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Help on Google Drive sync

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   ds34e453453
   Member

   Hi,

   I just tried syncing a bunch of files on my PC to a specific folder on GDrive, but held off when it showed all folders in a single flat structure.

   My intent was to sync all the PC files within My Documents to a "PC Sync" folder within Gdrive, alongside other folders. However, when I show the preview folder structure in the app before syncing, it just shows a single flat structure of folders, with no nesting.

   Also, in this list are both the folders on my GDrive in the root folder, alongside various folders from the PC, all together.

   I know GDrive used to not support nested folders, but it does now, and has for a while. Can anyone advise how I can view just the local PC's My Documents in the sync preview, as well as NOT seeing the other folders in GDrive root, and then sync My Docs to GDrive with folder nesting?

   Thanks

   Damo

   Posted 1 year ago #
2. 

   Phil
   Syncdocs

   Syncdocs fully supports nested folders. Where do you see the flat folder structure, is it a folder that you made or one that is shared with you? If you don't want to see all the folders shared with you by others, which default to the top level, then uncheck "Sync new files and folders shared to me by others" or collapse the "Shared with me" tree view in the Selective folder sync menu.

   Posted 1 year ago #
3. 

   ds34e453453
   Member

   Thanks Phil. I'll troubleshoot a bit more

   Posted 1 year ago #
4. 

   ds34e453453
   Member

   Hi Phil,

   OK, trial has expired, but I can still browse the folders to test this. I've confirmed the issue:

   Although syncdocs allows a subdirectory on the local PC to be selected, it only allows the root on GDrive to be selected. You can then, of course, selective-sync folders within those.

   So - I have a PC at an airfield I help out at, where I want to sync "My documents" with a folder on GDrive, as a backup/offline data access.

   If I wanted to sync the roof of GDrive to a subfolder on the PC, it'd be fine. However, I want to do the opposite - sync My Documents on the PC, to a subfolder in GDrive (called "Airfield PC"). I have other folders on GDrive that are for other purposes, which I don't want to sync

   What I'm having to do is:
   - Create sync for Z:\My Documents folders
   - Set selective sync of only "Airfield PC" in the picker, which is where in GDrive I want to put these files
   - Map the airfield PC "My Documents" linked folder to "Z:\My Documents folders\Airfield PC\SRFC-Members\My Documents"
   - Have all the files in there

   That's a convoluted path. I'd much rather have:
   - Create GDrive:/Airfield PC
   - Create Z:\My Documents
   - Be able to sync GDrive:/Airfield PC/* to Z:\My Documents\*

   If I could select a folder other than root on the GDrive side as the base path for syncing, this would be possible.

   Thanks!

   Damo

   Posted 1 year ago #
5. 

   Phil
   Syncdocs

   Hi Damo,

   If I could select a folder other than root on the GDrive side as the base path for syncing, this would be possible.

   Thanks for the suggestions, and detailed explanation. We'll look into implementing this, as it is a common request.

   Posted 1 year ago #
6. 

   jwp123
   Member

   Excellent idea.

   Posted 1 year ago #

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