actually that screws up for me. I do this. open up the terminal and type in ftp ftpaddress then username and password. then use the ftp commands to accomplish what I need. same as windows and much easier. Take care. S On May 1, 2010, at 3:54 PM, Ignasi Cambra wrote: > Please do not tell us about procedures in Windows. You really need to forget > about all of that and use the mac the way it's supposed to be used. YOu can > press command k from the finder and connect to an ftp server. The process is > simple enough that I don't think you will need any help, but let us know if > you have any problems. Good luck! > > > On May 1, 2010, at 3:17 PM, brandt wrote: > >> Hi there folks, >> >> I just had to download an important document from an FTP server. My standard >> windows procedure is as follows >> >> Type the windows key+R, then type %windir%/explorer.exe >> ftp://"username":"password"@"servername"; >> >> How would I do the same on the mac? >> >> Thanks for the firefox help earlyer. >> >> Regards, >> >> Brandt Steenkamp >> >> MSN/Windows live: brandt.86@xxxxxxxx >> >> Google talk: brandt.steenkamp@xxxxxxxxx >> >> Skype: Brandt.steenkamp007 >