Mac ftp Sites
Go look there for a more up-to-date list.
Here's a handy chart to keep track which programs unmangle which formats:
unix gzip .uu/
Macintosh .cpt .sit .hqx .bin .zip .arc .tar .Z .gz/.z .uue
Stuffit Expander* D D D D
w/ DSEE* D X X X D D D D D
StuffIt Lite** D X X X {see note below}
StuffIt Deluxe** D X X X D D X X D X
SITcomm D X X X D D X X X
ArcMac X
BinHex 4.0 X
BinHex 5.0 D X
Compact Pro 1.5 X D/N X
Extractor 1.2.1 D D/N D
HQXer 1.1 X
MacCompress X
MacGzip D X
ShrinkWrap 1.2*^ D D D D D D D D D
SunTar 2.0.3 X X X D
Tar 4.0b X
UnZip D
UU Lite X
uucd 2.1.8 X
UUTool X
uuUndo D
ZipIt D D X
Other unix gzip .uu/
computers .cpt .sit .hqx .bin .zip .arc .tar .Z .gz/.z .uue
extrac.exe D
macutil (unix)
hexbin D D
macunpack D D D D
mcvert (unix) X X
PKZIP X
unsitins.exe D
N = Cannot decode .sit dlx {Type SITD} files
D = Decode only
X = Encode and decode
.sit refers to both 1.5 and dlx. Otherwise a '/' is used {1.5/dlx}.
Note: Almost every Mac communications program can decode .bin files.
* DropStuff with Expander Enhancer is an $30 shareware addon for
Stuffit Expander. DSEE is also used by other programs {marked with a *^}
to expand files. Current versions are 3.5.2 as of this writing.
** Stuffit Deluxe translators can be used with Stuffit Lite. Current
versions are 3.5.0 as of this writing.
Special formats
.arj - PC format common to Europian sites. Decoded by unArjMac and DeArj.
.dd - Disk Doubler {Mac} format. Decoded by DDExpand and DiskDoubler.
.image - Mac disk image. Decoded and/or mounted by DiskCopy, MountImage, and
ShrinkWrap.
.lzh - old PC/Amiga format, replaced by .arc and .zip; decoded by MacLHA and
macunpack.
.pit - old {~1989} Mac compression format created by PackIt programs, replaced
by .sit. In general, a program that handles .sit files can decode .pit
files as well.
.pkg - AppleLink package format, replaced by .sit. Decoded by all present
StuffIt programs.
.sea - Mac format, decompresses itself and needs no external programs.
.shar - Unix shell archive. Decoded by Unshar.
.taz - another name for .tar.Z
.tgz - another name for .tar.z and .tar.gz {do not confuse with .tar.Z}.
.txt - ASCII text file.
.z - Early {~1993} suffix for Gzip files. Due to confusion with the UNIX
'compress' suffix {.Z} it was abandoned in favor of the .gz suffix.
.zoo - old {~1989} PC/Amiga format, replaced by .arc. Decoded by MacZoo.
CAUTION: While Gzip is aimed at replacing the .Z format, they are _different_
unix compression formats, and the suffixes are NOT inchangable. Many sites
now support on-the-fly translation of these formats; just type in the file
name minus the .Z or .gz suffix.
WARNING: .hqx, .txt, and .uu files are the ONLY files that can be downloaded
in ASCII mode; all others must be downloaded in BINARY {IMAGE} mode for the
file to decompress properly. This is especially true of ".bin" and "unpacked"
files. Otherwise you will get errors like "unreadable file" or "file is
corrupt" when you try to decompress them.
These sites have many mac files, and are still getting new ones:
dipmat.unife.it 192.167.208.253 See Note ezinfo.ethz.ch 129.132.2.72 /mac.dir 2
ftp.apple.com 130.43.2.3 /dts 3
ftp.austin.apple.com 17.127.4.50 /Apple.Support.Area {see note} 4
ftpbio.bgsu.edu 129.1.252.66 /ftp/pub/alt.sources.mac
ftp.funet.fi 128.214.248.6 /pub/mac 5
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 /pub/mac
ftp.support.apple.com 130.43.6.3 See Note 6
ftp.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 limited access, See Note 7
ftp.utexas.edu 128.83.185.16 /pub/mac 8
irisa.irisa.fr 131.254.254.2 /News/comp.binaries.mac 9
mac.archive.umich.edu 141.211.32.2 /mac 10
micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 /micros/mac 11
sumex-aim.stanford.edu 36.44.0.6 /info-mac {see note} 12
These sites are home to a few specific file(s) or file types:
abs.apple.com 130.43.1.101 /abs /pub (apple, MAE)
alfred.ccs.carleton.ca 134.117.1.1 /pub/pov-ray (PoV-Ray)
archives.math.utk.edu 128.169.202.163 /mac (Mathematics) 13
arthur.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.1 /pub/trinkle (mac32.tar.Z)
atg.apple.com 17.255.4.30 /pub (programming)
atlas.chem.utah.edu 128.110.196.10 /topsoft (Programming?}
aux.support.apple.com 130.43.6.2 / (A/UX stuff)
bert.cs.byu.edu 128.187.2.20 /NCSA_Telnet (BYU's version)
biom3.univ-lyon1.fr 134.214.100.42 /pub (MacMul, GraphMu)
boombox.micro.umn.edu 128.101.95.95 /pub (gopher, POPmail, more)
brownvm.brown.edu 128.148.128.40 / (tn3270, term, lpr)
cambridge.apple.com 198.112.73.3 /pub {Mac Common LISP}
cassandra.ucr.edu 138.23.90.119 /pub/apple2 (][+ emulator)
cecelia.media.mit.edu 18.85.0.104 /pub (CSound)
chook.cs.adelaide.edu.au 129.127.8.8 /pub/VHDL-Cookbook
cs.orst.edu 128.193.32.1/pub/mac (lab-logger)
cs.rice.edu 128.42.1.30 /public/mac (Eudora; Telebite)
csd4.csd.uwm.edu 129.89.7.4 /pub/mac (StuffIt, Gatekeeper, Old)
d31rz0.stanford.edu 36.76.0.151 /Igor (Igor demos, utilities)
dean.med.uth.tmc.edu 129.106.23.3 /MAC (Medical)
devtools.symantec.com 155.64.82.86 /ftp/Macintosh (Symantec)
eskimo.com 204.122.16.13 /ravensys
fiji.wri.com 140.177.10.76 /pub (Mathematica)
ftp-boi.external.hp.com 192.6.71.2 /pub (HP)
ftp.acns.nwu.edu 129.105.16.52 /pub/disinfectant (Disinf HQ) 14
ftp.adobe.com 130.248.1.4 /pub/adobe (Abobe)
ftp.aggroup.com 192.216.124.1 / (EtherPeek, LocalPeek)
ftp.amug.org 204.62.193.2 /pub/newton (newton)
ftp.att.com 192.20.239.133 /pub/afterdark (programmer's list)
ftp.berksys.com 192.216.216.1 /pub/AfterDark/mac (After Dark)
ftp.cambridge.apple.com 198.112.73.3 /pub
ftp.cayman.com 143.137.137.1 /pub (GatorBox stuff)
ftp.cc.purdue.edu 128.210.10.6 /pub/mac (RevRdist)
ftp.cc.umanitoba.ca 130.179.16.24 /Mac-Develop/Newton
ftp.cc.utexas.edu 128.83.186.13 /microlib/mac (Gatekeeper HQ) 15
ftp.cilabs.org 130.43.2.17 /pub (OpenDoc Developer Info)
ftp.claris.com 192.35.50.16 /pub/USA-Macintosh (Claris)
ftp.colorado.edu 128.138.129.170 /pub/MacIGES (ImageWorkshop)
ftp.csua.berkeley.edu 128.32.149.19 /pub/jwang (compatibility/AV info)
ftp.dartmouth.edu 129.170.16.54 /pub/mac (Dartmouth XCMDs, etc)
ftp.edvz.uni-linz.ac.at 140.78.3.8 /pub/mac/system
ftp.embl-heidelberg.de 192.54.41.33 /pub/software/mac
ftp.farallon.com 163.176.4.10 /pub/farallon.products
ftp.globalvillag.com 192.187.202.60 /pub/software (communications)
ftp.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.115.28 /mac (MacSecure.3.1.hqx)
ftp.gte.com 132.197.8.2 /pub/chuck (Chassis, sample code)
ftp.imag.fr 129.88.32.1 /pub/Cabri, /archive/macintosh 16
ftp.info.apple.com 204.96.16.4 /Apple.Support.Area
ftp.intercon.com 149.52.1.143 /InterCon/sales/Mac
ftp.maui.com 199.4.33.101 /pub/mauisw (TimeTracker)
ftp.microsoft.com 198.105.232.1 /Softlib/MSLFILES
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu 141.142.20.50 /Mac (NCSA Telnet, etc) 17
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/ca/carnation
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/da/davida (S.N.A.P)
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/jo/johnneil (John Neil)
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/le/leonardr/Aladdin
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/ms/mspace
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/oe/oenabler (Mac accelerators)
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/se/seaquest (communications)
ftp.netcom.com 192.100.81.1 /pub/us/userland
ftp.novell.com 137.65.1.3 /pub2/MAC (Novell)
ftp.onramp.net 199.1.11.2 /pub/mac (communications)
ftp.primate.wisc.edu 144.92.43.19 /pub/mac (TransSkel & misc) 18
ftp.psi.com 136.161.128.3 /wp (PSIWP, an X.500 client)
ftp.qualcomm.com 192.35.156.5 / (Eudora)
ftp.radius.com 140.82.20.1 /pub/radius/software/mac (radius)
ftp.rahul.net 192.160.13.5 /pub/lumina
ftp.rasterops.com 192.124.147.42 /pub/Macintosh (rasterops)
ftp.sonicsys.com 199.2.23.254 /pub (sonicsys)
ftp.sri.ucl.ac.be 130.104.1.1 /pub (network, French versions)
ftp.starnine.com 198.211.93.5 / (Mail*Link)
ftp.stat.ucla.edu 128.97.4.153 /pub (statistics tools)
ftp.std.com 192.74.137.7 /pub/bbedit
ftp.stolaf.edu 130.71.128.9 /pub/macpsych (psychology)
ftp.svcdudes.com 198.6.226.3/pub/mac (Microphone)
ftp.tribe.com 199.35.172.41 /pub/Miscellaneous/Mac (networking)
ftp.utas.edu.au 131.217.10.1 /mac (Mews)
ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 /languages/abc (ABC prog lang) 19
ftp.wimsey.com 198.162.16.1 /pub/mac (Internet communications)
ftp.winternet.com 198.174.169.7 /pub/shadowmac/bbs (BBS)
ftp.wordperfect.com 151.155.3.17 /mac (WordPerfect)
ftpbio.bgsu.edu 129.1.252.66 /ftp/pub (alt.sources.mac archive)
gaea.kgs.ukans.edu 129.237.140.40 / (scripting)
geom.umn.edu 128.101.25.35 /pub/software/snappea (Snap pea)
hensel.mathp6.jussieu.fr 134.157.51.2 /dist/pari/mac (pari/Math)
hobbes.lbl.gov 128.3.12.38 /pub/mac (Radiance)
ics.onenet.net 164.58.253.10 /pub/chess/Macintosh (chess)
ics.uci.edu 128.195.1.1 /mac/think-c iraun1.ira.uka.de 129.13.10.90 /pub/mac (SingleShare,NewsView)
jagubox.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.44.1 /pub/aux (A/UX)
linc.cis.upenn.edu 130.91.6.8 /pub/NH3.1 (NetHack archive list)
midway.uchicago.edu 128.135.12.73 /pub/OzTex
mobiuscon.com 198.69.129.75 /pub (FidoNet)
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.201.12 /etext (Project Gutenberg)
munnari.oz.au 128.250.1.21 /mac (CAP, Multigate stuff) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 130.14.25.1 /entrez neptune.ethz.ch 129.132.101.33 /Oberon/MacII, /XYZ (MacOberon)
newton.uiowa.edu 128.255.63.55 /pub/newton (newton)
novamail.cerl.uiuc.edu 128.174.180.9 /pub/lime (Lime demo, for MIDI)
oddjob.uchicago.edu 128.135.4.2 /pub/MAC/Yerk
otter.stanford.edu 36.21.0.104 /mma, /mac (Mathematica)
pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu 128.146.37.18 /mac (LabanWriter)
Phantom.ucc.uconn.edu 137.99.29.55 /Network (Network)
rascal.ics.utexas.edu 128.83.138.20 /mac (Anti-Virus, c.s.m.a) redback.cs.uwa.edu.au 130.95.1.150 /Other (Western AU authors)
rever.nmsu.edu 128.123.3.18 /pub/macfaq 24
seeding.apple.com 130.43.3.3 /ess/public (Apple OS tools)
sol.bucknell.edu 134.82.1.8 /pub/mac (Excalibur, Gatekeeper}
ssyx.ucsc.edu 128.114.133.1 /pub/mac (HyperUnix, ClientDA)
statlab.uni-heidelberg.de 129.206.113.100 /pub/network (NetWork stuff)
suniams1.statistik.tu-muenchen.de 131.159.64.1 /incoming/MacMiNT (MacMiNT)
sunsite.unc.edu 198.86.40.81 /pub/academic/medicine/mac-medical
tau.sm.luth.se 130.240.0.3 /pub/mac/nisus (macros, etc)
terminator.cc.umich.edu 141.211.164.8 /x500 (maX.500 white pages)
walrus.wr.usgs.gov 130.118.7.254 /pub/mac (Geology)
www.iquest.com 199.170.120.21 /pub/fairgate (CodeWarrior)
zippy.nimh.nih.gov 128.231.98.32 /pub/nih-image (NIH-Image)
These sites are shadow/mirror archives (the same stuff) of something else:
archie.au 139.130.4.6 Access limited to Australia
archive.orst.edu 128.193.4.2 /pub/mirrors/archive.umich.edu
crystal.ualr.edu 144.167.10.24 /mac/info-mac
cnuce_arch.cnr.it 131.114.2.96 /pub/info-mac [info-mac, umich]
daemon.ncsa.uiuc.edu 141.142.22.33 /Info-Mac-Binaries
ftp.amug.org 165.247.10.2 /pub/info-mac
ftp.auckland.ac.nz 130.216.1.1 Access limited to NZ
ftp.cdrom.com 192.216.191.11 /pub/mac [partial info-mac, umich]
ftp.center.osaka-u.ac.jp 133.1.4.13 /info-mac
ftp.circa.ufl.edu 128.227.8.90 /pub/software/ufmug/mirrors/Info-mac
ftp.cs.tu-berlin.de 130.149.17.7 /pub/mac/info-mac
ftp.dataplex.net 199.183.109.245 /info-mac
ftp.edu.tw 140.111.1.10 /Macintosh/info-mac
ftp.fenk.wau.nl 137.224.129.4 /pub/mac/info-mac
ftp.francenet.fr 194.2.144.1 /pub/miroirs/info-mac
ftp.gsfc.nasa.gov 128.183.115.28 /mac.dir [dftsrv.gov]
ftp.hawaii.edu 128.171.44.70 /mirrors/info-mac
ftp.ibp.fr 132.227.60.2 /pub/mac/info-mac
ftp.iij.ad.jp 192.244.176.50 /pub/info-mac
ftp.inter.spin.ad.jp 165.76.8.4 /pub/Mac/Merit.mirror
ftp.jyu.fi 130.234.1.1 /info-mac
ftp.loria.fr 152.81.10.10 /pub/mac:umich
ftp.lth.se 130.235.20.3 /mac [info-mac] 25
ftp.luth.se 130.240.18.2 /pub/mac/info-mac
ftp.nus.sg 137.132.12.100 /pub/zk/mac [info-mac, delayed]
ftp.orst.edu 128.193.4.2 /pub/info-mac
ftp.pcvan.or.jp 202.33.23.36 /pub/info-mac
ftp.pht.com 198.60.59.99 /mirrors [info-mac, umich]
ftp.riken.go.jp 134.160.41.2 /pub/mac [info-mac, umich]
ftp.rrzn.uni-hannover.de 130.75.2.2 /ftp1/mac, pub/info-mac
ftp.sunet.se 130.238.127.3 /pub/mac [info-mac, umich] ftp.switch.ch 130.59.1.40 limited access, See Note 7
ftp.technion.ac.il 132.68.7.8 /pub/unsupported/mac
ftp.tidbits.com 192.135.191.2 /pub/tidbits/tisk [info-mac]
ftp.u-tokyo.ac.jp 130.69.254.254 /pub/info-mac
ftp.ulaval.ca 132.203.6.11 /mac/info-mac
ftp.uni-kl.de 131.246.94.94 /pub/info-mac [partial]
ftp.uni-paderborn.de 131.234.10.42 /mac [umich]
ftp.uni-stuttgart.de 129.69.18.15 /pub/systems/mac/info-mac
/afs/umich.edu/group/itd/archive/mac
ftp.univie.ac.at 131.130.1.4 /mac/info-mac
ftp.ucs.ubc.ca 137.82.27.62 /pub/mac/info-mac
ftp.uu.net 192.48.96.9 /archive/systems/mac/info-mac
ftp.uwtc.washington.edu 128.95.202.40 /pub/Macintosh [collection]
garbo.uwasa.fi 193.166.120.5 /mac [funet]
giza.cis.ohio-state.edu 128.146.8.52 /pub/oztex [midway]
grind.isca.uiowa.edu 128.255.200.3 /mac [info-mac, umich] 27
hwarang.postech.ac.kr 141.223.1.1 /pub/mac/info-mac
imftp.mgt.ncu.edu.tw 140.115.83.90 /pub/mac/info-mac
info.nic.surfnet.nl 192.87.46.3 /mirror-archive/software/info-mac
king.ncb.gov.sg 160.96.3.121 /sumex [info-mac]
mirror.archive.umich.edu Special see mac.archive.umich.edu note 9
mirrors.aol.com 198.81.1.25 /pub [info-mac, umich]
mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.201.12 /pub/mac; /pub/info-mac
nctuccca.edu.tw 192.83.166.10 /Macintosh/umich-mac [umich]
oswego.oswego.edu 129.3.1.1 /pub/mac [collection]
proper.com 165.227.25.1 /mac/general [info-mac]
radon.sys.uea.ac.uk 139.222.2.2 /Newton_Archive [Newton]
ricevm1.rice.edu 128.42.30.2 /{NA, email/Bitnet}
shark.mel.dit.csiro.au 144.110.16.11 /info-mac
src.doc.ic.ac.uk 146.169.17.5 /computing/systems/mac/info-mac 28
utsun.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp 133.11.11.11 /Mac
wuarchive.wustl.edu 128.252.135.4 /systems/mac {See note} bode.ee.ualberta.ca 129.128.16.96 /pub/mac
crab.rutgers.edu 128.6.128.6 /pub/mac
eff.org 192.77.172.3 /pub/mac
fs-1.iastate.edu 129.186.151.151 /pub/mac
ftp.alpcom.it 193.42.134.2 /software/mac/LMontalcini
ftp.lu.se 130.235.132.90 /pub/mac {use ftp.lth.se}
ftp.nevada.edu 131.216.1.11 /pub/heathers (sounds)
genbank.bio.net 134.172.2.69 /pub/mac
hpcsos.col.hp.com 15.255.240.16 /packet/mac
icarus.cns.syr.edu 128.230.1.49 /software/mac (w/ Unix_Mac)
icarus.riacs.edu 134.12.1.1 /pub
mailer.cc.fsu.edu 128.186.6.103 /pub/mac
procyon.cis.ksu.edu 129.130.10.80 /pub/Macintosh
teetot.acusd.edu 192.55.87.19 /pub/Macintosh/SuperCard
tolsun.oulu.fi 130.231.96.16 /pub/mac
ucsd.edu 132.239.1.1 /midi/software/mac, /pub/mac
These sites have a lot of files, but do not get much new:
f.ms.uky.edu 128.163.128.6 /pub/mac [info-mac <02/21/93]
ftp.bio.indiana.edu 129.79.224.25 / (large science archive) ftp.cit.cornell.edu 132.236.218.20 /pub/mac
ftp.cso.uiuc.edu 128.174.5.61 /mac/MUG 31
ftp.ms.uky.edu 128.163.132.108 /pub/mac
joker.optics.rochester.edu 128.151.240.1 /mac/sounds
merlin.cs.purdue.edu 128.10.2.3 /pub/mac
oak.oakland.edu 141.210.10.117 /pub2/macintosh
micros.hensa.ac.uk 148.88.8.84 /micros/mac
plains.nodak.edu 134.129.111.64 /pub/mac/pub
pomme.src.umd.edu 128.8.111.252 /info-mac [<02/20/93]
ra.nrl.navy.mil 128.60.0.21 /MacSciTech
teletron.com 165.90.134.2 /Pub/Mac