Yummy FTP allows you to omit or include certain items during transfers, synchronizations and even normal browsing activity. There are many uses for filters, most notably for automation purposes during AppleScript driven transactions and for cloaking purposes during synchronizations.

Select the Filters option from the Listing menu or click the Filters Toolbar icon to display the Filters window.

Separate filters can be applied to both the Mac and Server and they can be configured by clicking the Mac Filters or Server Filters tab respectively.

The filters operate using a logical And / Or mechanism, with filtering by name, date and type. Each filter entry can be negative or positive, for example Name is and Name is not, and can be applied with case sensitivity included or ignored. Additionaly. folders can be optionally omitted from each filter entry.

Filters can be added by pressing the + button and removed with the - button.

The entire filter set can be enabled/disabled by means of the ‘Include items whose:’ checkbox. Your filters will remain inactive but intact even if this setting is off.

Once the filters are configured, you may specify whether they apply to Browsing, Transfers or Synchronizations by means of the checkboxes provided. When the Browsing checkbox is off, items which would be filtered for transfers of synchronizations will be shown in red in your FTP Browser, enabling easy identification:

Note that the configured filters are saved to the Bookmark of the connection you are using, so they will remain intact the next time a connection is made using that Bookmark. However, if the currently displayed FTP browser does not have a Bookmark associated with it, the filters will be lost when the window is closed.