Drive Uploader for macOS

Everything your NAS should feel like

A real Mac app: two panes, drag and drop both ways, and transfers you never have to babysit.

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Right in Finder

Mount your NAS in the Finder sidebar with a click. Files download on demand and open like they were local.

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Transfers that finish

Uploads resume where they left off if the connection drops or your Mac sleeps. A 40 GB file never starts over at 39.

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Every file verified

Each transfer is checksum-checked by the NAS itself. A damaged file is rejected, never silently saved.

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Set-and-forget sync

Push folders to the NAS on a schedule. Your source is never touched, every run is logged, and optional cleanup mirrors deletions to the recycle bin, fully recoverable.

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Pull from anywhere

Browse SMB shares and SFTP servers right in the app and send their files straight to your NAS. Old server to new NAS in one drag.

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Filenames stay perfect

Accents, emoji, any language: names arrive on the NAS exactly as they look on your Mac, every time.

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All your NAS units

Save every UNAS you manage, switch between them instantly, or open a window per NAS and work side by side.

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Recycle bin built in

Browse, restore, or empty your NAS recycle bin without opening a browser. Deletes are recoverable by design.

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Knows when it's done

Live progress with real speeds while it runs, and a push notification when a sync finishes or needs your attention.

It's the protocol, not the pipe

The usual ways of copying to a NAS were built for sitting next to it. Drive Uploader speaks the same HTTPS protocol as the UniFi Drive web app, and that protocol is built for distance.

pendingMounted shares stall

SMB, the protocol behind a mounted network drive, makes many small round trips for every file. Over a VPN each one waits on the link, so copies crawl, Finder beachballs, and an interrupted copy starts over from zero.

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Copy tools like rsync can quietly garble accented names between a Mac and a NAS, then re-copy the same files forever because the two sides never agree they match.

rocketOne stream that rides anything

Drive Uploader sends big, resumable, verified chunks over a single HTTPS connection. That stream crosses a VPN or Tailscale tunnel cleanly, instead of failing slowly at the far end the way a chatty share does.

What you need

Two quick things, then you are uploading.

keyStep 1

A local account on your UniFi console

Drive Uploader signs in directly to your console, the same way the Drive web app does. Your Ubiquiti cloud (SSO) login will not work for this; you need a local admin account. It takes a minute to create:

Open your UniFi console and go to Settings → Admins & Users.
Click Create New Admin.
Check Restrict to Local Access Only.
Deselect Use a Predefined Role and grant Full Management (Site Admin) for your site.
Choose a username and password. Those are exactly what you enter in Drive Uploader.

Step-by-step screenshots: adding a local user on the UniFi interface.

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A way to reach the NAS

On the same network you are already done. Away from it, you need any route to your console: a VPN, Tailscale, or UniFi Site Magic all work.

The tunnel only carries the bytes; Drive Uploader is what makes the transfer survive it. Resumable, verified uploads behave the same over a tunnel as they do on your desk, which is exactly where a mounted share gives up.