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title: "How to connect to GoDaddy via FTP"  
description: "Those who are reading this article probably already know what FTP is. But let us give a little insight to those, who are just getting introduced to th"  
author: "Peter Norton"  
published: 2019-02-28  
updated: 2019-09-07  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/44119/how-to-connect-to-godaddy-via-ftp  
category: "internet"  
tags: ["mac os x"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How to connect to GoDaddy via FTP

FTP is short for [File Transfer](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/109023/how-to-troubleshoot-a-slow-file-transfer) [Protocol](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/116080/which-osi-layer-does-the-arp-address-resolution-protocol-function-in). It is a [standard](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40649/what-helped-to-convince-roosevelt-to-break-up-standard-oil) [Internet](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/81617/now-it-is-time-to-say-goodbye-to-internet-explorer) protocol for transmitting files between computers over TCP/IP connection. FTP can be used for exchanging the files between computer [accounts](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96454/what-are-your-best-tips-for-new-accounts-in-pinterest), or between an account and a desktop machine, or accessing online [software](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/105988/how-field-ap-and-fieldtwin-software-can-help-managing-all-tasks-in-oil-and-energy-industry) archives. With the help of FTP a user can download, upload, rename, move, delete and [copy files](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96840/how-to-copy-files-to-a-floppy-disk-safely) on a server. To work with FTP server a user usually needs to log on.

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GoDaddy Inc. is a publicly traded Internet domain registrar and [web hosting](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/30329/what-is-web-hosting) company from the [United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/40680/how-did-wars-in-china-and-eastern-europe-lead-to-increased-immigration-to-the-united-states). If you need to find the best FTP client Mac in order to [upload files](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159300/create-an-express-js-route-to-upload-files-to-the-server-using-multer-middleware) via FTP to your GoDaddy account, read this article.

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