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Yes. On the website, the sidebar has a Viewing picker. Choosing another drive there changes only what that browser shows — your Macs and your active drive stay as they are. The browser remembers what you were viewing for the session, goes back to the active drive whenever the active drive changes, and shows how up to date the viewed drive's index is.

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On your Mac, the app shows only the active drive. The Viewing: picker at the top of the Delta Drive window offers View drive in your browser for any other drive, which opens it on the website and changes nothing on the Mac.

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See switching drives.

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Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive · My Drive — storage you own

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Can I view Delta Drive in a browser while my Mac uses My Drive?

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Short answer: Yes. The website's Viewing picker changes only what that browser shows; your Macs keep using the active drive. On the Mac, the Viewing picker opens any other drive in your browser without changing anything.

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Yes. On the website, the sidebar has a Viewing picker. Choosing another drive there changes only what that browser shows — your Macs and your active drive stay as they are. The browser remembers what you were viewing for the session, goes back to the active drive whenever the active drive changes, and shows how up to date the viewed drive's index is.

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On your Mac, the app shows only the active drive. The Viewing: picker at the top of the Delta Drive window offers View drive in your browser for any other drive, which opens it on the website and changes nothing on the Mac.

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See switching drives.

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