Map Box.net drive on Mac and Windows

December 07, 2011

Its been a while since I last posted.

I just wanted to share a useful tip for those that use Box.net (now Box.com). I was able to get myself a 50GB Box.net account for free and have began to use it more along with Dropbox.

If you have noticed, Box.net is very similar to Dropbox except that it costs money to upgrade to get the seamless syncing like Dropbox has.

There is no reason to pay for these apps as you can simply map the Box.net account to a drive on your Mac or Windows computer.

How to map box.net drive on Mac:
1. Open up finder
2. Go to the Go menu and select "Connect to Server"
3. In the server address enter - http://box.com/dav
4. Press the + sign to add to favorite servers
5. Connect and enter your Box.net login information

How to map box.net drive on Windows
1. Go to Start -> Computer
2. Map network drive
3. Select a Drive letter
4. Input http://box.com.dav as the folder
5. Select Reconnect on logon
6. Press finish and enter your box.net account information


Now I personally have a combination of 69GB of Cloud Storage for free. 50GB comes from Box.net and 19GB comes from Dropbox.