HF Connect 1.0.0 — SSH terminal and file transfer
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HF Connect replaces HF SSH and HF FTP: it opens the hosts they saved. Passwords and private keys are kept in your
system's keychain (Windows Credential Manager, macOS Keychain, the Secret Service on Linux), never in a file.

Help:    https://docs.hostfog.com/ssh-and-ftp/
Website: https://hostfog.com

INSTALL (macOS 11 or newer, Apple Silicon and Intel)
1. Drag "HF Connect.app" into your Applications folder (the Applications shortcut
   is next to it).
2. Open it. Because the app isn't from the App Store, macOS asks first:
   - macOS 15 (Sequoia) and newer: if it says the app can't be opened, open
     System Settings > Privacy & Security, scroll down and click
     "Open Anyway" next to HF Connect, then confirm.
   - macOS 14 and older: Control-click the app, choose Open, then Open.
   If macOS says the app "is damaged", open Terminal and run:
       xattr -cr "/Applications/HF Connect.app"
   then open it again.

THE WINDOW
HF Connect shows its window in your browser: in its own window without an address
bar when Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, Chromium or Vivaldi is
installed, else in a tab of your default browser. Opening the app again
brings the window back; closing the window quits HF Connect (after a few seconds).
File dialogs and the clipboard are macOS's own.

UNINSTALL
Move "HF Connect.app" to the Trash. Your settings stay in
~/Library/Application Support/HostFog/HF Connect; passwords and keys stay in
your Keychain
