NetDrive 3.18 now requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later
Starting with NetDrive 3.18, the minimum supported macOS version is 14 (Sonoma). Here's what changed, why, and what older Mac users should do.
With the release of NetDrive 3.18 (3.18.1125, shipped 2025-02-09), the minimum supported macOS version moves to 14 (Sonoma). If you’re on macOS 12 (Monterey) or 13 (Ventura), NetDrive 3.17 will keep working, but new feature releases will only target macOS 14 and above.
Why the floor moved to Sonoma
NetDrive’s macOS client mounts cloud drives through macFUSE (a maintained fork of osxfuse, linked from netdrive.net/download/mac). macFUSE installs a kernel extension, and Apple’s signing and entitlement rules for kernel extensions tightened materially across macOS 13 and 14. Supporting both the older toolchain for 12/13 and the current one for 14+ inside a single build pipeline became expensive, and 3.18 is where we drew the line.
The 3.18 release itself bundles the macOS 14 floor with a set of practical fixes that customers asked for through the forum.
Run NetDrive 3.18 on macOS 14 Sonoma or later
macOS 14 (Sonoma) is the minimum. Apple Silicon Macs run the native ARM64 build, shipping since NetDrive 3.14.309 in 2020.
- macOS 14 (Sonoma) minimum — macOS 26 Tahoe supported since 3.19.7
- Apple Silicon native binary (since 3.14.309)
- macFUSE-based Finder mount, notarized build
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If you’re on macOS 12 or 13
You have two practical options:
- Stay on NetDrive 3.17. Earlier 3.17.x builds remain compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina through 13 Ventura, and the download page keeps the 3.17 installer available for that audience. You’ll miss anything added in 3.18+ — including the items below — but it’s the right call if upgrading macOS isn’t on the table.
- Upgrade macOS. macOS 14 runs on every Mac that supports macOS 12 with the exception of the 2017 MacBook (non-Pro). For most hardware bought in the last seven years, upgrading the OS is the simplest path.
What 3.18 actually ships
The 3.18.1125 release notes call out four user-visible changes alongside the macOS floor move:
- Upload progress notifications. Long background uploads now surface a system notification on completion instead of only updating the drive manager.
- Team drive credential persistence. Team-license workstations no longer prompt for credentials again after a sleep/wake or reboot when the user is still signed in.
- Microsoft Office file handling. Office documents opened from a mounted drive get the right read/write semantics so collaborators aren’t blocked by stale lock state.
- WebDAV timeout tuning. Default WebDAV connection timeouts are raised, which helps with NAS targets that take a moment to answer the first request after idling.
For a forward-looking note: the 3.19.7 release on 2026-04-01 added macOS 26 Tahoe support, WinFSP integration on Windows, and S3 region auto-detection — if you’re running anything older than 3.18 you’re a few releases behind by now and the upgrade lands you with all of that in one move.
Where to go next
Release history is at accounts.bdrive.com/product_history/NetDrive3/, the download page handles version selection automatically, and the NetDrive forum is the fastest way to flag a regression or ask about a specific macOS version combination.
— Tayson, NetDrive