{"id":"delta-drive.what-is-delta-drive","url":"/faq/delta-drive/what-is-delta-drive","category":{"id":"delta-drive","title":"Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive"},"subcategory":{"id":"overview","title":"What Delta X is"},"question":"What is Delta Drive?","alt_questions":["What is Storage Studio Delta Drive?","Delta Drive explained","Is Delta Drive a cloud drive?","Features of Delta Drive","Delta Drive for working files","How does Delta Drive work?"],"short_answer":"Delta Drive is a working drive for your everyday files on storage Storage Studio runs. You can add, open, share and delete files from the Delta Drive window on your Mac, from Finder, or from any browser.","answer_markdown":"Delta Drive is a drive for your working files — the things you use day to day — on storage Storage Studio runs for you. You can add files and folders, open and edit them, download anything, share with the people you name, and delete what you don't want, just like any other folder.\n\nThe same files are reachable three ways: the Delta Drive window on your Mac, Finder (where the drive can appear like a disk), and any browser. Delta Drive is deliberately separate from **Delta Trust**, which holds your backups: a drive you can delete from is not a backup.\n\nSee also [Delta Trust vs Delta Drive](/faq/delta-drive/delta-trust-vs-delta-drive) and [three ways in](/faq/delta-drive/how-can-i-get-to-my-delta-drive-files).","answer_html":"

Delta Drive is a drive for your working files — the things you use day to day — on storage Storage Studio runs for you. You can add files and folders, open and edit them, download anything, share with the people you name, and delete what you don't want, just like any other folder.

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The same files are reachable three ways: the Delta Drive window on your Mac, Finder (where the drive can appear like a disk), and any browser. Delta Drive is deliberately separate from Delta Trust, which holds your backups: a drive you can delete from is not a backup.

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See also Delta Trust vs Delta Drive and three ways in.

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Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive · What Delta X is

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What is Delta Drive?

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Short answer: Delta Drive is a working drive for your everyday files on storage Storage Studio runs. You can add, open, share and delete files from the Delta Drive window on your Mac, from Finder, or from any browser.

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Delta Drive is a drive for your working files — the things you use day to day — on storage Storage Studio runs for you. You can add files and folders, open and edit them, download anything, share with the people you name, and delete what you don't want, just like any other folder.

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The same files are reachable three ways: the Delta Drive window on your Mac, Finder (where the drive can appear like a disk), and any browser. Delta Drive is deliberately separate from Delta Trust, which holds your backups: a drive you can delete from is not a backup.

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See also Delta Trust vs Delta Drive and three ways in.

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