There’s a new (2.3.1) version of WordPress out. It is my first WordPress update since I moved to the eMac about a month ago. I was wondering what FTP client to use: ftp, lftp, or ncftp. These are all command line apps. The first (ftp) ships with the Mac. The others, available as Macports, overcome some of its limitations.

But I decided, purely as a lark, to try out Cyberduck. And there, hidden in its File menu, is the magic word Synchronize. So instead of having to copy about 2.5 MB up to my web host, I only have to copy a few 10’s of KB. I’m not sure which few, because Cyberduck figured that out and I didn’t have to worry about it.

Excellent. It’s the next best thing to having rsync. And that’s a very good thing indeed.