Make remote storage look like a local folder.

Windows: map a WebDAV drive

File Explorer → right-click This PC → Map network drive → choose a letter and enter your WebDAV URL, then authenticate with your storage username and password. Check Reconnect at sign-in and the drive persists. Command-line version:

net use B: https://usr1042.rsyncit.com/dav /user:usr1042 /persistent:yes

Two classic Windows gotchas: the WebClient service must be running (it usually is), and Windows historically limits WebDAV file downloads to 50MB via the FileSizeLimitInBytes registry value under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters — raise it if large files error out. For heavy bulk transfers, a real client (WinSCP over SFTP) will always outrun Explorer's WebDAV.

macOS: connect from Finder

Finder → Go → Connect to Server (⌘K) → enter the WebDAV URL → authenticate, and the storage appears as a mounted volume. Add it to your login items to remount automatically. Same honest caveat as Windows: Finder's WebDAV is built for browsing and moderate transfers, not for pushing 500GB — that's a job for rsync in Terminal, which macOS ships with.

Linux: SSHFS, the better mount

On Linux, skip WebDAV entirely — SSHFS mounts the storage over your existing SSH access, with key auth and better performance for typical use:

# install
apt install sshfs        # Debian/Ubuntu
dnf install fuse-sshfs   # Fedora/RHEL

# mount
mkdir -p ~/rsyncit
sshfs -o IdentityFile=~/.ssh/rsyncit,reconnect,ServerAliveInterval=15 \
  usr1042@usr1042.rsyncit.com: ~/rsyncit

# unmount
fusermount -u ~/rsyncit

Persistent mount via /etc/fstab:

usr1042@usr1042.rsyncit.com: /mnt/rsyncit fuse.sshfs noauto,x-systemd.automount,_netdev,reconnect,IdentityFile=/root/.ssh/rsyncit,allow_other 0 0

x-systemd.automount mounts on first access rather than blocking boot on the network, and reconnect survives connection blips. macOS users who prefer this route can use SSHFS via macFUSE as well.

A mounted drive is an interface, not a backup

Worth being direct about: dragging files to a mounted drive is a manual copy, with all the reliability of remembering to do it. Mounts shine for restores and browsing — finding the one file you need in a snapshot tree and dragging it out. Let scheduled rsync do the backing up, and keep the drive letter for the human moments.