How does the DropBox Mac client work?

Question

I\'ve been looking at the DropBox Mac client and I\'m currently researching implementing a similar interface for a different service.

How exactly do they interface wit

Answer 1

Two suggestions:

• MacFUSE
• WebDAV

The former will allow you to write an app that appears as a filesystem and does all the right things; the latter will allow you move everything server-side and let the user just mount your service as a file share.