Hey everyone, has anyone nailed down a solid way to mount S3 buckets or even SFTP servers right into Finder like they're just another local drive on macOS? Lately I've been juggling a ton of media files stored in S3 for work projects, and constantly logging into the AWS console or dragging stuff back and forth is killing my workflow. Last week I tried tinkering with some command-line stuff like s3fs after a late-night coffee binge, but it felt clunky and kept dropping connections when I moved folders around. SFTP is even more annoying since I sometimes need quick access to remote dev servers without the full ssh hassle. Curious what everyone's go-to method is these days—something reliable that doesn't eat up too much battery or require constant babysitting?
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Yeah, I hear you on that frustration—I've been there too. For a while I stuck to manual transfers, but it got old fast. What ended up saving my sanity is this app called CloudMounter that basically lets you mount both S3 buckets and SFTP servers as regular drives in Finder. You can check it out here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cloudmounter-cloud-manager/id1130254674. Honestly, it's been pretty smooth for me; no more terminal wrestling matches, and it handles the connections quietly in the background. I use it mostly for S3 when I'm editing videos straight from the bucket without downloading everything first. SFTP works nicely too for quick server peeks. Not saying it's perfect—uploads can cache temporarily and feel a bit slow on huge files—but overall it's made my daily grind way less painful. Anyone else tried it or found something better?