NewConnection Dialog

[Urkman]

Hello,

I have some questions about the "New Connection" Dialog:

1.) Is it posible to add a name to each connection? Because I have some sites one one server and they only differ in username.
2.) When I open a new connection, the new connection is stored twice in the connection list. Bug?
3.) Is it possible to store the passwords for each connection?

Thanks for your help,
Urkman

[JD]

The New Connection window is primarily for new connections - servers you have not conncted to before. It provides access to the connection details of previously connected servers as a shortcut to save you re-entering data should you wish to (for example) connect to a previously connected server with a different username.

What you should be doing is saving your connections as Bookmarks. These retain all the connection details, and allow you to assign a name to the connection. The named Bookmark can then be selected from the Bookmarks menu in order to make a connection, without having to enter any details.

In fact, every time you close an FTP Browser which isn't saved as a Bookmark, you are prompted "Save this connection as a Bookmark?" for that very reason. But apparently you must be choosing Don't Save every time. You can also select Add Bookmark from the Bookmarks menu at any time. 

Passwords are stored in your Keychain. If you leave the password box empty, Yummy will try to fetch it from the Keychain. If it isn't there Yummy will ask you for the password and offer the choice to add the password to the Keychain for future use.

[TedVreeland]

Whats a Keychain?

[JD]

The Keychain is Apple's feature built into OS X where all your passwords are stored in a highly secure 'locker' for any app that uses it (this includes Safari, Mail etc).  These are all protected by one master password, and you can grant or disallow any app that requests access to the shared password data.

For more info search Google for Apple Keychain