MacMate Blog Cloud Disk Versatility

Why MacMate is so differentBack in 2011 when we designed MacMate as a MobileMe and iDisk replacement, we wanted to ensure we added something we all wanted here - and our customers told us they wanted too: Versatility.Cloud disks were really just starting out and many people had been using FTP and AFP with apps like Carbon Copy Cloner, Interachy and Goodsync for a while, and they did a good job of keeping a backup.So we wanted to ensure that you didn't need a an application to use MacMate - it should mount on your desktop like a real disk. The fact that it was a cloud disk should be irrelevant (especially as broadband speeds start approaching speeds of Disks, USB and USB2). So it had to support Apple's native AFP file-sharing protocol.But we also wanted to give users the versatility to use their MacMate cloud disk exactly how they wanted to - using the best method for whatever situation or software they were using. So we built our very own web-based File Manager, iOS App, WebDav server and added support for FTP and SFTP. We pretty much got all bases covered!We're not saying getting all of those systems to work together on one storage platform was easy (thats why other companies tend to support just one or two!) - the conflicts and hurdles we had to cross were immense. But we perfected it to create what we think is the most versatile cloud disk out there: MacMate.