Box Drive on MacOS uses the architecture with Apple File Provider Extensions (FPE). With this architecture Box Drive provides seamless and secure access on Intel and Apple silicon devices and doesn't require use of kernel extensions.
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Supported operating systems
- Two latest version of macOS.
- macOS Big Sur (11.5 and above).
- macOS Monterey (12 and above).
Supported devices
- Apple silicon.
- Intel-based Mac devices.
Details of the FPE mode
Added features
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Mac Packages are supported.
Unsupported features
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Custom Mount Location on macOS 11.5 and 12 is no longer supported due to an architectural limitation in Apple File Provider Extensions.
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Admins can't customize the cache size for users.
User experience
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Overlay icons are refreshed to align with other system icons.
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The Box folder's mount location is ~/Library/CloudStorage/Box-Box
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These are controlled by macOS, not Box Drive, and could change without notice.
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Box is available under Locations in Finder.
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Items (files or folders) dragged and dropped from a user's local drive into Box are moved instead of copied. Similarly, items dragged and dropped from the Box folder to user’s local drive are moved instead of copied and hence deleted from Box.
Known Limitations:
- Mac Package files opened in iWork don't support real-time collaboration. You can still edit package files in iWork, but cannot do it using real-time collaboration. Non-package files opened in iWork support real-time collaboration.
- Box Drive's Custom Mount Location feature is no longer supported on Apple macOS devices configured using Box Drive v 2.23.193 or above. Custom Mount Location continues to work if you're using the legacy kernel-based Box Drive configuration on macOS 11.x and 10.15. For more details, see this article.