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    How Interface to Pi to add and remove files with Mac Easily

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    • J
      jimd0586
      last edited by

      @caver01

      That's just it though, I see Retropie there but it won't connect. I have to use Filezilla or some other App.

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      • caver01C
        caver01 @jimd0586
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        @jimd0586 It might be a residual name in the network list. I have seen old system names cached that way. They appear in the finder list, but it's a ghost, possibly with the wrong IP being remembered. Have you tried opening a network location: Go menu, Connect to Server. . . Then enter the address smb://IP-address-of-pi?

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        • mediamogulM
          mediamogul Global Moderator @caver01
          last edited by mediamogul

          @caver01

          He's right, there's currently an issue with SMB in regard to Mac systems that was introduced in a binary update a few weeks ago. It is possible to connect in the way that you suggest, but it requires adding the user "pi" to the SMB user list. After that, you could log in after giving the proper credentials. Seeing as how SMB has been on the bubble of uselessness in OSX ever since Apple decided to rewrite their own implementation in 10.7 (Lion), FTP and SFTP have become the path of least resistance for most users looking to connect to Linux systems.

          Edit: The issue, as well as the workaround, is documented below:
          https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/754/samba-under-mac-3-7-stopped-working

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          • Wolfman100W
            Wolfman100
            last edited by

            I would recommend using 'Transmit':

            https://panic.com/transmit/

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            • mediamogulM
              mediamogul Global Moderator @Wolfman100
              last edited by mediamogul

              @Wolfman100

              'Transmit' is easily the best application of it's kind for the Mac by a good margin. However, second best starts looking a whole lot more attractive after you consider the price they're asking for what's still only a file transfer app.

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              • J
                jimd0586
                last edited by

                Thanks guys!

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                  fafner
                  last edited by

                  I was having good luck using the program Fetch to SFTP from my Mac to my Pi.
                  I reimaged my Pi and now I can't get it to connect again.
                  Getting an error as though I'm using the wrong host name, username, password, and authentication method...

                  any ideas?

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                  • mediamogulM
                    mediamogul Global Moderator @fafner
                    last edited by

                    @fafner

                    You might try backing up and then deleting ~/.ssh/known_hosts from your mac.

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                      fafner @mediamogul
                      last edited by

                      @mediamogul said in How Interface to Pi to add and remove files with Mac Easily:

                      ~/.ssh/known_hosts

                      I am forever in your debt!!

                      Thanks!

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                      • briankrossB
                        briankross @mediamogul
                        last edited by briankross

                        @mediamogul said in How Interface to Pi to add and remove files with Mac Easily:

                        @fafner

                        You might try backing up and then deleting ~/.ssh/known_hosts from your mac.

                        Thank you!

                        This fixed my issue where I wanted to start fresh with the RetroPie image, and couldn't connect with my FTP client (Transmit) via WiFi. As a note, I also reserved an ip for my RetroPie on my router using it's MAC address, found by an ip scanner.

                        I'm not an experienced terminal user, but this is what worked for me, I hope this helps someone that needs it:

                        1. open Terminal
                        2. cp ~/.ssh/known_hosts ~/.ssh/known_hosts.bak
                        3. rm ~/.ssh/known_hosts
                        4. exit
                        5. reboot mac (not sure if it's necessary, but can't hurt!)
                        6. connect via ip address in ftp client
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                        • ohmycommodoreO
                          ohmycommodore
                          last edited by

                          Hi folks, going to bring this topic back to help me solve a problem...

                          I'm getting back into using my Pi after a while, and although on my Mac I can access it no problem with Transmit or CyberDuck, I'm getting a Permission Denied error when I try (in my example) to upload a modified config.txt file.

                          What have I forgotten here? I know I've done this in the past. I did the Terminal operation above, but connecting is not my issue, just permission...

                          I can create a bookmark with the IP address and user "pi" in CyberDuck for example, but notice there's no place to enter my password. I assume that's what's blocking me from writing?

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                          • ohmycommodoreO
                            ohmycommodore
                            last edited by

                            I see this thread "SSH doesn't allow me to modify file"... https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=63&t=62443

                            ...and now I wonder how I ever did this in the first place :)

                            I can certainly go back to making a few changes to config.txt on the Pi itself, but I thought I had figured out a way such as this to store a couple of versions of that config file (eg. one for a CRT and one for HDTV), and just swap them in and out like this without the typing.

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