Connect mode

When connecting to a server, you can choose between Online, Smart Synchronization, and Integrated connect mode:

The Integrated connect mode synchronizes files and folders from a directory on the local disk with support from macOS and Windows.

Feature Comparison

Online

Smart Synchronization

Integrated

Network Volume

Offline Access

✔ Save files in cache on disk for access with no server connectivity

Index Files

✔ Index folder contents in cache on disk for access with no server connectivity

Buffer file contents

︎Temporarily save opened files for faster access later

Temporarily save opened files to copy to cache on disk

Synchronization

Changes are immediately uploaded

✔ Synchronize changes in the background

Transfer Progress

Progress window in Finder.app or Windows Explorer

Progress in the status bar (macOS) or taskbar (Windows)

Progress in the status bar (macOS) or taskbar (Windows) and progress icon in Finder & Windows Explorer

Recent Files

✔ Available in the status bar (macOS) or taskbar (Windows)

Lock Files

✔︎

Share Files

Quota Support

Mountain Duck displays the overall quota present on the server as available disk space on the mounted volume.

Protocol

Support

Local Disk

SFTP

FTP

WebDAV

Google Drive

Google Cloud Storage

Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft Sharepoint

Files.com

DRACOON

Backblaze B2

Box.com

Dropbox

Nextcloud

ownCloud

S3

SMB

Windows Azure

OpenStack Object Storage

Limited Support

  • Microsoft OneDrive: Quota is only supported when setting the Path in the bookmark configuration to a folder different from /.

  • Microsoft SharePoint: Quota is only supported when setting the Path in the bookmark configuration to a Drives folder in a SharePoint site folder.

Some protocols do not report the available quota. Finder and Windows Explorer will show exabyte values in Online connect mode and the available space within the synchronization cache location on your local disk in Smart Synchronization connect mode for the affected protocols.

Note

Quota support can be disabled for all protocols.