When I use SCP to transfer a file from my linux box to my MBP it goes up to 10 MB/s on my 802.11n network. When I mount my linux box via MacFUSE and SSHFS the transfer speed is more like 300 kB/sec.

FTP was the popular protocol for file transfer but short of using FTPS, it doesn’t provide the security required these days. Here’s how to use Secure Copy (SCP) for file transfer. We may earn from ...