GUI to manage & move encrypted files?

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I have about 110TB of unencrypted video files on Google Drive & using the Google Drive desktop app on my Mac it's integrated into Finder & I can move files around just using drag & drop. This is useful as I usually upload new files to staging area from my seedbox then drag & drop to the correct final destination e.g. TV or MOVIES for use with Plex.

I have copied all my files to a new shared Google Drive & this time encrypted them. Obviously I can't drag & drop them now as I just see the encrypted filenames. Is there some way that I can manage my encrypted files as easily as my unencrypted files. I took a look at the Rclone GUI which has a file explorer but I couldn't see any way to move files from one folder to another. Am I doing something wrong? Is there a better way of managing encrypted files?

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Assuming that you use rclone crypt remote (which is not clear from your post).

as a proof of concept try:

rclone mount encrypted_remote: /path/to/mountpoint

Then you can use your Finder to access all files.

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Thanks for the prompt reply. This looks like the way to go but unfortunately I cannot do an 'rclone mount' on my Mac. It seems that I need macFUSE which required me to install Hombrew then macFUSE but unfortunately I get this error:-
CRITICAL: Fatal error: failed to mount FUSE fs: mount stopped before calling Init: %!w()
I tried removing the Homebrew version & installing macFUSE from the DMG at the developer's website but I still get the same issue. I have rebooted & enabled the kext that is required.
I have a 2015 MacBook Pro 15" with 16GB RAM & 2TB SSD running Monterey 12.7.6

Any idea how to fix tis problem

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do not use macFUSE

The way to go it to use FUSE-T. You can install it via brew or directly. Check for details on their website.

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FUSE-T looks great as it doesn't use a kext. Unfortunately I still get errors:-

% rclone mount MrFieldTech-crypt-1: /Users/GD -vv

2025/01/04 18:25:49 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.68.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "mount" "MrFieldTech-crypt-1:" "/Users/GD" "-vv"]

2025/01/04 18:25:49 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "MrFieldTech-crypt-1:"

2025/01/04 18:25:49 DEBUG : Using config file from "/Users/nigel/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"

2025/01/04 18:25:49 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "MrFieldTech-1:"

2025/01/04 18:25:50 DEBUG : Mounting on "/Users/GD" ("MrFieldTech-crypt-1")

2025/01/04 18:25:50 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': Mounting with options: ["-o" "attr_timeout=1" "-o" "fsname=MrFieldTech-crypt-1:" "-o" "subtype=rclone" "-o" "max_readahead=131072" "-o" "atomic_o_trunc" "-o" "daemon_timeout=600" "-o" "volname=MrFieldTech-crypt-1" "-o" "noappledouble"]

2025/01/04 18:25:50 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': Init:

2025/01/04 18:25:50 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': >Init:

fuse: mount failed with errro: -1

short read on fuse device

2025/01/04 18:25:50 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': Destroy:

2025/01/04 18:25:50 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': >Destroy:

2025/01/04 18:25:50 ERROR : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': Mount failed

2025/01/04 18:25:50 DEBUG : Not calling host.Unmount as mount already Destroyed

2025/01/04 18:25:50 DEBUG : Unmounted successfully

2025/01/04 18:25:50 ERROR : /Users/GD: Unmounted rclone mount

2025/01/04 18:25:50 CRITICAL: Fatal error: failed to umount FUSE fs: mount failed

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it looks like some artefacts from macFUSE are messing up your setup. Normally it works perfectly with rclone.

What you have to do is to uninstall everything (macFUSE and FUSE-T) and try installing FUSE-T again.

One more option you can try is to use:

rclone nfsmount ...

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FYI. I have tried rclone mount on Monterey 12.7.6

% rclone --version
rclone v1.68.2
- os/version: darwin 12.7.6 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 21.6.0 (x86_64)
- os/type: darwin
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.23.3
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: cmount

the latest FUSE-T installed from downloaded pkg:

https://github.com/macos-fuse-t/fuse-t/releases/download/1.0.44/fuse-t-macos-installer-1.0.44.pkg

All works perfectly fine. I can rclone mount any of my remotes. So we do not have to worry here that this OS version has some incompatibility issues with either rclone or FUSE-T.

Hence I am convinced that solution in your case is to clean old FUSE installations. I am not going to suggest to reinstall all OS:) but you have to Google a bit how to remove old kexts and libraries.

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I am still seeing the same problem.

I removed every last trace of macFUSE & sshfs then re-installed FUSE-T & sshfs with Homebrew. Still get the error.

I removed every last trace of FUSE-T & sshfs with Homebrew then downloaded & installed standalone packages but still get this error

rclone mount MrFieldTech-crypt-1: /Users/GD -vv

2025/01/05 10:48:52 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.68.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "mount" "MrFieldTech-crypt-1:" "/Users/GD" "-vv"]

2025/01/05 10:48:52 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "MrFieldTech-crypt-1:"

2025/01/05 10:48:52 DEBUG : Using config file from "/Users/nigel/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "MrFieldTech-1:"

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Mounting on "/Users/GD" ("MrFieldTech-crypt-1")

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': Mounting with options: ["-o" "attr_timeout=1" "-o" "fsname=MrFieldTech-crypt-1:" "-o" "subtype=rclone" "-o" "max_readahead=131072" "-o" "atomic_o_trunc" "-o" "daemon_timeout=600" "-o" "volname=MrFieldTech-crypt-1" "-o" "noappledouble"]

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': Init:

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': >Init:

fuse: mount failed with errro: -1

fuse: reading error: Bad file descriptor

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': Destroy:

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': >Destroy:

2025/01/05 10:48:53 ERROR : Encrypted drive 'MrFieldTech-crypt-1:': Mount failed

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Not calling host.Unmount as mount already Destroyed

2025/01/05 10:48:53 DEBUG : Unmounted successfully

2025/01/05 10:48:53 ERROR : /Users/GD: Unmounted rclone mount

2025/01/05 10:48:53 CRITICAL: Fatal error: failed to umount FUSE fs: mount failed

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See below - all is working. Please note that it is fresh macOS Monterey install.

 % rclone --version
rclone v1.68.2
- os/version: darwin 12.7.6 (64 bit)
- os/kernel: 21.6.0 (x86_64)
- os/type: darwin
- os/arch: amd64
- go/version: go1.23.3
- go/linking: dynamic
- go/tags: cmount


% rclone mount drive-crypt: mount -vv
2025/01/05 11:06:34 DEBUG : rclone: Version "v1.68.2" starting with parameters ["rclone" "mount" "drive-crypt:" "mount" "-vv"]
2025/01/05 11:06:34 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "drive-crypt:"
2025/01/05 11:06:34 DEBUG : Using config file from "/Users/kptsky/.config/rclone/rclone.conf"
2025/01/05 11:06:34 DEBUG : Creating backend with remote "drive:crypt"
2025/01/05 11:06:34 DEBUG : Google drive root 'crypt': 'root_folder_id = 0AGpO07Pd6Q4NUk9PVA' - save this in the config to speed up startup
2025/01/05 11:06:35 DEBUG : Mounting on "mount" ("drive-crypt")
2025/01/05 11:06:35 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'drive-crypt:': Mounting with options: ["-o" "attr_timeout=1" "-o" "fsname=drive-crypt:" "-o" "subtype=rclone" "-o" "max_readahead=131072" "-o" "atomic_o_trunc" "-o" "daemon_timeout=600" "-o" "volname=drive-crypt" "-o" "noappledouble"]
2025/01/05 11:06:35 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'drive-crypt:': Init: 
2025/01/05 11:06:35 DEBUG : Encrypted drive 'drive-crypt:': >Init: 
2025/01/05 11:06:35 DEBUG : /: Statfs: 
...

It means that you have some issue with your OS/FUSE.

It is not rclone problem:) Atomic bomb solution is to reinstall OS or painstakingly clean your previous attempts.

Also you try to mount to "/Users/GD" Can be some issue with ownership/privileges.

Try /User/yourusername/GD - create GD dir before.

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Thank you so much for holding my hand on this as it turns out the solution was simple

It must be an issue with ownership/privileges.

I created a directory GD in my home directory Then did the rclone mount on that & Boom!!! Success!!!

It's probable that macFUSE worked OK but at least going through this pain you showed me T-FUSE which is a superior solution given how much 3rd-party kexts are deprecated nowadays. Now all I need do is work out the best solution to get this 'rclone mount' done automatically at startup or login.

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So you have POC working. Well done.

Read rclone mount docs. For production setup you most likely want at least some VFS caching enabled + some other customisations. All depends on your usage.

Here you are:

I think this is the easiest on macOS...