A new checkout option allows users to check out and download their own local copy of files and make local changes exclusively. Users can easily check in finished versions, which automatically uploads the file, replaces the master copy, and makes it available for others to edit.
Users can view all of their checked-out files in one consolidated My Checkouts area for easy access and management (to check in a file, revert a checkout, and so on).
This release of Drive supports Shares 2.0, a major new architecture of the Aspera Shares application. This release also includes extended permissions support for Shares 2.0.
For Drive with Aspera Files or Aspera Shares 2.x transfer servers, users can now move and copy files between servers through simple drag-and-drop, or through menu options directly in the remote browsing view. This enables local or around-the-world high-speed transfers, directly from the user’s desktop.
For Files workspaces that are configured with a dropbox, you can now use Drive to send content directly to a dropbox.
If you set custom permissions on folders in Aspera Files, Drive uses the same permission settings for those folders.
Drive now supports the Touch Bar that is available on 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro laptop computers. The Touch Bar works as a replacement for the traditional top row of function keys on a keyboard.