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

[ghanwani]

The cheapest option is to setup your own server and NextCloud or Seafile.

This sounds pretty complicated to set up. Might be easier to buy a hardware personal cloud product.

 

[Jason111001]

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

Yeah. Box Drive is a nightmare and often useless after even small macOS updates.

 

[newbmacuser2021]

Why would anyone use Box?

I have iCloud!

 

[Luke MacWalker]

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.

I mostly agree, but when you live in an area subject to earthquakes and tsunami, it may still be useful to have a backup in the cloud… 🤔

 

[joecomo]

This sounds pretty complicated to set up. Might be easier to buy a hardware personal cloud product.

actually it is not - but still not an option for „normal“ users

 

[dumastudetto]

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

I can confirm you are talking total nonsense.

 

[joecomo]

does this thing allow for MacOS tags or even metadata?
Guess no …
Client side encryption?

 

[msackey]

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

Ok…I’m going to explore that. I couldn’t see any mention of package support except in a forum post with an official Box response that they are considering it for the roadmap.

 

[Ahmed Anis]

My experience with BOX after the update to use Apple's File Provider Extensions APIs has been great, but I might switch back to Onedrive after it gets native M1 support.

 

[mikecwest]

I tried to open Box Drive App, and it just a blank screen, not any box to login.