Box Drive Updated With macOS Monterey Support, Improved Security, and Finder Integration

[MacRumors]

The Box desktop experience for Mac users has been improved with the adoption of Apple's File Provider Extension APIs, which will offer a more secure and simple setup system for Mac users.

Box Drive users who have Macs can expect full support for Apple silicon, a more seamless experience thanks to Finder integration, and compatibility with the upcoming macOS Monterey release.

The update also brings a streamlined install experience for Box Drive on Macs, and broader application compatibility.

Box says that the updated architecture will allow it to build new Box Drive capabilities on macOS more quickly going forward. The updated Box Drive experience for Macs is available today for all users on macOS Big Sur 11.5 and later and macOS Monterey.

Article Link: Box Drive Updated With macOS Monterey Support, Improved Security, and Finder Integration

 

[TheYayAreaLiving 🎗️]

Even more secure now! Nice!!!

 

[dumastudetto]

iCloud Drive does it all, and better.

 

[TofSanity]

odd timing. downloaded last week for work use but could never login. now I am able to but have to lower all my security settings to be able to use box... guess I will keep using web-version

 

[FishyFish]

Meanwhile, not a peep from Dropbox, one of the worst Intel-only apps. Their web site is inundated with hundreds of requests for even just an Apple Silicon beta and it appears they are not working on it.

I hope Apple kills Rosetta 2 next year and that is the end of Dropbox.

 

[FishyFish]

Meanwhile, not a peep from Dropbox, one of the worst Intel-only apps. Their web site is inundated with hundreds of requests for even just an Apple Silicon beta and it appears they are not working on it.

I hope Apple kills Rosetta 2 next year and that is the end of Dropbox.

There are dozens of pages just like this: https://www.dropboxforum.com/t5/Dro.../Dropbox-Apple-Silicon-M1-install/td-p/500325

 

[Elektrofone]

So frustrating that my company's administrators don't allow Box Drive, only Box Sync.

 

[fbr$]

iCloud Drive does it all, and better.

You're lucky. Sometimes my iCloud Drive takes 10 minutes to upload a small 10 MB file.

 

[twynne]

The Box desktop experience for Mac users has been improved with the adoption of Apple's File Provider Extension APIs, which will offer a more secure and simple setup system for Mac users.

Box Drive users who have Macs can expect full support for Apple silicon, a more seamless experience thanks to Finder integration, and compatibility with the upcoming macOS Monterey release.

The update also brings a streamlined install experience for Box Drive on Macs, and broader application compatibility.

Box says that the updated architecture will allow it to build new Box Drive capabilities on macOS more quickly going forward. The updated Box Drive experience for Macs is available today for all users on macOS Big Sur 11.5 and later and macOS Monterey.

Article Link: Box Drive Updated With macOS Monterey Support, Improved Security, and Finder Integration

The bad news, having installed it, is that it still runs everything as Intel.

 

[kalafalas]

This might make me switch from Dropbox

Edit; am I reading this right? Do they really not offer a 1tb option for individuals? And size limits on upload?

Edit 2: I wish iCloud Drive did what I wanted, but being unable to store it on an external is a deal breaker for me, as well as being unable to manually purge download/cache on iOS.

 

[acader]

iCloud Drive does it all, and better.

Personal yes. For businesses, iCloud is not the solution.

 

[dbernie41]

Hopefully this works better than previous versions of Box Drive which have been TRASH.

 

[msackey]

I still haven’t moved from Box Sync to Box Drive because at least in a previous version, Box Drive does not support syncing of packages (these are folders in Mac that operate like files and look like files).

Does the current Box Drive support syncing of packages? Trying to find out…

 

[kepardue]

I've had my issues with Box, but one of the big draws for me to use with my business is that it allows my work team to collaborate on Pages, Keynote, and Numbers documents as if it were in iCloud Drive. Two or more of us just click on the same Pages document and we're collaboratively editing it. To my knowledge, Box is the only implementation Apple allows outside of iCloud itself.

And yeah, I know that MS Office is the language of business and we use it plenty, but for our internal documents, the lightweightness of iWork is just a breath of fresh air.

 

[kalafalas]

iCloud Drive does it all, and better.

iCloud Drive is nearly perfect, but why can’t I manually purge downloads on iOS? I already listened to that file, I don’t want it sitting around taking storage, and I also don’t want files randomly disappearing off to the cloud. I wish they gave just a bit more control like on macOS. And allow the cache location be stored externally on macOS too.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

I've had my issues with Box, but one of the big draws for me to use with my business is that it allows my work team to collaborate on Pages, Keynote, and Numbers documents as if it were in iCloud Drive. Two or more of us just click on the same Pages document and we're collaboratively editing it. To my knowledge, Box is the only implementation Apple allows outside of iCloud itself.

And yeah, I know that MS Office is the language of business and we use it plenty, but for our internal documents, the lightweightness of iWork is just a breath of fresh air.

To be fair, you get Office for Box as well 😊 Well the web version of it, but fort a lot of people that ability alone is enough.

I guess where Microsoft does have the upper-hand is that you get the desktop Office apps, but from my own experiences OneDrive has been garbage.

 

[nutmac]

Personal yes. For businesses, iCloud is not the solution.

I am not even sure why Box even bothers to offer personal plans. It's priced at $10/month for only 100GB of storage space.

 

[Edgecrusherr]

iCloud Drive does it all, and better.

Ironically, Apple uses Box internally and for ACNs. Mostly because iCloud can't be deployed in business and multi-user environments.

 

[Morgenland]

Ironically, Apple uses Box internally and for ACNs. Mostly because iCloud can't be deployed in business and multi-user environments.

That is what you believe... Any sources?

 

[827538]

Very happy with iCloud and given I can now connect as many cameras as I want with iCloud secure video it really is the best on the market if you are an Apple user.

 

[827538]

Ironically, Apple uses Box internally and for ACNs. Mostly because iCloud can't be deployed in business and multi-user environments.

What on earth are you talking about? ABM managed accounts come with 5GB iCloud storage.

 

[Mockletoy]

I still haven’t moved from Box Sync to Box Drive because at least in a previous version, Box Drive does not support syncing of packages (these are folders in Mac that operate like files and look like files).

Does the current Box Drive support syncing of packages? Trying to find out…

I got an update a few days ago that touted package support as its headline feature, but I haven’t tested it.

 

[ghanwani]

How will these guys stay in business given OneDrive and its tie in with MS Office 365?

I don't see how Box & Dropbox will survive. Both are losing money and are surviving only because of easy money.

 

[Cameront9]

Hmm, I just got rid of Dropbox yesterday. I had to use Box for work at my old job and hated it. iCloud drive does everything I need for personal use. I get a business relying on something else, though.

 

[cashboxz02]

These "cloud" providers aren't what they advertised a decade ago. Not worth it for paying anything more than 50GB of data for most people. There's no realistic way most people would use more data than that on the cloud, unless if they're archiving data or storing media on there (which is also dumb). Cloud is horrible for archival data. If you have 100GB of data on there, and they shut the service or hike the price, you'd be screwed. The cheapest option is to setup your own server and NextCloud or Seafile. Even Google Drive ended "free" cloud storage for educational institutes. All that free stuff was just bait to get people reliant on the services. Best option is still to buy a machine with more storage (which apple makes unnecessarily expensive and impossible to upgrade for no reason), and then backup to an external hard drive.