Comments on: ExpanDrive — Seamless sftp mounts http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/ TextMate and OS X Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:53:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: ExpanDrive = remote nirvana for your Slice? | http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-4502 ExpanDrive = remote nirvana for your Slice? | Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:34:36 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-4502 <p>[...] of buzz for the new Mac app ExpanDrive. There’s even a plug on the Textmate blog, where folks have been clamoring for a remote editing solution for as long as I can remember. [...]</p> [...] of buzz for the new Mac app ExpanDrive. There's even a plug on the Textmate blog, where folks have been clamoring for a remote editing solution for as long as I can remember. [...]

]]> By: Sam http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-4223 Sam Fri, 28 Aug 2009 07:04:10 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-4223 <p>ExpanDrive started out at what, $9 via Facebook with a 70% discount. Now they're $39.95 and offer a measly 2.5% discount via Facebook.</p> <p>Sure, having a cheap app at the start is a great way to get good reviews but jacking the price up by a factor of 4x afterwards is more than a little bit cheeky.</p> <p>I've read contradicting reports about the performance enhancements - from "no improvement over MacFUSE" to "night and day". Just a pity MacFusion appears to be unmaintained.</p> <p>Sam</p> ExpanDrive started out at what, $9 via Facebook with a 70% discount. Now they're $39.95 and offer a measly 2.5% discount via Facebook.

Sure, having a cheap app at the start is a great way to get good reviews but jacking the price up by a factor of 4x afterwards is more than a little bit cheeky.

I've read contradicting reports about the performance enhancements – from "no improvement over MacFUSE" to "night and day". Just a pity MacFusion appears to be unmaintained.

Sam

]]> By: Matt http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3790 Matt Thu, 21 May 2009 22:23:44 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3790 <p>Sorry for double post but I thought I'd add to my previous post by pointing out that it's not just with TextMate that ExpanDrive has a problem with FTP - just copying files to a from drive mounted on your desktop is so slow and prone to error that it's really not even worth attempting. Stick to a standard FTP client or go back to Terminal.</p> Sorry for double post but I thought I'd add to my previous post by pointing out that it's not just with TextMate that ExpanDrive has a problem with FTP – just copying files to a from drive mounted on your desktop is so slow and prone to error that it's really not even worth attempting. Stick to a standard FTP client or go back to Terminal.

]]> By: Matt http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3789 Matt Thu, 21 May 2009 19:19:05 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3789 <p>Been trialing Expandrive (2.0.1) with Textmate for a week now and found that mounting drives with SSH is ok, but FTP is hopeless - it's just perpetual beachballs and re-starts...</p> <p>Far quicker just to ftp the file down to your local machine and then FTP it back up again.</p> <p>But SSH is much quicker. I have noticed a problem, in that TM will crash if permissions haven't been set correctly on the folder / files you are editing (rather than saying 'you don't have permission'), which is a bit annoying.</p> <p>I <em>may</em> still buy it for SSH but it's quite disappointing that it doesn't work with FTP & TM.</p> Been trialing Expandrive (2.0.1) with Textmate for a week now and found that mounting drives with SSH is ok, but FTP is hopeless – it's just perpetual beachballs and re-starts…

Far quicker just to ftp the file down to your local machine and then FTP it back up again.

But SSH is much quicker. I have noticed a problem, in that TM will crash if permissions haven't been set correctly on the folder / files you are editing (rather than saying 'you don't have permission'), which is a bit annoying.

I may still buy it for SSH but it's quite disappointing that it doesn't work with FTP & TM.

]]> By: Jeff Mancuso http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3715 Jeff Mancuso Thu, 23 Apr 2009 01:41:10 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3715 <p>Thought I'd let everyone on this thread know that we just put out ExpanDrive 2 - it has a completely new SFTP core, with an even better meta-data caching infrastructure that really helps out TextMate [remate helps too]. Apart from that, you can expect double the throughput, S3 support, etc etc. Check it out if you're still skeptical http://bit.ly/14oUgu</p> Thought I'd let everyone on this thread know that we just put out ExpanDrive 2 – it has a completely new SFTP core, with an even better meta-data caching infrastructure that really helps out TextMate [remate helps too]. Apart from that, you can expect double the throughput, S3 support, etc etc. Check it out if you're still skeptical http://bit.ly/14oUgu

]]> By: joe http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3711 joe Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:13:22 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3711 <p>vim+expanDrive==cashmoney. oh sorry, wrong blog ;)</p> vim+expanDrive==cashmoney. oh sorry, wrong blog ;)

]]> By: Garrett http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3582 Garrett Sun, 11 Jan 2009 08:33:25 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3582 <p>I would like to note that ExpanDrive is <em>NOT</em> a good option for development teams working on the same project simultaneously. The caching is too aggressive.</p> <p>For example, when someone edits a file, saves it, and then asks you to take a look at it, it will not have their changes present when you open it <em>if</em> you had opened it previously. It does not matter how many times you try reopening it.</p> <p>This is dangerous and is not spelled out anywhere, at least that I could find, by the creators of ExpanDrive. Shame on them.</p> <p>Be wary if you work with others and use this product.</p> I would like to note that ExpanDrive is NOT a good option for development teams working on the same project simultaneously. The caching is too aggressive.

For example, when someone edits a file, saves it, and then asks you to take a look at it, it will not have their changes present when you open it if you had opened it previously. It does not matter how many times you try reopening it.

This is dangerous and is not spelled out anywhere, at least that I could find, by the creators of ExpanDrive. Shame on them.

Be wary if you work with others and use this product.

]]> By: John Wyles http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3528 John Wyles Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:26:24 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3528 <p>While I understand that mounting an SFTP connection can be very beneficial with TextMate, I have a huge codebase and TextMate+ExpanDrive does not seem to be able to hang with it. So the second option for me was an SFTP connection browser. I use CyberDuck, which gets huge bonus points for being free (although you should probably donate), and can open all the files I need in TextMate, saving them back via SFTP. The downside is there are some quirks in the CyberDuck UI which bug the crap outta me; so an SFTP plugin, or something more stable than the ExpanDrive+TextMate combo needs to developed and sold (I know I would fork over a good chunk of change for it).</p> While I understand that mounting an SFTP connection can be very beneficial with TextMate, I have a huge codebase and TextMate+ExpanDrive does not seem to be able to hang with it. So the second option for me was an SFTP connection browser. I use CyberDuck, which gets huge bonus points for being free (although you should probably donate), and can open all the files I need in TextMate, saving them back via SFTP. The downside is there are some quirks in the CyberDuck UI which bug the crap outta me; so an SFTP plugin, or something more stable than the ExpanDrive+TextMate combo needs to developed and sold (I know I would fork over a good chunk of change for it).

]]> By: Jason http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3527 Jason Wed, 10 Dec 2008 09:38:12 +0000 http://blog.macromates.com/2008/expandrive-seamless-sftp-mounts/#comment-3527 <p>I just upgraded to MacFuse 2.0.1 and MacFusion 2.0.3. The new sshfs is much, much faster than Expandrive but the problem with responsiveness in TM persists.</p> <p>Cheers, Jason.</p> I just upgraded to MacFuse 2.0.1 and MacFusion 2.0.3. The new sshfs is much, much faster than Expandrive but the problem with responsiveness in TM persists.

Cheers, Jason.

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