sudo launchctl unload -F /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/tftp.plist

Note: In macOS Catalina, it’s disabled by default, so if you don’t manually start it, you will see errors like;

Tftp Client For Mac

It would normally go without saying, but If I don’t say it, the post will fill up with comments! Make sure your Mac is physically connected to the same network as the network device, and has an IP address in the same range.

And make sure the device, and the Mac can ‘ping’ each other.

Use Mac OS X TFTP Deamon To Copy a File To a Network Device

I’ve got a Cisco ASA 5505, but whatever the device is, does not really matter. You will have a file that you have downloaded, and you want to ‘send’ that file to a device. This file will probably be in your ‘downloads’ folder, the TFTP deamon uses the /private/tftpboot folder so we are going to copy the file there. Then set the correct permissions on the file.

Note: You can also use;

sudo chmod 777 /private/tftpboot
sudo chmod 777 /private/tftpboot/*

To set permissions on ALL files in this directory.

You can then execute the command on your device to copy the file across;

Use Mac OS X TFTP Deamon To Copy a File From a Network Device

There is a gotcha with the TFTP daemon, which is you cant copy a file to the TFTP daemon if that file does not already exist there. Which at first glance sort of defeats the object, but what it really means id you have to have a file there with the same name and the correct permissions on it. In Linux you can create a file with the ‘Touch’ command.

You can then sent the file to your Mac from the device;

I Want Mac OS X TFTP Software!

Well you have a limited choice, if you don’t like using the Mac TFTP Daemon. You can install and use a GUI front end that uses the built in TFTP software.

But if you want a ‘stand-alone’ piece of software then the only other one I’ve found is PumpKIN, you will need to disable the built in TFTP daemon or it will throw an error.

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