Terminal Emulator Mac Replacement – Commander One

Commander One is a perfect replacement for a native macOS file manager. The app offers more control over your files, lots of useful features, even using FTP on Mac from Terminal, and way more. Thanks to the built-in Mac Terminal emulator it is possible to fully maintain your file structure and system processes.

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Apple & Intel Optimized for both Apple silicon and Intel
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Features of the Mac Terminal Replacement App

Command Line

Commander One is a great replacement for Mac terminal. It allows you to execute commands right from its interface. You can seamlessly access FTP from Mac Terminal, execute FTP Mac Terminal commands without leaving the app.

Emulator window

Invoke Terminal window with the help of hotkeys for even better and more convenient file management. Establish a connection for FTP from Mac Terminal with ease.

Use Terminal to manage files

Apply FTP Mac Terminal commands to manage files on your remote connections. Have convenient file management.

Copy Mode

Copy Mode enables you to copy & paste text, make and modify selections in the Terminal using the keyboard.

How to Open the Terminal Emulator on a Mac

Using macOS Terminal Emulator couldn’t be easier. Follow this quick guide to open and run Terminal commands in Commander One:

1

Download and install Commander One.

Download and install Commander One
2

Type any command in the command line on the bottom panel of Commander One. This will allow you to execute terminal commands right from the interface without leaving the app.

Type any command in the command line
3

To invoke the Terminal window, press Cmd+O simultaneously.

press Cmd+O
4

Once the Terminal window is open, you can easily connect to FTP, run FTP commands and perform other tasks using the command line interface.

run FTP commands

PRO Pack feature list

PRO Pack features of Commander One are available absolutely free of charge for 15 days!

Connection Manager

All of your cloud accounts are within an easy reach in Commander One. They can be managed in a fast and reliable manner. All of your cloud accounts are within an easy reach in Commander One. They can be managed in a fast and reliable manner.
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Dropbox

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FTP Manager

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Google Drive

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Amazon S3

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OneDrive

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Backblaze

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OpenStack

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Box

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Mega

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WebDAV

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pCloud

File Transferring

Seamlessly manage diverse content from all devices – iOS, Android, even photo/video cameras – within a single, centralized hub for ultimate convenience.
  • MTP
  • iOS
  • Android

ZIP, RAR, TBZ, TGZ, 7zip

Extended functions of the built-in archiver with support for a wide list of archive types.

Built-in process viewer

Find out which of the apps makes the entire system slow down and quit any if needed.

Terminal emulator

Terminal emulator with full-screen mode for even better and fast file management and ability to use Mac Terminal as FTP client.

Frequently Asked Questions

You can use built-in tools and third-party programs to use FTP on a Mac to upload and download files to a remote server.

Find Terminal.app, launch it. Connect to FTP server by typing the server address in the following format: ftp://ftp.domain.com. After a few seconds, you will be asked to insert a password.

By using the following commands you can seamlessly use FTP from the command line on Mac:

  • put filename – Upload a file to the server.
  • get filename – Download a file from the server.
  • mput filename – Put multiple files on the server.
  • mget filename – Get multiple files on the server.
  • ls – Get a list of files in the current directory.
  • cd – Change directory.
  • quit – Ends your FTP session.

To send files to FTP via Terminal, you need to use the put command and know the full paths for files on both the local and remote machines.