As we known, FTP is unsafe than SFTP or FTPS, but we still need it for some other old devices, e.g. my old Dell Scanner. My Dell E515dw scanner can't work with my Macbook Big Sur(though it works well as a printer with my Macbook) because Dell didn't update their scanner driver for Big Sur. So I can't scan my file to my macbook. I also tried to scan and send through SMTP with Gmail, but Gmail only support SSL/TLS smtp, which doesn't supported by my old Dell Scanner. Finnally, I noticed that I can scan and send through FTP. Unfortunately, Big Sur removed the built-in FTP support. So I tried with thie QuickFTP. It's really easy to use and configure. Now I can scan my files and send to my macbook easily. Awesome! BTW, security tips: 1. Only start QuickFTP when you need it 2. Use another Port number instead of 21 if possible 3. Use a complicated password

I couldn't stand it anymore, I wrote the following script to fully automate the starting of the server.Cut and paste the following & save it as an application. Then install in the user login to fully automate when the computer is booted. Enjoy ;)tell application "QuickFTP" to activate-- Click the “Start Server” button.set timeoutSeconds to 0.0set uiScript to "click UI Element \"Start Server\" of group 1 of window \"QuickFTP Server\" of application process \"QuickFTP\""my doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)-- Click the “<fill in title>” button.set timeoutSeconds to 0.0set uiScript to "click UI Element 4 of window \"QuickFTP Server\" of application process \"QuickFTP\""my doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)on doWithTimeout(uiScript, timeoutSeconds)set endDate to (current date) timeoutSecondsrepeattryrun script "tell application \"System Events\"" & uiScript & "end tell"exit repeaton error errorMessageif ((current date) > endDate) thenerror "Can not " & uiScriptend ifend tryend repeatend doWithTimeout

Exactly what I needed. Tried some of the fancy homebrew packages and had issues connecting some of my devices (camera) to the server while other macs on the same network connected to the server OK. Could not find the reason why it wasn't working and also didnt feel like digging. Gave this a try and it just works for all my devices on the network. For what I am using it – perfect – but fully aware of the low level security it offers

Like others here I went down the (familiar) homebrew path; homebrew's indispensible but for some reason, solutions like Pure-FTPd gave unpredictable, inconsistent, and mysterious results, were impossible to configure and diagnose, even after hours of work poring over the documentation. QuickFTP lives up to its name; got it working and transfering files off of vintage floppies using an old Power Macinintosh – fetch 3.0.1 – in less than three minutes. Thank you!