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Gayle1402's avatar
Gayle1402
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Selective Sync versus Smart Sync configuration

I feel that something simple is doing my head in. Sorry in advance for what is probably a dumb question. I've just migrated my system to a new Mac Mini. So far, so good. All documents in the DB fold...
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  • Jay's avatar
    Jay
    7 years ago
    No worries, Gayle, I can help clarify this for you!
     
    Firstly, with selective sync, make sure all folders are ticked. This means that literally every folder will sync to your machine.
     
    If they were unticked, there would be no sign of the folders on your machine, and they would be ‘unsynced’.
     
    The ‘start as online-only’ applies for all new files, so make sure that is selected.
     
    However, for the existing files on the machine, you do as you said, right click the folders, Smart Sync, and choose Online-only.
     
    When all your files have the gray cloud icon, you’ll know that it’s working!
     
    Let me know if you need any further assistance. :)
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Jay
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No worries, Gayle, I can help clarify this for you!
 
Firstly, with selective sync, make sure all folders are ticked. This means that literally every folder will sync to your machine.
 
If they were unticked, there would be no sign of the folders on your machine, and they would be ‘unsynced’.
 
The ‘start as online-only’ applies for all new files, so make sure that is selected.
 
However, for the existing files on the machine, you do as you said, right click the folders, Smart Sync, and choose Online-only.
 
When all your files have the gray cloud icon, you’ll know that it’s working!
 
Let me know if you need any further assistance. :)
Gayle1402's avatar
Gayle1402
Helpful | Level 5
7 years ago

Wonderful. Thank you so much for clarifying. Really appreciate it! :grinning:

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