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Transition from BoxSync to BoxDrive: searching for files in cloud storage

  • March 23, 2026
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When BoxSync reaches end of life, I will have to consider whether to migrate to BoxDrive. 

I need to be able to search and access my entire cloud backup (currently 565 GB) from the finder (Spotlight) or with various finder tools (Alfred, FindAnyFile, or Raycast). I understand that such searching is not possible with BoxDrive. Is this true? If it is true, what are the alternative ways of performing these searches/accesses using BoxDrive? 

Increasingly I need to search not only by file name but by file contents (keywords), sometimes by last modified date, etc. In other words, searching and opening a file by name is not the only search type I need to perform.

If this becomes impossible, I will need to find another syncing solution. Recommendations appreciated on any of the above.

Latest MacOS.

Tx.