Overview
Box Drive brings your entire Box folder tree to your desktop. All of the files you have on Box are accessible from your desktop Box folder. Your content is streamed directly to your desktop, so you can access all of your files without using much hard drive space. Box Drive includes a search feature that allows you to search all of the files you have stored in Box. And, Box Drive is integrated into Windows Explorer and Mac Finder so you do not have to access a separate application to access your files.
To install Box Drive on macOS: Download the Box Drive installer.; Navigate to the location where you saved the file, then, double-click it. The installer starts. When prompted, select Install for all users of this computer and click Continue.; DO NOT change the install location. Click Install.; The system displays a notificatation when the installation completes. Download Box Drive for Mac Download Box Drive for Windows (64 bit) Download Box Drive for Windows (32 bit) Box Tools. Create and edit any file type, including Office, CAD, and Photoshop, directly from your web browser. Use the default application installed on your computer, knowing your files are automatically saved to Box.
System requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.13 or higher
Install Box Drive
1. Download the install package from the Box download page.
2. Double-click the install package file called Box.pkg.
3. In the Install Box window, click Continue.
4. Follow the prompts in the install wizard to install Box Drive. When the installation is successful, click Close.
5. A pop-up window appears to sign into your Box account. Sign in with your Stanford email address (SUNetID@stanford.edu) and click Next.
7. On the Stanford Login page, type your SUNetID and password. Click Login.
8. If you are moving from Box Sync to Box Drive, you do not need to uninstall Box Sync. If you had any unsynced content, locally, prior to installing Box Drive, the Box Drive installer will create a folder called 'Archived - Box Sync' where you can review these files and manually place them in Box, if you wish. If you do have unsynced content, you'll see a pop up message notifying you about this.
9. Box Drive launches. You can take a Take a Tour or you can go to Finder and verify that all of your Box files have already been synced by Box Drive.
Search Box Drive
1. In the Menu bar, click on the Box icon.
2. In the Search window, type your search criteria.
3. In the results window, click on the result that you want to view or edit.
Get help
If you need more assistance, please see the Box Community Forum or submit a help ticket for Stanford Box or for Stanford Medicine Box.
- Categories:
- Free, Desktop, Editing, Official Box
- Updated:
- May 5, 2020
- Support:
- support@box.com
Description
Open, edit and save files in Box directly from Microsoft Office and Office 365 ProPlus on your Windows PC using Box for Office. Share files with others from Office and Outlook using shared links to avoid insecure attachments, save network bandwidth and reduce storage costs.
Box for Office requires Windows 7 or higher, Office 2010 or higher, and administrative rights for installation. For more information, see this support page.
Install Box for Office, and get the power and security of Box with the productivity of Microsoft Office.
For more information about how Box and Microsoft work together, please see Box.com/Microsoft.