All your files on Box can be accessed from the desktop Box folder. Your content is streamed directly to your desktop, so you can access all your files without taking up too much hard drive space. This post from MiniTool teaches you how to get Box Drive download on Windows/Mac/iPhone/Android.

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How to Download & Install Box Drive on Windows

This part is about Box Drive download for Windows. The following are the system requirements for Box Drive download.

Prerequisites:

  • Windows 7 (32-bit or 64-bit) or Windows 10 (32-bit or 64-bit)
  • Universal CRT
  • .NET version 4.5.2 or higher
  • Box Sync is not installed

Recommended minimum system specifications:

  • 1.6GHz dual-core processor
  • 4GB of RAM

Follow the steps below to download Box Drive.

Step 1: Go to Box Download Page and scroll down the page to find the Desktop & Mobile Apps part.

Step 2: Go to the Box Drive part and click the Download Box Drive for Windows (64 bit) button.

click Download Box Drive for Windows (64 bit)

Step 3: Then, it will start to download the package. You need to choose a path to store the package.

Step 4: Now, double-click the Box Drive installer package to run it. It will start to configure its settings.

Step 5: Then, you can type your account and password to log in to Box Drive.

How to Download & Install Box Drive on Mac

This part is about Box Drive download on Mac. The following are the related system requirements.

Prerequisites:

  • macOS 10.11 or higher. macOS 10.13 is supported with Box Drive v1.2.93+
  • HFS or HFS+ formatted hard drive. APFS formatted hard drives are supported with Box Drive v1.2.93+
  • Box Sync is not installed

Recommended minimum system specifications:

  • 1.6GHz dual-core processor
  • 4GB of RAM

Follow the steps below to download Box Drive.

Step 1: Go to Box Download Page and scroll down the page to find the Desktop & Mobile Apps part.

Step 2: Go to the Box Drive part and click the Download Box Drive for Mac button.

click Download Box Drive for Mac

Step 3: Go to the location where you saved the file, then, double-click it to run the Installer. When prompted, select Install for all users of this computer and click Continue.

Note:

Note: Please don’t change the install location. Click Install.

Step 4: Once the installation has been completed, you will see an installation completed successfully window. Click Close to close the installer.

Final Words

This post provides a Box Drive download guide. Now you should know how to download the Box Drive app for Windows and Mac. I hope that this post can be useful to you.

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Daisy
Daisy

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Having been an editor at MiniTool since graduating college as an English major, Daisy specializes in writing about data backups, disk cloning, and file syncing as well as general computer knowledge and issues. In her free time, Daisy enjoys running and going with friends to the amusement park.