Box Sync EOL, is Box Drive the same?

Hi Andy,

It is great that you are planning ahead for the transition! To answer your main question: Yes, Box Drive will work beautifully for your needs, but it does operate on a different underlying concept than Box Sync.

Because your total file size is very small (less than 3GB) and you want all files synced across your devices, you will find Box Drive highly capable, though you will want to configure one specific setting to make it behave exactly like Box Sync.

Here is a breakdown of how Box Drive compares:

• Box Sync: Physically downloads (mirrors) all marked folders onto your local hard drive. If you are offline, the files are there, but they take up local disk space.
• Box Drive: Works like a "virtual" drive. It displays your entire Box folder structure on your computer (under a virtual folder) without actually downloading the files. Files are streamed on-demand when you double-click to open them. This saves local hard drive space but requires an active internet connection by default.

Since you mentioned you and your wife want guaranteed access to all your files on your PC and laptop even when offline, you can easily configure Box Drive to mirror your content just like Box Sync did.

In Box Drive, this is called Mark for Offline Access:

• Once Box Drive is installed, navigate to your Box folder on your computer (using File Explorer on Windows or Finder on Mac).
• Right-click the main folder containing your 3GB of files.
• Select "Always keep on this device" (or "Make Available Offline") from the context menu.
• Box Drive will download all 3GB of those files to your local drive. Any changes you or your wife make will automatically sync back to the cloud and across your other devices, exactly as Box Sync did.

Hope this helps!