![]() ![]() BookwalterĪdding new accounts is a snap, but there’s still no Amazon Cloud Drive or SMB support. However, niceties like CloudMounter’s ability to select a custom location for storing cache files evens the playing field a little. This is something rivalĮxpanDrive has done for years and we’re not sure what took so long for Eltima to embrace the Finder, but CloudMounter is a better application for it.ĮxpanDrive does retain the upper hand when it comes to diversity-Amazon Cloud Drive continues to be notably absent from CloudMounter’s storage lineup, as are SMB/CIFS and ownCloud also supported in the former are off the beaten path cloud providers like DreamObjects and hubiC. Version 3.2 also introduces the feature we’ve been pining for most: Mounted cloud volumes now automatically appear in the Finder sidebar like regular drives without having to be manually added. Status icons make it easy to see at a glance which files are still transferring in Finder windows. (For what it’s worth, the error icon never appeared during our testing, a good sign.) IDG/J.R. CloudMounter now displays status icons in the Finder so users can see which files are in the queue, uploading/downloading, or had errors during the transfer. ![]() During testing, smaller files behave more reliably than larger ones.Įltima has done a bang-up job squashing initial bugs and enhancing overall functionality with subsequent releases. How fast transfers are made depends entirely on the speed of your internet connection. Unique, colorful volume icons and easy menu bar access make CloudMounter a joy to use with favorite cloud storage services.Īfter installing CloudMounter and logging into one of the aforementioned accounts, your remote storage appears as a volume with a colorful icon on the desktop, which can be used to drag and drop files just like local hard drives. Eltima also offers a fully functional 15-day trial version for those who prefer to try before buying. ![]() Not a bad deal, but if you’re the old school type who would rather buy once and own forever (or at least until the inevitable version 4.0 comes along) we’d recommend bypassing the Mac App Store and heading straight to the Eltima website to Or you can pay $9.99 every three months or $29.99 annually for unlimited connections. You can downloadĬloudMounter from the Mac App Store, which has the limitation mention above. Not cool.) After all, each cloud sync service expects you to use its app, not a third-party app, to deal with whatever you store on the service guess how little help you’ll get from that service if one of these apps FUBARs your content on the service.If you want to access multiple cloud accounts or other services like Amazon S3, FTP/SFTP, WebDAV, or Box, you need to pay an additional fee. (Some of the quirks are just plain annoying, such as how CloudMounter’s and Mountain Duck’s otherwise intriguing encryption features change files’ modification dates. While each has its use case and is geekily interesting, each also has just enough quirks that I’d fear for the safety of my files. I tried three such apps: CloudMounter, Mountain Duck, and the promising but beta-level-buggy Strongsync. The idea is that you can store a lot more stuff than your local storage will allow, since files so stored are only in the cloud. There are a few apps out there which allow you to mount a cloud sync service’s storage as a networked pseudo-drive, rather than sync with files that live on your device’s local storage. I wrote this at the end of a recent blog post concerning cloud sync:įinally, I can also give some advice on a somewhat related subject. ![]()
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