Transform Your Gmail Account Into Online Portable Storage With gDisk

gDisk, created by Jean-Matthieu Schaffhauser, transforms your Gmail account into portable online storage. gDisk’s GUI interface makes uploading and downloading a matter of dragging and dropping. gDisk requires Mac OS X 10.3 or higher and a Gmail account.

With gDisk you can create folders (called “labels” in gDisk) on your Gmail account and upload/download files for storage. Uploading a file has the effect of creating a draft ‘conversation’ entry in your Gmail account. This can be viewed by logging into your Gmail account as you normally would on a browser.

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However, despite its functionality, gDisk together with Gmail, does not function exactly like an ftp application working together with an online server account. Nevertheless, provides a cost effective solution to online storage of limited file types.

Features:

  • Create / Delete gDisk label
  • Upload / Download files Drag n’ Drop files from / to Finder
  • gDisk can automatically check for software updates.

Issues and workarounds for gDisk version 0.2 are detailed in its release notes.

Issues :

  • When a gDisk label is deleted, its content is not move to the trash bin
  • Listing gDisk label can take some time.
  • You cannot empty the trash bin from gDisk, you have to log into your gmail account and do it manually
  • Only regular files can be uploaded. Folders and bundles directories are not yet supported. A workaround is to archive them in a zip file before uploading

Currently, Gmail accounts can be acquired through invitations by current Gmail users.

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