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Regarding questions 1 & 3 above: You first need to load an FTP server onto your Fire TV via adb. I use RapFox FTP. You'll need to find the apk for whatever server you'd like. You'll have to start the server app on your FTV and then you can connect with your Mac via FileZilla. However, the files in the main xbmc folder seem to be hidden for me (and others). I haven't gotten around to figuring out what FTP server on the FTP will allow me to view things like my userdata directory. That's key, because that prevents me right now from using FTP to modify or remove/add things like the keymap.xml file via FTP. I've been using adb for keymap files, which is done via a simple ./adb push keyboard.xml /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata/keymaps/ command in Terminal on my Mac.

not sure what the problem is with your winscp, but mine shows .xbmc folder and all the sub folders. There must be a setting to turn on hidden file (when you launch winscp, click on Preferences on left then preferences again, then Panels under Environment tab on left, and tick show hidden files), also the version im using is 4.3.4 (build 1428) . Good Luck.

I tried WinSCP (ver. 5.5.3 build 4214) and couldn't get it to show the hidden .xbmc folder even after changing the preferences listed above. The only way I could get it to work is by accessing the FTP Page (Advanced Site Settings dialog) and set "Use MLSD" to NO and "Support for listing of hidden files" to Yes.


So there are at least 2 windows FTP clients (WS_FTP and WInSCP) that can access the hidden xbmc folders.

Jay

Thank you - that did the trick!