ExpanDrive Blog http://blog.expandrive.com ExpanDrive Blog Wed, 22 May 2013 03:29:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 ExpanDrive build 3022 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/8NUEr8vHSAU/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/05/21/expandrive-build-3022/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 03:28:23 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2594 ExpanDrive 3 build 3022 is out, changing or fixing a variety of small things noticed in the past week of wider distribution along with improving compatibility for FTP and WebDAV. Thanks to everyone who helped test and everyone who reported issues.

Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com rather than leaving a blog comment.

Windows – Download and Release notes
Mac – Download and Release notes

  • FIXEDFixed OSXFUSE runtime mismatch error on Mac
  • FIXEDFixed a compatibility issue where servers would not drop to a cleartext control channel.
  • FIXEDPassword saving bug on S3 for Mac is gone
  • FIXEDS3 accounts with buckets in different regions now correctly supported
  • FIXEDTrigger “Save change” on paste in UI
  • FIXEDWon’t reveal in Explorer until drive has been fully on Windows
  • FIXEDWindow maximize now correctly functioning on multi-mon Windows setups
  • FIXEDEditPlus and Dreamweaver compatibility fixed
  • FIXEDMuch improved WebDAV compatibility, thanks for the test accounts everyone.
  • FIXEDCorrectly draw window border when shadows aren’t enabled on Windows
  • FIXEDProxy detection for UI on Windows, clear up some activation errors
  • FIXEDOver-agressive email validation for trial now gone
  • CHANGEDS3/CloudFiles/Dropbox/Swift/Dream Objects all now report 16TB of free space
  • CHANGEDInform Windows that we are a case-sensitive filesystem
  • CHANGEDClear server field when changing drive type
  • NEWUpdated Strongfuse fork use to OSXFUSE 2.5.6


]]> http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/05/21/expandrive-build-3022/feed/ 0 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/05/21/expandrive-build-3022/ Introducing ExpanDrive 3: Dropbox, Rackspace, OpenStack, WebDAV, DreamObjects and more http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/KdoC7cG4-2o/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/05/14/introducing-expandrive-3-dropbox-rackspace-openstack-webdav-dreamobjects-and-more/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 19:40:51 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2578 I’m proud to announce that ExpanDrive 3 has been released. Many thanks to those who participated in the public beta and development process. ExpanDrive 3 sports a beautiful new user-interface and support for many more drive types such as Dropbox, OpenStack, Rackspace and WebDAV. Everything you already love has been improved. Download ExpanDrive 3 from our website or from the auto-updater within ExpanDrive. This update is available to all existing customers for $19.95 through the end of May and free to try out for 1 week. Those who purchased in 2013 are being upgraded automatically for free.


New Drive Types

  • Dropbox – connect as a network drive!
  • WebDAV
  • Rackspace Cloud Files
  • OpenStack Swift
  • Dreamhost DreamObjects
  • Google Drive, SkyDrive, Box and more coming soon

    • Awesome new UI

  • Fully compatible with Windows 8
  • Beautiful Metro-style UI on Windows
  • Clean and simple new user interface
  • Context menu in Finder and Explorer
  • Command-line interface

    • Major improvements
  • Huge speed increases in transfers
  • Improved responsiveness & browsing
  • Alternate S3 endpoints
  • S3 multi-part uploads
  • Large object support on S3

    • Along with everything you see here, development continues on support for other providers such as Google Drive, Box.com and Microsoft SkyDrive. We post regular updates on our Facebook page and this blog if you’re interested in staying up to date.

    ]]>     http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/05/14/introducing-expandrive-3-dropbox-rackspace-openstack-webdav-dreamobjects-and-more/feed/ 0 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/05/14/introducing-expandrive-3-dropbox-rackspace-openstack-webdav-dreamobjects-and-more/     ExpanDrive build 3018 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/H2Wyp7oK7lo/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/26/expandrive-build-3018/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 19:13:41 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2575 ExpanDrive 3 Development build 3018 is out, fixing a couple import bugs with international filenames and renaming files on WebDAV and Dropbox.

    Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com rather than leaving a blog comment.

    Windows – Download and Release notes
    Mac – Download and Release notes

    • FIXEDFixed renaming on certain WebDAV endpoints
    • FIXEDUTF-8 decode issues in WebDAV
    • FIXEDRenaming files in side a folder on Dropbox


    ]]>     http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/26/expandrive-build-3018/feed/ 2 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/26/expandrive-build-3018/     ExpanDrive adds Dropbox Support http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/eLxrFSxHrB8/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/25/expandrive-adds-dropbox-support/#comments Thu, 25 Apr 2013 19:35:45 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2573 ExpanDrive 3 Development build 3017 integrates support for Dropbox! Now you can directly mount Dropbox as a network drive and access all of your files without needing to sync everything down. This is great if you have a large Dropbox and and limited space on your PC. It also let’s you have native access to multiple Dropbox’s on a single machine, something not possible with the official client.

    Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com rather than leaving a blog comment.

    Windows – Download and Release notes
    Mac – Download and Release notes

    • NEWAdded support for Dropbox!
    • fixedFixed WebDAV and Swift connecting on alternate ports


    ]]>     http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/25/expandrive-adds-dropbox-support/feed/ 3 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/25/expandrive-adds-dropbox-support/     Support for WebDAV http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/MQmVvNqGpr8/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/24/support-for-webdav/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:28:50 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2569 ExpanDrive 3 Development build 3016 adds yet another highly requested feature – WebDAV. WebDAV is a very popular protocol used to help power Microsoft Sharepoint and a raft of other online storage services such such as iDisk/Mobile Me and Golden Frog Dumptruck, one of our favorites.

    While Mac and Windows both have built in support for WebDAV it’s usually quite slow and clunky. We’ve given WebDAV the ExpanDrive treatment – extremely fast and reliable. That being said, this support is still fairly new and will likely need some revisions to improve compatibility across the wide variety of WebDAV implementations in the wild.

    Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com rather than leaving a blog comment.

    Windows – Download and Release notes
    Mac – Download and Release notes

    • NEWAdded support for WebDAV and WebDAV over HTTPS.
    • NEWDramatically improved metadata responsiveness for S3/Swift/DreamObjects/Rackspace
    • fixedFixed support for OpenStack Swift Storage. using swauth


    ]]>     http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/24/support-for-webdav/feed/ 0 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/24/support-for-webdav/     Rackspace Cloud Files & OpenStack Swift http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/0Th8lLhIreA/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/18/rackspace-cloud-files-openstack-swift/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:00:42 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2565 ExpanDrive 3 Development build 3015 finally builds in support for two often requested drive types – Rackspace Cloud Files and OpenStack Swift. Cloud Files is a popular S3-like durable storage platform run by RackSpace. It is built from the OpenStack Swift project, a very popular solution for deploying a S3-like type storage on premise or as part of a service offering.

    ExpanDrive connects scale-out storage platforms like Swift and CEPH to existing solutions, apps and infrastructure. Out of the box Swift and CEPH are products designed to be access via an API, not terrifically useful if you’re trying to migrate off a big iron NetApp Filer. ExpanDrive maps this API to so that it looks and feels just like a USB drive that is accessible from within any application on Mac, Windows [and soon, Linux].

    Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com rather than leaving a blog comment.

    Windows – Download and Release notes
    Mac – Download and Release notes

    • NEWAdded support for Rackspace Cloud Files.
    • NEWAdded support for OpenStack Swift Storage.
    • NEWCreate S3/Swift/Cloud Files buckets from within ExpanDrive. Create a new folder in the drive root. If you create with Finder or Explorer, create the default folder name and rename it.


    ]]>     http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/18/rackspace-cloud-files-openstack-swift/feed/ 0 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/18/rackspace-cloud-files-openstack-swift/     DreamObjects, CEPH & S3 Endpoints http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/omZKCmtLkCE/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/12/dreamobjects-ceph-s3-endpoints/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 17:46:37 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2551 ExpanDrive 3 build 3014 adds support for Dream Host DreamObjects Cloud storage. DreamObjects is a fantastic cloud storage platform built on top of CEPH, an open source S3-like object store built by Inktank. DreamHost is one of the biggest and most popular website hosting platforms around and is currently running a DreamObjects promo for storage and bandwidth for $0.03/GB, awesome pricing.

    With ExpanDrive for DreamObjects you can take what is normally only accesible via API and mount it just like a USB drive in Finder or Windows Explorer. ExpanDrive makes DreamObjects and CEPH available inside every Mac and PC application.

    Along with DreamObjects/CEPH support ExpanDrive now supports alternate S3 endpoints. You can use this to connect to alternate S3 regions or other S3-like storage.

    Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com rather than leaving a blog comment.

    Windows – Download and Release notes
    Mac – Download and Release notes

    • NEWAdded support for DreamObjects cloud storage.
    • NEWAlternate S3 endpoints are now supported
    • FIXEDSymbolic links to directories outside out of the drive root work again.
    • FIXEDSmall tweaks on expan tool


    ]]>     http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/12/dreamobjects-ceph-s3-endpoints/feed/ 2 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/12/dreamobjects-ceph-s3-endpoints/     ExpanDrive 3 build 3013 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/ZIunhfuPEVc/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/11/expandrive-3-build-3013/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:42:43 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2543 Build 3013 is now available for Mac and Windows. It adds command line support for connecting and ejecting drives. This is designed as a convenience for power users as well as to facilitate control from scripts and other programs. On the Mac client there is a separate terminal utility named ‘expan’ contained within the bundle that you can install from within the Settings tab. On Windows just run expandrive.exe with the parameters. Run the “help” command for a listing of what is available.

    Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com

    Windows – Download and Release notes
    Mac – Download and Release notes

    • NEWCommand line connect/eject/list support through ‘expan’ terminal utility on Mac and through ExpanDrive.exe on Windows.


    ]]>     http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/11/expandrive-3-build-3013/feed/ 6 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/11/expandrive-3-build-3013/     ExpanDrive 3 build 3011 for Windows http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/eVBzffJ-hKc/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/09/expandrive-3-build-3011-for-windows/#comments Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:40:18 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2527 Build 3011 for Windows is now available for download and via the ExpanDrive 3 auto-updater. Like last week’s Mac build, we’ve added context menus into Explorer so you can actually set ACLs on S3 and set permission bits on SFTP etc. We’ll be adding other options here in the future as well, such as getting a shareable URL and bucket creation for S3. We have also spent a lot of time refining the UI in response to great feedback, keep it coming.


    Access the menu via right clicking any file or folder in Explorer


    Toggle properties based on the file and drive type

    Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com

    Download and Release notes

    • NEWWindows Explorer Context Menu Extension is now available for ExpanDrive mounted drives – use it to set permissions/ACLs on files for SFTP and S3.
    • NEWInstaller wrapped in a .exe bootstrapper.
    • CHANGEDIcons updated & resized, frame moved to edges, right click disabled in Window UI, many other visual tweaks
    • FIXEDWindow Border now correctly drawn on Win8


    ]]>     http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/09/expandrive-3-build-3011-for-windows/feed/ 11 http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/09/expandrive-3-build-3011-for-windows/     ExpanDrive 3 build 3010 for Mac http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/strongspace/~3/giSMxNhASeQ/ http://blog.expandrive.com/2013/04/02/expandrive-3-build-3010-for-mac/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 18:30:32 +0000 Jeff Mancuso http://blog.expandrive.com/?p=2515 Build 3010 for Mac is now available for download and via the ExpanDrive 3 auto-updater. The big new feature is we’re injecting context menus into Finder so you can actually set ACLs on S3 and set permission bits on SFTP etc. We’ll be adding other options here in the future as well, such as getting a shareable URL and bucket creation for S3.

    Screen Shot 2013-04-02 at 2.26.05 PM
    An ExpanDrive sub-menu will now appear on ExpanDrive volumes

    Screen Shot 2013-04-02 at 2.26.14 PM


    Toggle permission bits, set ACLs, and more soon

    Please send all feedback to support@expandrive.com

    Download and Release notes

    • NEWContext Menu injected into Finder to set ACLs and permission bits in SFTP and S3
    • CHANGEDFont sizing and buttons now are now the system defaults
    • FIXEDRespect custom ports
    • FIXEDRemove flicker at UI launch
    • FIXEDInstall EXFS on systems missing it
    • FIXEDAccept hostkeys for new SFTP systems


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