(Mounted shares display a green indicator next to them in both locations inactive shares display a red indicator.) Assuming you have a valid connection to the server or share, it mounts in the Finder, and appears in Finder-window sidebars, just like any other removable volume. Click on Connect to connect immediately, or Save And Close to save the info for later in either case, your drive will appear in the Drive Manager list and the menu.įrom then on, you access a server or server share either by double-clicking on it in the Drive Manager, or, even easier, by choosing it from ExpanDrive’s menu.

Click on New Drive, choose the drive type (FTP or SFTP), and then enter the necessary connection information if you want to connect to the server automatically whenever you log in, enable that option. The preferences window contains a few minor settings, but the Drive Manager is where all the action is: This is where you configure each FTP and SFTP server you want to access. Its only real interface is a pair of settings windows, accessed via a small menu-bar menu.

(While ExpanDrive can be run from a standard user account, installing or updating MacFUSE requires an administrator account.) Once that task is successful, ExpanDrive can be used by any account on your Mac.ĮxpanDrive is mostly invisible while running, performing its tasks behind the scenes.

The only time you’ll notice these MacFUSE underpinnings is the first time you launch ExpanDrive: You’ll see a dialog asking for permission to install the latest version of MacFUSE if you have a previous version installed, you’ll instead be asked to upgrade to the latest version.

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