Client Guides

Email Domain Website Lookup Setup

09/28/2023 - The Email Domain Website Lookup feature provides an easy way for Mobile Client (iOS, Android) users to “lookup” their MyWorkDrive server address using their email. It saves them from needing to know/remember the server address. All they have to do is enter their email. Client Experience On the client, the first screen, the user is […]"

Secure mode driver in MyWorkDrive mapped drive client for Windows

05/13/2023 - The MyWorkDrive “Secure mode driver” is a Windows Explorer namespace extension which is used to display Data leak protection (DLP) restricted shares in the Windows mapped drive client. It is a component of the feature which makes DLP restricted shares easy to be accessed by users by presenting them as mapped drive(s) on Windows. Similar […]"

MWD Window in macOS client

05/08/2023 - The macOS client from version 6.1 includes a feature titled the “MWD Window” From version 6.4.1.680, the MWD Window is the default view when running the client, or when clicking on the MyWorkDrive shortcut in Favorites. It runs as its own application and will show up on the dock. All users are encouraged to upgrade […]"

Microsoft Edge WebView2

07/06/2022 - The MyWorkDrive Map Drive client for Windows uses Microsoft Edge WebView2 as of client version 6.3, which is a seperate install that is processed at the time of install of the Map Drive client. Server Administration uses Edge WebView2 as of server version 6.4 as an option for Administration as well. This permits administrators to […]"

Windows Map Drive Client Free Disk Space

02/13/2021 - The MyWorkDrive Map Drive client from version 5.4.2 and later will correctly resolve the free space on network shares when assigning individual drive letters to each share on the server. The display may not initially show up. The shares will mount and become available even if the size display is initially inaccurate. It will update […]"

Local Office Editing from the Web Client - Trust Center Approved hosts

12/28/2020 - When users open Office documents in Local office from the web client, users with new/updated versions of Microsoft Office installed locally may receive a warning about opening documents from online sources referencing the Trust Center. It only applies to Local Office when opening from the Web Client. Clients opening in Local Office via the map […]"

Installing MyWorkDrive on macOS Big Sur and Apple M1 Processors

12/04/2020 - To install and run MyWorkDrive on an Apple M1 processor Mac, you will need to enable kernel (system) extensions in the Recovery Enviornment. The process will require you to approve changes in the Security & Privacy contol panel of System Preferences, make edits in the Recovery Console and reboot several times. This new process applies […]"

Prior Versions and information for macOS Clients

11/18/2020 - This information is for older macOS clients. For the current macOS client information click here. ContentsInstallation MethodMyWorkDrive Previous Version 6.2 clientDownloadMyWorkDrive 5.2 Legacy Beta clientRequirementsDownloadmacOS Settings and security warnings Installation Method MyWorkDrive map drive client for macOS versions 6.2 and earlier require macFuse (Fuse for macOS) to be installed prior to installing the MyWorkDrive client. […]"

Manually Adding MyWorkDrive as Storage in iOS (Detailed)

05/05/2020 - Note As of July 2021 this method is no longer supported on iOS devices. Microsoft has changed the Office Online program and it no longer works the same with MyWorkDrive. MyWorkDrive will now launch office documents to edit in Office Online by default. You can also access those files through the office apps via files […]"

Troubleshooting and consideration for slow file transfer performance on clients

12/20/2019 - Occasionally, when a company deploys MyWorkDrive for the first time or introduces MyWorkDrive to a new group of employees, they will get user feedback that the performance is “slow” when the users access files via MyWorkDrive from outside the office / off the network. The feedback most often comes from Web Client and Map Drive […]"