How does sync works

General Discussion
#1

does the icedrive needs to be running to pick up the changes? or or sync basically mimic what you have in your folder pair, will take local as source and move it upload, as one direction.
or have snapshots of local, and cloud and whatever is the lates then replicate it on the other? example if i delete a folder in local, the snapshot is different.

if it fails to upload a file, does it try to sync it later?

i ask becuase i have a a pair full sync but when i deleted a folder in local, i never saw it been deleted in cloud, so i deleted all my files in the cloud and uploaded everything manualy =(

#2

Hi @pelos

The new app doesn’t need sync intervals anymore since “Live Sync” handles everything in real-time, syncing changes as they happen. You don’t have to set sync intervals anymore.

That said, if the app is closed and you make changes to synced folders, those updates won’t sync once it’s reopened. The app needs to stay running for syncing to work, but we’re looking into improving this in the future.

As for deletion settings, they’re defaulted to “Do not delete,” but you can change this in the app’s settings.

#3

thanks for the answer

I hope they update the app, and if you don’t have the app running, will sync later when you open it, kinda Dropbox, that monitor the difference between the 2, and updates. (sorry to compare to other company was not my intent to be hurtful was just show the expected behavior) ‘live sync’ only sync while app is running, but if something goes wrong, app is not on, no internet etc… the changes are not capture, maybe there is a way to snapshot the folder structure and save the modification of local and cloud and then compare that every minute?

is kinda important, not always we have access to internet, example taking a flight, i change some files and after landing i want to turn on the app and sync my changes.

since currently the app only check changes that are after the app is initiated, doesn’t feel like sync, looks like one time sync =(

another example is, i have 2 pairs pointing to 2 different folders, if i have the app one, i can grab a file from one folder locally, move it to my other folder that is also pair, and this will actually make the changes,

but if i turn off the app. i move the file between the folders, and ten turn on the app, this file is not move =(/ sync, so i go to the app, delete my pairs, go to the cloud, rename my folders(to keep the files in the meantime), restart the app, create the pair folders, wait till everything’s is uploaded again, and i go to the cloud UI and deleted, my renamed folders

maybe we can have a button in the pairs where “force to sync” and will push the changes from the local files to the cloud?

love that the icedrive team is involve in the forums, make is feel heard and invite us to provide more feedback and bugs =)

#4

@pelos - there is a thread about this in the bug reporting category. Some of us are using FreeFileSync as a third party tool to get around the missed sync issue. It’s a shame the Icedrive app misses what’s happened when its back is turned and doesn’t play catch-up like Dropbox.

For now, I’m holding out for this issue to be fixed, but in a “who moved my cheese” fashion, I am looking at alternatives!

#5

No internet connection shouldn’t be a problem (as far as I can tell from one test). If you are offline, but Icedrive is active, it will remember changes you make and send them to the cloud later, when internet connection is restored. The important thing is to keep the app running continuously on your computer.