Cloud storage managers let you treat your online storage as local so you can perform operations from within Windows Explorer — including backup and sync.
If you’re like me and have multiple online storage accounts, you know that managing them via separate websites and clients is tedious at best. In my case, simply remembering what’s stored where can be a chore. That all ended when I discovered applications such as CloudMounter, ExpanDrive, Mountain Duck, Air Live Drive, and RaiDrive.
These “cloud storage managers” integrate your online storage services, as well as FTP/SFTP and WebDAV connections, into your operating system’s file and folder manager: Windows Explorer, macOS Finder, etc. Each connection appears as pseudo local or network drive with an honest-to-goodness drive letter that behaves just like the real deal, albeit a tad slower.
Yup, you can browse, copy, rename, delete, back up, etc. to your online services without firing up any additional software or a web browser. As an added benefit you can leverage cheaper, S3-compatible services that lack friendly client software. Or take advantage of all the free accounts out there with minimal fuss.
