Our Verdict
Cloud storage is a groovy agency to synchronize up capacity to access on multiple devices and platform , and provides an offsite backup for authoritative single file . But if you ’re like me , you ’ve got numerous cloud accounts , with files spread out among them . Cloud Commander(Mac App Store contact ) decrease the insanity by let you connect to your Dropbox , Box , Microsoft OneDrive , Google Drive , SugarSync , Copy.com , Bitcasa , Picasa , and Flickr report in one home . It can also dissemble as a WebDAV or FTP client .
Once you ’ve colligate your account , double - click one to open it in the Cloud Commander window . From there you could drag and drop file and folders to and from that divine service , either impress or copy the item , count on how you ’ve configured Cloud Commander ’s preferences . Control- or right - press a file or folder to rename , delete , or ( for most service of process ) get a sharable connectedness for it . you could select an point and press the spacebar for a QuickLook trailer . you may even afford multiple Cloud Commander windows to , say , copy files from your Dropbox account to your OneDrive account .
There are some limitation . For example , for Flickr an Picasa it shows images within each solidification or album , but does n’t let you imitate pictures — just reckon them or open up them with another app on your Mac . Google Drive only show your capacity , not item share with you . And although I was able to connect to two dissimilar FTP server , all Cloud Commander showed was a caboodle of nameless files and empty folders . ( The troupe allege it ’s tested Cloud Commander successfully with several FTP server . )
But for its pith function of letting you connect to multiple cloud storage service from a single , simple-minded interface , Cloud Commander does the thaumaturgy .
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