Comment on Using Nextcloud as a directory/folder/remote location

cron@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• archer@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I did but that’s only syncing one folder if I’m not mistaken. I want to see everything though and if I make changes to files these changes should be synced back to the cloud.

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  • cron@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s exactly what the nextcloud desktop app does.

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    • archer@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Maybe I’m using the wrong one? Mine just sits in the task bar and displays the sync status and “helpful” app recommendations. I want to see the files though (in Dolphin for example)…

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      • archer@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I figured I might have a wrong version or something so I went ahead and grabbed the one off of flathub, but that’s the same one. It syncs everything to one folder on the disk but only until the disk is full. I kinda wanted something like iCloud that would show everthing but only download on demand (so it doesn’t take up all the space).

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• Successful_Try543@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That would not be equivalent to ‘remote location’, as the files would be stored locally on your computer and being synced with the cloud.

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  • Dalraz@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The nextcloud client has the option to setup the folder as a virtual folder. this wouldn’t sync the files locally but would download them on first access, kind of like how OneDrive works. Would this not work for OP or did I miss read

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    • cron@feddit.de ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      TBH, the description in the original post is not very clear.

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    • archer@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I think this is it but I can’t find this option in the settings.

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      • archer@lemmy.ml ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        OK so I managed to enable it! :) Thanks for everyone suggestions.

        If you have the same issue and find this thread later: on a regular install, open /home/yourusername/.config/Nextcloud/nextcloud.cfg with a text editor. On flatpak, open /home/yourusername/.var/app/com.nextcloud.desktopclient.nextcloud/config/Nextcloud/nextcloud.cfg. Add the line showExperimentalOptions=true under the general section. Restart Nextcloud desktop and delete the current synchronization destionation. Readd it and you’ll see the option to use virtual files. Confirm that it’s experimental and you’re done.

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