Should have realised and posted this ages ago, but about FTP…

Your GUI tools are all well and good, but if you get down onto the command line, you’ll find that FTP comes free with the Mac.

Yes, it’s command line. But that allows you to use shell scripts for common stuff. And means it’s pretty fast.

I can understand it not being for everyone. But it is free. So if you don’t want to pony up for any of the (very good) Mac FTP clients (although I’m not keen on Fetch), it’s an option.