Can't access virtual drive after reboot

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Hi, I am coming from Boxcryptor to Cryptomator.
I use my Macbook with macOS Monterey.

Every time when I reboot my MacBook, the virtual drive isnt accessible anymore from Finder. Also I can’t use apps which I linked to the Virtual drive after a reboot. When I make all the links in one session (of close the lid of the MacBook without rebooting) everything works like I wanted to work. But… after a reboot, all the links to the “previous” virtual drive are gone.

Which setting does it needs so the virtual drive setup survives a reboot? In other words: How can I make the location of the Cryptomator virtual drive always accessible after a reboot?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Anyone? At Boxcryptor I had 4 options to use it on the Mac. One was “Mount as Drive”. With this I could use the content for local apps automations, but I can’t get it done by Cryptomator. Every reboot I can’t access the earlier virtual drive. Also tried to use a “Folder” as mounting point. (read somewhere on the forum here). This time the virtual drive is accessible after a reboot, but I can’t delete files anymore from it. (Getting Errorcode -8062).

I can’t imagine some other Boxcryptor users don’t have/had the same problems and maybe solved it already. Please inform me how I can do this myself.

Edit: after installing Fuse-T instead of MacFuse, I can access the cryptomator vaults in Finder under “localhost”. Thanks to this message. https://community.cryptomator.org/t/mac-osx-no-cryptomator-drive-in-the-sidebar-of-the-finder But then you need to go another folder level to get to the root directory. Any way to make it show just the root directory?

Edit: Fuse-T won’t work neither. I see my Cryptomator Vaults under “Localhost” in Finder, but I can’t write files to the Vaults. Getting a Error message. So back to MacFuse and waiting till someone can help me.

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I had the same issue with Monterey. I also migrated from Boxcryptor. If you’re making an alias of the vault and putting it on your Finder sidebar, you’re right, it won’t be persistent after a reboot.

  • First, download the latest version. As of today, it’s 1.9.1
  • Forget about using MacFuse. It’s been depreciated
  • Install FUSE-T using HomeBrew.
  • Then select FUSE-T (experimental) as your choice in the Crryptomator preferences section
  • Set Cryptomator to auto launch in the Cryptomator Preferences.
  • Reboot your Mac

Once it reboots, check the Cryptomator Window—

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Select your vault from the window sidebar and click on the Vault Options button

From the Options window, select unlock vault when starting Cryptomator.

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(BTW, my vault is called “Cryptomator” here)

There are more options under the Mounting tab of the same Options window. This may provide the additional functionality more like Boxcryptor.

  • Once you unlock your vault and it appears in the Finder, you can access it here as a transient network drive from your Finder sidebar:

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One more thing. It appears that the newest version also shows the vault as a separate Location in the Finder sidebar.

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Thanks for your info. I managed to get these Vaults as folders inside Finder, so I can access them directly from there. But when I store files inside the Vault (using Fuse-T) they don’t keep their original date and time stamp. It’s getting changed to the time you store them inside the Vault. Do you notice the same?

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I think that’s expected because the vault is a virtual separate volume and it’s like copying a file to another volume or external hard disk. It’s a new file on that volume. It’s not like moving a file to a different directory on the same volume.