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What it is
Mountain Duck is a utility that lets you treat remote servers and cloud accounts as if they were local drives. Instead of downloading or syncing files, you can open and edit remote items directly from your file manager using any installed application.
How it operates
By mounting cloud storage and remote servers into your system’s file browser, the app makes remote files appear and behave like files on a local disk. This removes the need for continuous synchronization: files remain on the remote service and are fetched or saved on demand.
Services and protocols supported
- SFTP
- Azure Blob Storage
- Amazon S3
- OpenStack Swift
- FTP
- WebDAV
User interface and workflow
The application offers a minimal, unobtrusive menu-bar control for quickly mounting and unmounting volumes. Once connected, remote directories appear in the file explorer and can be browsed, opened, and edited with your preferred software exactly as if they were stored locally.
Suggested alternative
If you’re looking for another option, MacDroid Free is a commonly recommended alternative for macOS users who need straightforward mounting of remote storage.
Technical
- Windows
- Mac
- Free
