Possibly increase transfer speeds in Transmit

Nov 30, '06 07:30:05AM

Contributed by: giulio

This a fun find, and a hint at the same time. It appears that Transmit takes more time showing you what it's doing than actually doing it. Here's how to test it out yourself. First, in Transmit's Transfer preferences, set the Transfer Complete Sound to 'Pop.' Now transfer a lot of little files (like the HTML files for a website). You'll hear pop ... pop ... pop; once for each file transferred. Now hide the application (Option-Click the Desktop). You'll hear pop - pop - pop - pop at a much faster rate. Like popcorn.

The only difference I can tell between the two transfer speeds is that in the first, Transmit is telling you what's going on via the GUI. In the second, it's purely doing the work.

[robg adds: On my machine, I get only one "pop," when Transmit completes the entire transfer. I've tried various combinations of dragging from the Finder vs. using Transmit's window, as well as different settings in the Transfer tab of Preferences, but I cannot replicate this behavior. As such, files seem to transfer just as quickly whether I hide Transmit or not. I'm posting this mainly in the hopes that someone out there hears a file-by-file 'pop,' and can confirm (or refute) any speed differences.]

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