WebDAV is the file protocol hiding inside a lot of software you already run: NAS boxes, ownCloud and Nextcloud, Seafile, mail providers, even SharePoint. DockBird talks to it through the same URLSession stack macOS uses for Safari, which means proxies, TLS and system certificates behave exactly as you expect.
The connection sheet takes a single server URL. DockBird sends credentials pre-emptively to save a round trip, follows redirects without changing the verb (Apache likes to redirect collections to a trailing slash), and reads the server’s PROPFIND answers with a namespace-aware parser that copes with the dialects different servers emit.
Moving a file uses the DAV MOVE method with overwrite disabled, so a name collision surfaces as a conflict you can resolve instead of a lost file.
How to connect
- Press ⌘N or click the plus next to Servers in the sidebar.
- Choose the WebDAV tile.
- Fill in: Name · Server URL (https://example.com/dav/) · Username · Password · Initial path.
- Click Save, then double-click the server. Approve the host key or certificate prompt if one appears.