Comment on Using Nextcloud as a directory/folder/remote location
Successful_Try543@feddit.de 6 months agoThat would not be equivalent to ‘remote location’, as the files would be stored locally on your computer and being synced with the cloud.
Comment on Using Nextcloud as a directory/folder/remote location
Successful_Try543@feddit.de 6 months agoThat would not be equivalent to ‘remote location’, as the files would be stored locally on your computer and being synced with the cloud.
Dalraz@lemmy.ca 6 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
cron@feddit.de 6 months ago
TBH, the description in the original post is not very clear.
archer@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I think this is it but I can’t find this option in the settings.
archer@lemmy.ml 6 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=trueunder 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.