ExpanDrive 7 review: Number seven not all lucky for Mac cloud storage utility
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By the time an application reaches version 7.0, users anticipate fewer whiz-bang new features as developers focus on refining core functionality and required compatibility updates. ExpanDrive 6 ditched the traditional compact user interface in favor of a free-floating, expandable window opened by clicking a familiar menu bar icon that clutters the top of your screen. Case in point: FTP, SFTP, and WebDAV servers unable to connect display an endless “Mounting Drive” message, rather than any indication of what might be happening. The previous version boasted up to a 500 percent boost in transfer speeds thanks to a multi-threading StrongSync engine, and the latest edition ratchets things up yet again to fast and furious levels, particularly with larger files. Such performance improvements can largely be attributed to intelligent caching, and ExpanDrive 7 addresses one longtime limitation by allowing users to change the location of such files to any volume, rather than consuming precious internal resources.
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