Video: Using an SFTP Client on Windows, Mac, & Linux | JSCAPE

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Last Updated: December 11, 2022

Watch this video to learn how to use SFTP on AnyClient, a platform-independent file transfer client that has installers for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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In this video, you'll learn how to use SFTP on AnyClient. In addition to SFTP, AnyClient also supports other file transfer protocols like FTP, FTPS, WebDAV, and many others. AnyClient is a platform-independent file transfer client that has installers for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.

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