Hi Ian, Thank you for the suggestion for ExpanDrive. I am experimenting with all WebDav w/ Box, ExpanDrive and Webdrive with Google Drive. WebDav and Box didn't seem to work well as a well known it repeatedly asks for username and password. I am looking into a fix on this. I will let you know how ExpanDrive and WebDrive turn out.
Thanks again, Jonas On Mon, Apr 13, 2015 at 5:17 PM, Ian Crew <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jonas: > > You might want to check out ExpanDrive <http://expandrive.com>, which > claims to do this for Google and Box (as well as a number of other services > that aren't centrally supported on campus). I've heard good things about > it from people I trust, but I don't have personal experience with it. It is > commercial software. > > As a potential alternative, if you use Box instead of Drive, you can > connect to Box with WebDAV, which will give you what you're looking for, > albeit somewhat slowly. Depending on your needs, that may be sufficient > (and the price--free--is right). To access it via WebDAV, you'll need to set > an external password > <https://kb.berkeley.edu/campus-shared-services/page.php?id=27032> the > see the WebDAV instructions > <https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/200519748-Does-Box-support-WebDAV->. > Note that the instructions to use "Your Box account email address" should > follow the [email protected] format, if your CalNet ID differs from > your primary @berkeley.edu email address. > > See http://kb.berkeley.edu/page.php?id=44390 for a summary of the > different collaboration platforms here on campus and the strengths of each. > > Hope that helps, > > Ian > > On Apr 13, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Cedr Departmental <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello: > > I am interested in using Google Drive as a file sharing resource and I > would like to know if anyone has tried mapping it as a network drive (in > that there is no syncing of folders involve). I know that users can > selective sync the folders with Google Drive client installed, but we'd > prefer to see everything in a letter-drive and work from it. > > I appreciate any comments or suggestions. > > Thank you, > Jonas > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The following was automatically added to this message by the list server: > > To learn more about Micronet, including how to subscribe to or unsubscribe > from its mailing list and how to find out about upcoming meetings, please > visit the Micronet Web site: > > http://micronet.berkeley.edu > > Messages you send to this mailing list are public and world-viewable, and > the list's archives can be browsed and searched on the Internet. This > means these messages can be viewed by (among others) your bosses, > prospective employers, and people who have known you in the past. > > ANNOUNCEMENTS: To send announcements to the Micronet list, please use the > [email protected] list. > > > ___ > Ian Crew > > IST-Architecture, Platforms and Integration (API) > Earl Warren Hall, Second Floor > University of California, Berkeley > >
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