Hi All, I notice that ExpanDrive is today's MacUpdate promo at half price ($19.95). This is a GUI-based solution that lets you transfer files to remote machines that you would SFTP or FTP to and has some slick features, like the ability to reconnect to the machine when you move your location, which is handy when you are using a laptop. It also apparently has been keeping up with the device interface changes better than OS X Fuse/MacFusion. MacFUSE is the effort to support cross-platform file handling. (I used to find some of the MacFUSE releases buggy or unstable, especially earlier on. MacFUSE is no longer being supported as of August 2011 and has been superseded by Fuse4x and OSXFUSE.)
Gordon, I recall that you used ExpanDrive after the version 2 release. Any comments about the product now, and specifically about how well it works with Lion, which I can't check? It's convenient to have the Finder-like interface for remotely mounted drives, especially those on non-Mac systems. However, since I updated my copy of Panic's Transmit to version 4, I've been using that instead; I think it's faster and has more options. I didn't update my version 1.6 ExpanDrive license for that reason, and I don't know how well it works under Lion. ExpanDrive has a simpler interface that some may like, and I understand that some people like the Windows version of ExpanDrive that was released in July as being very fast on that system. The present ExpanDrive license covers both Mac and Windows, so that may be a selling point for some users. Any thoughts? The MacUpdate site has a link to their free trial download at: http://www.mupromo.com/deal/1643/7024/expandrive For new users, the MacUpdate promo site does require a one-time negotiation of a CAPTCHA to set up your account. Afterwords, you can login to find a record of your receipts and purchases, and links to the software. This makes it easy to find your registration serial number records. The half-price promo is good for the next 12 hours. HTH. Cheers, Esther <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
