2 file listings

Fixed

Worked-around a macOS 10.13 issue that could cause Wi-Fi to unexpectedly slow down in some cases
Activity queue icons are no longer missing badges indicating the operation type
Importing Transmit 5 servers with custom icons no longer causes a crash
Fixed a potential crash when pressing view options while connecting
Fixed an issue that could cause downloading nonexistent files to stall for some FTP servers using TLS
If timed correctly, switching to a local file browser while connecting to a remote server could cause Transmit to hang
The Download Automator action now populates the interface as expected when selecting a saved Server
Conflict resolution dialogs now animate properly according to direction of transfer
Other minor fixes

5.1.1

March 27th, 2018

New

Added support for roles when using OpenStack Swift V2

Improved

Improvements to French localization
FTP connections will fall back to IPv4 if an IPv6 connection fails

Fixed

Fixed an issue that could potentially cause a crash when connecting to SFTP servers
Fixed an issue with the Inspector that could cause an exception when running in French or German localizations
Resolved an issue that would prevent SFTP connections if HostKeyAlgorithms were defined in the ssh config file
Resolved an issue that could cause Inspector progress indicators to run indefinitely
Fixed missing Synchronize buttons when the window is at the minimum height

5.1

March 15th, 2018

New

Chinese, French, and German Localizations
New protocol: OpenStack Swift
Support for the SFTP ProxyCommand directive when using SSH config files
Support for PKCS #11 cryptographic keys using the PKCS11Provider directive in SSH config files (such as YubiKey devices)
SFTP Auth agent support (including Krypton)
S3: Support for “US GovCloud” servers
S3: Added support for the EU (Paris) region
Support for ChaCha20 Poly1305 cipher when using SFTP
Support for curve25519-sha256 key exchange method name when using the curve25519 exchange
Improved SFTP transfer speed for most binary files. (Packet compression is now off by default for SFTP, but can be re-enabled in the ssh config file if, for example, you transfer a lot of large text files)

Improved

Send Raw Command result dialog layout improvements
SFTP connections will fall back to IPv4 if an IPv6 connection fails
Updated ‘Transfer Complete’ Dock badge to better differentiate between it and the uploading badge
Updated Automator actions, Workflows may need to be reset to use the new actions
Added support for additional ~/.ssh/config directives:
- HostKeyAlgorithms
- Ciphers
- KexAlgorithms
- MACs
- Include
- Compression

Fixed

Fixed an issue that prevented connections to OneDrive for Business accounts
DreamObjects: fixed an issue that prevented renaming existing files or folders
DigitalOcean: resolved an issue that prevented changing read/write permissions on single objects
Fixed a possible hang when using Send SSH Command on macOS 10.13
Resolved a problem that could cause duplicate progress to show in the Activity popover
Fixed a cosmetic issue when the Activity queue is paused
Long server names could be drawn over Activity queue UI elements
Rackspace: Downloads could trigger conflict resolution sheet when there are no conflicting files
Quitting Transmit with the inspector opened and docked could cause a misaligned server address column
Transmit now prevents replacing a folder with an item it contains
Line numbers in the built-in editor could draw incorrectly on macOS 10.13
SFTP connections now will idle disconnect after 15 minutes instead of 4 minutes
DreamObjects: Fixed an issue that could prevent multi-part uploads from transferring
Now correctly display an error if temporary file creation fails
When canceling a SFTP connection at the host key prompt, Transmit no longer shows an error dialog
Fixed an issue that prevented FTP proxy connections from working
Fixed an issue that could cause an error when uploading to vsftpd servers using FTP with implicit SSL

5.0.5

October 25th, 2017

New

Included Panic Sync settings shortcut to first-launch window
Added support for %h token in SSH Config file IdentityFile key

Improved

Updated Dropbox icon
Removed possible beep when selecting remote folders with Quick Look

Fixed

Hopefully resolved an issue that could cause Transmit revert to an un-registered state
Resolved an issue with S3 Clones that would cause some actions to fail with an invalid signature
Improved accessibility support for the file path bar control
Transmit Disk no longer fails to mount when System Language is in Japanese
Droplets could fail to run when using state restoration in some cases
Restoring state to non-existent local folder now correctly draws the tab
Resolved and issue where AppleScript uploads could fail with error
Skipping folders, via transfer rule or interface, will now transfer subsequent files correctly
Corrected File Transfer Activity tooltips after an error occurred
Capped Get Info file refresh to 10 files
Renaming a new folder now updates the title in the inspector window
Fixed a rare crash that could happen when cancelling an operation
Resolved an exception that could appear when viewing the activity queue pop-over on macOS 10.13
Fixed some minor issues when running on macOS 10.13

5.0.4

October 2nd, 2017

New

S3: Dual Stack Endpoint support
S3: Direct endpoint URL support
Added the ability to drag folders from the path bar
Transmit Disk: Now supports macOS 10.13. (Follow the prompt to install the new version.)

Improved

Improved servers list truncation when displayed at small sizes
Added support for SSH keys that are encrypted after generation
The Window menu now contains both windows and tabs
Windows are no longer listed as “Untitled” in the Dock and in Mission Control
Transmit Disk: Will now present an invalid certificate dialog when appropriate
Linked folder navigation can be rooted at different locations when navigating the same volume/server in both file browsers
Clearer appearance for the “Apply to All” checkbox in the file conflict dialog
FTP: Now can set permissions on a newly created file/folder
SFTP: group/owner no longer blank for new file/dir

Fixed

Workaround an OS bug on 10.13 when the file browser uses icon view which would cause an error to occur
Sparkle: progress bar now reflects the update download progress
Fixed the server group address field not always visible when creating a new window
Clearing a search will now maintain the file selection in list view

5.0.3

September 6th, 2017

Fixed

Resolved an issue where the key chooser icon would move unexpectedly on macOS 10.13
Fixed a how-on-earth-did-we-miss-that typo in the new conflict resolution sheet

5.0.2

September 5th, 2017

New

Improved support for macOS 10.13 High Sierra
Freshly redesigned conflict resolution panel, including a more-obvious Skip button
Added support for all OpenSSH formatted key file types
Added a warning when deleting items in the Rules and Clouds sections of Preferences

Fixed

Activity

Fixed an issue that could cause the activity toolbar button to continuously pulse after operations had completed
Added support for showing completed transfers if a group was cancelled before finishing

Editing

Can now edit resolved symlink files
Closing an unsaved file in Transmit’s editor now correctly close the file after saving

macOS 10.13

Resolved a crash that could occur when logging into Panic Sync (thanks for your help, Apple)
Various animation fixes
Fixed Finder tag colors not loading on fresh user accounts
Transmit Menu can again be configured to start at login

Other

Fixed an issue where skip rules were not being applied properly to file synchronize operations
SSH key with passphrases no longer requires multiple unlocks during the same session
Migrating from Transmit 4 to 5 now updates the Spotlight metadata files
Download Automator actions no longer revert file save location to Desktop
File Sync: Operations that will transfer no files now complete successfully
Duplicate Servers from History are no longer shown when searching Servers list
Transmit Disk: Resolved an issue that could prevent Finder windows from automatically opening directly after new install
Fixed an issue where the trial dialog may appear even if registered

Protocols

Dropbox: Resolved and issue that prevented Sign-In with Google accounts
SFTP: Fixed an issue with parsing file names from Paramiko SFTP servers
SFTP: Improved parser compatibility
FTP: Applying permissions to multiple selected files now works as expected
FTP: Resolved an issue that prevented connection to Strato (and other) servers over IPv6
Google Drive/OneDrive: Fixed an issue that caused excessive memory use during upload operations
OneDrive for Business: Resolved an issue that prevented creating multiple, different servers
Rackspace: Resolved a crash when disconnecting network during multi-part upload

Sync

OAuth-based Servers synced from another device no longer continually prompt for login
Modified how Sync Encryption Identity is stored in Keychain to mitigate a possible Keychain error

UI

Many transition animations are now removed when “Reduce Motion” macOS accessibility setting is enabled
Hidden folders now display the proper size on various protocols
Resolved an issue with toggling Regular Expression in file filtering
Pasting multiple remote URLs now displays in expected order
After connecting to server, the menu item for switching back to server list is no longer disabled
Fixed an issue where clicking tabs quickly in batch rename causes redraw bugs
Pasting an http:// URL into Server address field no longer switches protocol to WebDAV when it is valid
Fixed an issue that caused the Quick Connect Cancel button to be disabled
Server list addresses no longer get overly compacted after opening a top-level group
Link in ‘About Transmit’ window now properly opens in the browser
Other improvements and fixes

5.0.1

September 4th, 2017

New

Individual file transfers on very fast networks are now up to 20% faster!
Brought back the Show Hidden Files toolbar button for quick access
Added larger font size options for file browser text

Fixed

Accessibility

Fixed an issue with setting file permissions via VoiceOver
Improved VoiceOver labels and selection for server creation sheet

Batch Rename

Added support for hidden file extensions
Fixed an issue with filename preview not updating
Added support for negative index values
Counter numbers operations with four or more digits no longer unexpectedly contain comma
Counter operation type now adds the correct number of digits to the filename
Properly obtain the file extension when the filename has multiple periods

Transfers

Transferring a large number of very small files concurrently no longer causes the UI to lag
Updating “Transfer up to n files simultaneously” preference no longer requires a reconnection to the server to be applied
Improved memory usage when uploading to cloud-based protocols
Backblaze B2: Fixed an issue that prevented transferring files with names containing a comma
Amazon S3: fixed an issue that prevented recursive permissions from being applied successfully
Skipping folder transfers no longer prevents the expected files from being transferred afterward

Rackspace

Resolved an issue that could prevent navigating back to the server root after initial connection
Folders no longer report a size of zero when the Inspector is visible
Added initial support for pseudo-hierarchical folders and directories

UI

Local tab no longer shows remote server name after disconnecting
Restored the ability to view security certificates, now in Servers > Certificate Details…
“Here’s the plan…” File Sync description now correctly updates when switching sync direction
Activity queue now displays file count for pending group transfers
Improvements to Japanese localization
Restored image dimensions on Quick Look window
Disclosure triangle direction in the Inspector now matches macOS
Resolving symlink directory in column view now updates file browser
Selecting all now highlights correctly in column view

Miscellaneous

Transmit no longer performs “Keep-Alive” connections with Crashlytics on startup when analytics are disabled. (Note: No analytics information was sent in this case.)
Linked Folder Navigation now reliably retains state between launches
Resolved an issue with Show Invisible Files not working on some FTP servers
“Open in Terminal” actions no longer fail when remote shell isn’t Bash or ZSH
Fixed a bug which would prevent certain AppleScripts from working
Fixed an issue which could prevent connecting to http/s servers using the Authentication Negotiate method
Fixed an issue which would make Google Drive uploads slower than expected
Calculating remote size will no longer show -1 if the operation can not be completed

5.0

July 18th, 2017