BucketDesk
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APPSMac, Windows, iPhone and iPad

Your buckets, in the folders you already use.

Install BucketDesk and your workspace shows up in Finder and File Explorer. Same buckets, same permissions, no AWS console.

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Ultra plan; pilot, ask us to switch it on · Apple silicon · macOS 13 or later · signed and notarised·Release notes ›
BucketDesk on a MacBook with the iPhone app alongside
In sync · checked 03:35~/Downloads ↔ meridian-files/Downloads
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Every platform

Pick your device. Sign in once.

Every app signs in with your BucketDesk account and shows the buckets and prefixes your workspace connects.

BucketDesk Sync settings window on macOS
BucketDesk for MacUltra plan; pilot, ask us to switch it on · Apple silicon · macOS 13 or later · signed and notarised · Release notes ›
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Your buckets appear in the Finder sidebar. Map a local folder to a bucket and the menu bar app keeps both sides the same.

  1. 01
    Open the downloadUnzip it and drag BucketDesk Sync to Applications.
  2. 02
    Sign inApprove it in your browser with your BucketDesk account. Two-factor works as usual.
  3. 03
    Tick your foldersEach one appears under BucketDesk Sync in the Finder sidebar.
On the desktop

Nothing downloads until you open it.

Files sit in Finder and File Explorer as placeholders, so a 2 TB bucket takes up almost no disk space.

Open on demandFiles download the moment you open them.
Keep offlineRight-click a folder to keep it downloaded.
Two-way foldersMap a local folder to a bucket prefix.
BucketDesk in Windows File Explorer with the tray menu open
After you install

Three steps. Under a minute.

No keys to paste, no bucket names to remember. Sign in with the account you already have and your folders arrive on their own.

  1. 01
    Sign in to BucketDesk
    dana@meridian.co
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    Use your workspace emailThe same account you use at app.bucketdesk.com.
  2. 02
    Choose what to show
    ✓meridian-filesread and write
    ✓meridian-archiveread only
    meridian-mediaread only
    Tick the folders you wantOnly buckets your workspace connects. Change your picks any time.
  3. 03
    Locations
    BucketDesk Sync
    meridian-filesread and write
    meridian-archiveread only
    Ready · 12,408 files
    Open them like any folderIn the Finder or File Explorer sidebar. Files download only when you open them.

Questions

Does it use up disk space?

Barely any. Files appear as placeholders and only download when you open them. Right-click a folder to keep it downloaded if you want it offline.

Can an admin roll it out to the whole team?

Each person installs the app and signs in with their own account, and sees the buckets your workspace connects. Deploying through a device management tool isn’t supported yet.

What if a laptop is lost?

Sign the device out under Settings → API tokens, or remove the member. Either revokes the app’s sign-in at once, and the short-lived AWS credentials it holds in memory expire within the hour. The app never saves AWS keys to disk, but files already downloaded stay on the laptop.

Do I need to change anything in AWS?

No. The apps use the same IAM role your workspace already connected, and never get more access than the web app allows.

No workspace yet?

The apps need a BucketDesk account. Connect your first bucket in the browser, then come back here.

Create account ›Use it in the browser ›