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Sync a folder from anywhere on your computer

Link a folder anywhere on your computer to a Drime folder with Drime Desktop's Folder sync page: changes on either side apply to both places.

Updated Windows

In Drime Desktop, the Folder sync page links a folder anywhere on your computer with a folder in Drime. Any file changes apply to both places.

#Link a folder

  1. Open the Drime window from the notification area, then Preferences > Folder sync.

    The page reads Sync certain folders on this computer. Any file changes apply to both places. Before your first link, it shows Sync a folder of this computer.

  2. Click Select folder.

    If you already have linked folders, click Add folder.

  3. Under Select a local folder, click Choose and pick the folder on your computer.

  4. Under Select a Drime folder, pick the folder in Drime.

    Your choice appears next to Destination:. Pick a specific folder: the root of your Drime, shown as / (Default), is not accepted.

  5. Confirm with Add sync.

    Your sync is set up confirms it. Click Done.

From then on, the two folders stay identical, both ways.

The first time you open Preferences after the update to version 2.9.291, a card Selective sync is here points to this page: click Discover to open it.

#Manage a linked folder

Your linked folders are listed under Active syncs, each with its Local folder and its Drime folder. For each one, click Pause to pause it and Resume to restart it.

To stop syncing a folder, click Stop, then Stop sync in Stop synchronization?. The files stored on your computer stay where they are. Files that were online-only are removed from your computer and stay on Drime.

#If it doesn't work

What you see

What to do

Please select a local folder

Choose a folder on your computer under Select a local folder.

Please select a specific Drime folder (not the root).

Pick a folder inside your Drime, not / (Default).

Local folder not found. Restore it or remove this sync

The folder on your computer was moved or deleted: put it back, or stop this sync.

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