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Download Mountain Duck as an alternative to Box Drive.

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Connecting

Use the default Box connection profile to connect to your server using the Box API. This allows to have Multi-Factor Authentication enabled for your account.

Alternate Connection Options

FTP

Important

Only available for Box business and enterprise accounts

Enter the following information in the bookmark:

  • Protocol: FTP or FTPS

  • Server: ftp.box.com

  • Username: Your Box account email address

  • Password: Your Box account password

WebDAV

Warning

Box WebDAV support reached end-of-life at October 25th, 2019

  1. Download the Box Connection Profile or install it from Preferences… → Profiles for preconfigured settings.

  2. Enter your email address for the username.

Alternatively, enter the following information in the bookmark:

  • Protocol: WebDAV (HTTPS)

  • Server: dav.box.com

  • Username: Your Box account email address

  • Password: Your Box account password

  • Path: dav

Share

Note

Only available using the default Box connection profile.

Create download shares of files or folders for people who are not Box users by using File → Share….

Known Limitations

Modification Date

The modification date retention is supported for new files uploaded but without the option to adjust the modification date later.

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