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Fetch for Macintosh

What is this software?

Fetch is an easy-to-use program for transferring files. It uses the Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) to allow a networked Mac to transfer files directly from or to any connected machine that supports SFTP.

Where to find this software

Campus classroom and lab Macs have Fetch installed.

You may install Fetch on your personal Mac.

Get the installer and license for Fetch

  1. Download version 5.8, or check to see which version you need, at the vendor's web site.
    Note: If you see an error message warning you that it may contain an application, click Download.
  2. The license information you will need for 5.8 is available on the campus network:
    1. If on campus, make sure your computer is connected to Wellesley Secure WiFi
    2. If off campus, connect to the VPN
    3. Connect to the academicstore server using your Wellesley username and password
      • in the Finder's Go menu, Connect to server, smb://academicstore/software
        (Got an error? try academicstore.wellesley.edu instead of just academicstore,
        or wellesley\username instead of just your username)
    4. (TIPS if you have trouble accessing the installer)
    5. Open the folder containing the installer: facstaffstudents, then Fetch
    6. Open the FetchLicense text file
    7. Copy the license contained in the text file; it begins with FETCHEX001

Install and license Fetch

  1. Follow their instructions to install Fetch. Roughly:
    1. When the download is complete, quit out of your browser, and if it doesn't open automatically, find the Fetch installer icon on your Desktop or in your Downloads and double-click it to open it.
    2. Drag the Fetch icon into the Applications folder (you may need to be in View > as Icons... in the Finder in order to see it).
    3. Drag Fetch to Applications
    4. Drag the Fetch installer icon from your Desktop to the Trash.
  2. Run Fetch (find it using Spotlight, or in Finder, Go, Applications)
  3. If a registration window appears, click the Serial... button and paste in the license information you copied in the previous section

How to use Fetch

If you are using Fetch for coursework, your instructor will provide the information to access the resources you need. See the vendor's web site for general help using Fetch.