<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
network	O
filesystem	O
client	O
for	O
MacOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
that	O
facilitates	O
mapping	O
of	O
local	O
volume	O
to	O
many	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
cloud	O
storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
server	O
is	O
mounted	O
with	O
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
any	O
program	O
can	O
read	O
,	O
write	O
,	O
and	O
manage	O
remote	O
files	O
(	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
files	O
that	O
only	O
exist	O
on	O
the	O
server	O
)	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
were	O
stored	O
locally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
different	O
from	O
most	O
File	B-Protocol
Transfer	I-Protocol
Clients	I-Protocol
because	O
it	O
is	O
integrated	O
into	O
all	O
applications	O
on	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
is	O
commercial	O
software	O
,	O
at	O
a	O
cost	O
of	O
$49.95	O
per	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
uses	O
a	O
custom	O
FUSE	B-Application
implementation	O
as	O
its	O
file	O
system	O
implementation	O
layer	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	O
and	O
Windows	O
and	O
system-packaged	O
FUSE	B-Application
on	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SftpDrive	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
2	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
21	O
,	O
2011	O
adding	O
support	O
for	O
plain	O
FTP	B-Protocol
,	O
Amazon	O
S3	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
service	O
named	O
Strongspace	O
Online	O
Storage	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive2	O
included	O
a	O
rewritten	O
SFTP	B-Protocol
engine	O
which	O
laid	O
the	O
groundwork	O
for	O
a	O
unified	O
Mac	O
and	O
Windows	O
code	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
3	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
14	O
,	O
2013	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
user-interface	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
more	O
drive	O
types	O
such	O
as	O
Dropbox	O
,	O
OpenStack	O
,	O
Rackspace	O
and	O
WebDAV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
4	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
12	O
,	O
2014	O
with	O
dramatically	O
faster	O
access	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
4	O
also	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
OneDrive	I-Application
,	O
Copy.com,	O
HP	B-General_Concept
Helion	I-General_Concept
Cloud	O
,	O
Owncloud	B-Language
and	O
hubiC	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
5	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
June	O
15	O
,	O
2015	O
with	O
a	O
near-total	O
rewrite	O
of	O
its	O
core	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
6	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
July	O
5	O
,	O
2017	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
redesign	O
to	O
version	O
6.1	O
on	O
September	O
25	O
,	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ExpanDrive	B-Protocol
7	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
May	O
8	O
,	O
2019	O
,	O
which	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
A	O
cloud	O
storage	O
browser	O
and	O
transfer	O
application	O
,	O
multi-user	O
file	O
locking	O
,	O
search	O
and	O
version	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
increased	O
list	O
of	O
supported	O
storage	O
and	O
cloud	O
storage	O
providers	O
have	O
been	O
introduced	O
since	O
version	O
5	O
,	O
including	O
Dropbox	O
,	O
Google	O
Drive	O
,	O
Google	O
Team	O
Drives	O
,	O
Amazon	O
Drive	O
,	O
Box	O
,	O
OneDrive	B-Application
,	O
OneDrive	B-Application
for	O
Business	O
,	O
Sharepoint	O
,	O
Openstack	O
Swift	O
,	O
BackBlaze	O
B2	O
,	O
Amazon	O
S3	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
SFTP	B-Protocol
,	O
FTP	B-Protocol
or	O
WebDAV	O
server	O
and	O
SMB/Windows	O
File	O
Sharing	O
.	O
</s>
