How to connect to Box.com by CrossFTP

To access files on Box.com, you can use WebDav protocol in CrossFTP. WebDav was enabled on Box.com since October 25, 2019.

To connect to Box.com in CrossFTP

1. Create a new Site in CrossFTP (e.g., Sites -> Site Manager), and  choose Protocol as WebDav/HTTPS
2. Fill in the Host, User Name, and Password info for Box.com (reference link):
• Host: https://dav.box.com/dav
• User Name: Box login email address
• Password: Box login password

Press Connect button to connect to Box.com

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CrossFTP is a FTP, SFTP, FXP, WebDav, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Storage, and OpenStack Swift client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
CrossFTP Home: http://www.crossftp.com/

Save Data Transfer Time and Cost by Compression in CrossFTP

Saving data transfer time and cost is one of the most important object for FTP/Cloud storage client. In this document, we present how CrossFTP can help to save data transfer time and cost by compression.

It's easy to turn on data compression supported in CrossFTP: go Sites -> Site Manager ->  Actions -> Data Compression. Once this is toggled, CrossFTP automatically compresses your file before the transfer happens, and upload to the remote site. This helps to save time and cost for file transfers:

• For cloud storage (e.g., S3, Microsoft Azure) and WebDav protocols: gzip is used as content encoding to compress the files
• For FTP, mode Z is enabled during the data transfer to reduce the transportation size.

Hope this article provides helpful information for you. Any questions, feel free to let us know.

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CrossFTP is a FTP, SFTP, FXP, WebDav, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Google Cloud Storage, and OpenStack Swift client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
CrossFTP Home: http://www.crossftp.com/

FTP/Cloud Stroage Sites' Password Protection in CrossFTP

Security is one of the top consideration when choosing FTP/Cloud storage client software and providers. CrossFTP puts security as top priority in its design. For security of FTP/Cloud storage client software, it includes 3 parts: 1,  protect the FTP/Cloud storage sites' password in local configuration; 2,  protect the password and files during the data transfer; 3, protect the files on the remote storage service provider.

In this document, we focus on point 1: how CrossFTP protects the FTP/Cloud storage sites' password in local configuration.

• All sites' password are encrypted by CrossFTP so that any other software cannot steal any of your sites' secrets.
• User has the option to use a customized password to encrypt your sites' password by: Sites -> Password Protection -> Set Master Password.
• Attention: user need to remember and input this password when CrossFTP starts. There is no way to recover this password.
• After setting master password,  user can remove it by: Sites -> Password Protection -> Clear Master Password.

In conclusion, CrossFTP protects all of your FTP/Cloud storage sites' password in local configuration. User don't need to worry about local configuration's security in CrossFTP.

Hope this article provides helpful information for you. Any questions, feel free to let us know.

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CrossFTP is a FTP, SFTP, FXP, WebDav, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Google Cloud Storage, and OpenStack Swift client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
CrossFTP Home: http://www.crossftp.com/

How to Edit/Open Files in CrossFTP

To edit/open files in the CrossFTP's local/remote panel, you can use the Edit/Open context menu when you select the file (see Fig. 1.). This helps you to streamline the file edit/open/preview journey.

 

Fig. 1. Edit/Open Local/Remote Files

To decide which program is used to edit/open the file, CrossFTP allows you to customize the program based on the file extension. After select "Choose Program..." context menu in Fig. 1., fill in the key program information and press OK (see Fig. 2.).

 

Fig. 2. Customize Program to Edit/Open the File

Trouble shooting

For Mac OS, if you want to Edit/Open the Local/Remote Files but failed, it may be caused by that you are using Mac AppStore version CrossFTP, which has sandbox policy that forbids CrossFTP to open the file.

To solve this issue, download and install non-AppStore version CrossFTP from our download page, and the problem should be solved.
On non-AppStore version CrossFTP, if you find that the original FTP sites are empty, you can import the AppStore version's FTP sites by: Sites -> Import -> CrossFTP Pro (Mac App Store) to import your original sites.

Hope this article provides helpful information for you. Any questions, feel free to let us know.

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CrossFTP is a FTP, SFTP, FXP, WebDav, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Google Cloud Storage, and OpenStack Swift client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
CrossFTP Home: http://www.crossftp.com/

How to use Multi-thread Engine in CrossFTP to Turbo the Transfer Speed

When there are lots of data to be transferred, it is critical to choose a powerful engine to help turbo your transfer speed and save your time. CrossFTP Pro/Enterprise provides extremely powerful multi-thread engine and multi-part upload/download support to turbo your transfer speed.

To turn on the multi-thread transfer engine, do one of the following:

• Option 1: go Tools -> Global Options -> General -> Concurrent Transfers (see Fig. 1).

 

Fig. 1. Update Concurrent Transfers Thread Number 

•  Option 2: after transfer starts, change the thread number at the bottom right side of the status bar (see Fig. 2).

 

Fig. 2. Update Concurrent Transfer Thread Number

CrossFTP supports up to 100x thread number to maximize your transfer speed, especially when you have lots of files that single transfer thread cannot fully utilize the network bandwidth.

To improve transfer speed and reliability on large files, you can  utilize CrossFTP Pro/Enterprise's multi-part upload and download function. This helps to divide your large file into smaller segments to enable the concurrent transfers and improve the transfer reliability.

To enable multi-part download, go Tools -> Global Options -> Transfer -> Enable Multi-Part download (see Fig. 3).

Fig. 3. Config Multipart Download and Part Size

Multi-part upload needs server side support. Currently most cloud storage provider supports this feature. To enable multi-part upload, go Tools -> Global Options -> S3/Glacier/AZure -> Enable MultiUpload (see Fig. 4).

 

Fig. 4. Config MultiUpload and Part Size

Hope this article provides helpful information for you. Any questions, feel free to let us know.

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CrossFTP is a FTP, SFTP, FXP, WebDav, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Google Cloud Storage, and OpenStack Swift client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
CrossFTP Home: http://www.crossftp.com/

CrossFTP 1.99.3 Release

CrossFTP 1.99.3 is a major update. The main changes are:

- Enable SFTP, SFTP/SSH, WebDav, Microsoft AZure, and OpenStack Swift in CrossFTP.
- Improve compatible S3 sites' support: to create a bucket on the custom storage location, instead of now where it's locked to predefined Amazon locations
- Fix stability issues for local-site-local, and refine the temporary cache file management.
- Refine the popup dialog hiding issue on site manager.
This update is recommended for all CrossFTP users.

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CrossFTP is a FTP, SFTP, FXP, WebDav, Amazon S3, Amazon Glacier, Google Cloud Storage, MS AZure, and OpenStack Swift client for Windows, Mac, and Linux.
CrossFTP Home: http://www.crossftp.com/