Good news: if you want to mount cloud storage as a local drive, you do not need special sync tools or duplicate copies of your files on your disk. With premiumize.me, your 1 TB cloud can simply appear as a drive on your computer — on Windows, macOS and Linux alike. Files are streamed on demand, directly from our servers.

In this guide we show you the way we recommend (it is the same on all operating systems), a fast read-only alternative for streaming and quick downloads, and — just as important — which methods we advise against.

What does “mounting” actually mean?

Mounting means your cloud shows up like a normal drive on your computer: a drive letter on Windows, a volume in Finder on macOS, a folder on Linux. You can browse, open and play files directly. Nothing is permanently copied to your disk first — the file is fetched when you open it. That is the big difference to classic sync clients, which keep full copies of everything locally.

Our recommended way to mount cloud storage as a local drive is rclone — a free, open-source tool that works identically on Windows, macOS and Linux. One setup, everywhere.

1. Install rclone from rclone.org/downloads. On Windows you also need WinFsp, on macOS macFUSE — both are free and take a minute to install.

2. Create the remote with rclone config (or by editing your rclone config file directly). Using WebDAV, it looks like this:

[premiumize]
type = webdav
url = https://webdav.premiumize.me
vendor = other
user = YOUR_CUSTOMER_NUMBER
pass = YOUR_PIN

You can find your customer number and PIN (API key) in your premiumize.me account. If you prefer SFTP, rclone supports that too — the exact settings are in our step-by-step instructions.

3. Mount it:

# Windows (drive letter X:)
rclone mount premiumize: X: --vfs-cache-mode writes

# macOS / Linux
rclone mount premiumize: ~/premiumize --vfs-cache-mode writes

Done. Your cloud now behaves like a local drive: copy files in and out, play videos directly, open documents — everything works through your normal file manager. The --vfs-cache-mode writes flag makes saving files from applications reliable.

The fast lane: our HTTPS directory

If you mainly want to stream or quickly download files, there is an even faster way: our HTTPS directory. You can reach your cloud directly at:

https://dir.premiumize.me/YOUR_API_KEY

No further login, no special software — the files come straight from our CDN servers, so speeds are excellent. It is read-only, which makes it perfect for media libraries (we built it for Kodi) and quick access from any browser.

Want it as a drive anyway? rclone can mount it read-only with its http backend — same command as above, just a different remote type.

Why we don’t recommend Windows network drives (WebDAV)

Windows can technically map a WebDAV share as a network drive — but we advise against it. The built-in Windows WebDAV client limits files to about 50 MB by default. You can raise that in the registry, but even then folder listings are slow and larger files tend to cause timeouts and frustration. rclone does not have these problems, which is why it is our recommendation on Windows too.

Why not FTP?

We brought FTP back because some users asked for it, but honestly: it is a legacy protocol. The connection runs directly to our servers without CDN acceleration, so speeds are limited, and the whole thing feels dated compared to the alternatives. If you have the choice, use rclone or the HTTPS directory instead.

What do I need to know?

  • You need an internet connection. Mounted means streamed — there is no offline copy unless you explicitly download a file.
  • Your PIN stays safe. External tools authenticate with your customer number and PIN, not your email and password. You can renew the PIN at any time (why we do it this way).
  • Big files are fine. rclone streams them piece by piece — watching a 20 GB video directly from your cloud works.

Still have questions or need more help?

No problem. Our customer service is of course at your disposal — and our plugins page has step-by-step tutorials for your operating system.