Comments on: Quick & Secure Network Filesystem Access With ExpanDrive http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/ The Apple Blog, published by and for the day-to-day Apple user, is a prominent source for news, reviews, walkthroughs, and real life application of all Apple products. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: tom http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-115913 tom Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:10:46 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-115913 At work at my new company (very Linux orientated) I had to use sshfs for about a month now. It almost made me switch (I've been a convinced Apple user for years now and never before thought of switching neither to Linux nor to Windows). Not a single day without rebooting my poor little powerbook the hard way at least three or for times a day due to jEdit blocking the complete system. Neither Force Quit nor normal reboots were possible. I had to work with jEdit as TextMate doesn't recognize if somebody else changed the file you're working on (quite disappointing). Since today I'm using Smultron. Much better. It just quits unexpectedly three or four times a day while working on sshfs-mounted volumes. I can't wait 'til monday to try ExpanDrive. Haven't tried MacFuse/MacFusion yet, but sshfs for Mac is a pain in the rear end. At work at my new company (very Linux orientated) I had to use sshfs for about a month now. It almost made me switch (I’ve been a convinced Apple user for years now and never before thought of switching neither to Linux nor to Windows). Not a single day without rebooting my poor little powerbook the hard way at least three or for times a day due to jEdit blocking the complete system. Neither Force Quit nor normal reboots were possible. I had to work with jEdit as TextMate doesn’t recognize if somebody else changed the file you’re working on (quite disappointing). Since today I’m using Smultron. Much better. It just quits unexpectedly three or four times a day while working on sshfs-mounted volumes. I can’t wait ’til monday to try ExpanDrive. Haven’t tried MacFuse/MacFusion yet, but sshfs for Mac is a pain in the rear end.

]]> By: michiel http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-115167 michiel Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:25:50 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-115167 Frankly, I don't see the advantage of this product over the free & open source Macfuse (http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/) + Macfusion (http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/mgorbach/MacFusionWeb/) either. That combination works perfectly for me. Sleep/wake: this poses no problem at all for me, although I often use them under various circumstances, ranging from superfast connections to slow GPRS/UMTS. I suggest try this first!! Frankly, I don’t see the advantage of this product over the free & open source Macfuse (http://code.google.com/p/macfuse/) + Macfusion (http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/08/mgorbach/MacFusionWeb/) either. That combination works perfectly for me. Sleep/wake: this poses no problem at all for me, although I often use them under various circumstances, ranging from superfast connections to slow GPRS/UMTS. I suggest try this first!!

]]> By: jrk http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-114701 jrk Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:34:23 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-114701 @Craig, aside from being much easier to set up and having a nicer UI, the key differences between ExpanDrive 1.0 and sshfs+MacFusion are performance and stability/resilience. ExpanDrive uses aggressive caching, making it much, much snappier over even high-latency internet connections, and it is resilient to network failures and changes, where sshfs/MacFusion will generally barf the moment you sleep your laptop and wake it somewhere else or have your wifi drop. In short, it provides the same basic feature (work with remote files over SSH) but in a much faster, more stable, more polished, and easier-to-use package. @Craig, aside from being much easier to set up and having a nicer UI, the key differences between ExpanDrive 1.0 and sshfs+MacFusion are performance and stability/resilience. ExpanDrive uses aggressive caching, making it much, much snappier over even high-latency internet connections, and it is resilient to network failures and changes, where sshfs/MacFusion will generally barf the moment you sleep your laptop and wake it somewhere else or have your wifi drop. In short, it provides the same basic feature (work with remote files over SSH) but in a much faster, more stable, more polished, and easier-to-use package.

]]> By: Craig http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-114696 Craig Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:46:21 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-114696 So, what advantage specifically does this offer over the free combination of MacFuse, sshfs and MacFusion (a menubar item offering GUI config/access to MacFuse filesystems). The combination has been rock solid in my mixed environment for over 6 months and is now an indispensable aid to system access, making most of my remote file manipulation "Mac" based, without the hassles of moving files. Craig So, what advantage specifically does this offer over the free combination of MacFuse, sshfs and MacFusion (a menubar item offering GUI config/access to MacFuse filesystems).

The combination has been rock solid in my mixed environment for over 6 months and is now an indispensable aid to system access, making most of my remote file manipulation “Mac” based, without the hassles of moving files.

Craig

]]> By: Jake http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-114695 Jake Tue, 26 Feb 2008 22:36:26 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-114695 I have been searching for something like this for quite a while, but I am a total newb. I would want to use this to connect to a hardrive on my windows desktop at home so I could listen to my full itunes library on my macbook. The only problem is I don't know what values to enter in ExpanDrive. Does my desktop computer need a static ip? Because I don't have one. What should my "server" and "username" and "password" be in my setup. Thanks for the help, there is next to no documentation for this software, I think it was developed for those with a little more technical savvy then I have. I have been searching for something like this for quite a while, but I am a total newb. I would want to use this to connect to a hardrive on my windows desktop at home so I could listen to my full itunes library on my macbook.

The only problem is I don’t know what values to enter in ExpanDrive. Does my desktop computer need a static ip? Because I don’t have one. What should my “server” and “username” and “password” be in my setup.

Thanks for the help, there is next to no documentation for this software, I think it was developed for those with a little more technical savvy then I have.

]]> By: Dustin Swede http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-114687 Dustin Swede Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:15:10 +0000 http://theappleblog.com/2008/02/26/quick-secure-network-filesystem-access-with-expandrive/#comment-114687 It's magic. This is exactly the way I wanted it to work. I have only tested it out a little but so far it has been exactly what I have always wanted. I was sold when I found it was as easy as their website says it is. It’s magic. This is exactly the way I wanted it to work. I have only tested it out a little but so far it has been exactly what I have always wanted. I was sold when I found it was as easy as their website says it is.

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