Comments on: ExpanDrive: FTP that doesn’t suck

By: Mary-Anne Tanvir

Mary-Anne Tanvir — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:40:44 +0000

Hi. I read a few of your other posts and wanted to know if you would be interested in exchanging blogroll links?

By: TMR

TMR — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:42:21 +0000

Rob, that’s probably because Expandrive doesn’t support FTP. You can try WebDrive which does FTP and FTPS as well as SFTP, S3 and WebDAV. http://www.webdrive.com

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:54:02 +0000

ExpanDrive doesn’t list anyfiles on my FTP
It connects with a blank file list.

Using the same access details works fine in Path Finder and even Firefox.

By: Samm

Samm — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:54:06 +0000

The mention of Hostgator’s unlimited $4.95 hosting is very misleading to unknowledgeable readers. Web Hosts that offer “unlimited” hosting, when you read the fine print, the unlimited part only count to files that are used to run websites. It DOES NOT include storage. Many of these “unlimited” hosts will actually delete your files that are simply storage if they exceed their predetermined allotment. So, you absolutely do not have unlimited storage of files for $5/month. I don’t want people to rely on this misinformation to set up their backups. If look at HostGator’s website here: http://www.hostgator.com/tos.shtml, about halfway down, it specifically reads “Using a shared account as a backup/storage device is not permitted, with the exception of one cPanel backup of the same account.” This is standard with “unlimited” web hosting. Do not use for storage, unless you don’t mind having your files deleted. I have nothing against ExpanDrive (there is actually a good chance I purchase it), but be carefully where you back up your files online. ZumoDrive is really expenive, but Amazon S3 is not. You could use a front end like JungleDisk (http://www.jungledisk.com/) and it only costs $20 one time fee (this allows to install on as monay computers as you like and have a portable USB version also). For only $1/month it gets you the “plus” services – probably worth it.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:51:01 +0000

Issues include security. What if you have the space already and just need a client. I find Transmit a very easy to use FTP client. And it costs less.

Constant connections to FTP are not necessary.

And I can’t even FTP from work. It’s against corporate policy. So we have a program that creates a DMZ inside our firewall. We can get to it, and people outside can too, but you can’t go all the way through.

This would not help.

And it’s not as good as an iPhone, or cream cheese, or a good thick steak. Let alone 24 on Blu-ray. So what?

By: Jed

Jed — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:40:58 +0000

Forgot to mention that its free!

By: Jed

Jed — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:40:24 +0000

I think MacFusion does the same thing as ExpanDrive. Supports FTP and SSH but I’m not sure about FTPS.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:39:18 +0000

If you use cPanel for your web hosting, they’ve offered this for over a year now thru WebDisks

By: jack

jack — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 14:35:18 +0000

Wow this is so awesome! Thanks BGR

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone).

By: beyondthetech

beyondthetech — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 12:50:54 +0000

I never thought the file transferring and hosting could ever be sexy. Boy, I was wrong! I could use a cold shower right now…

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Elizabeth United States

By: StevenGlansburg

StevenGlansburg — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:29:57 +0000

This is no iphone

By: Pythagoras

Pythagoras — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:25:55 +0000

Lol.
BTW, given permissions on a hosting account are open for read, how do they deal with that?

By: Dark Cobra

Dark Cobra — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:16:42 +0000

LOL . . . well you dared somebody to say it! (Of course it ain’t true).

By: Dark Cobra

Dark Cobra — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:15:45 +0000

“This product is not as good as an iPHONE!”

By: JR

JR — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 23:02:45 +0000

I’ve used this in the past, and it works extremely well. It’ll sometimes report available space as zero on the remote drive and prevent you from copying anything to it, but ejecting and reattaching is simple enough that it’s not a huge issue.

By: Alroy Gibson

Alroy Gibson — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:54:41 +0000

It seems very interesting! It would be definitely worth a look. The interface seems simple and secure.

By: Pythagoras

Pythagoras — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 22:38:18 +0000

I’m just waiting for the first post that says, “This product is not as good as an iPHONE!”