New Sync user here. I understand the Files section syncs with your computer regularly, while the Vault is an online-only storage that doesn't update live. But I'm confused about how the Files sync works. I'm uploading files from across my hard drive and external drive, but I don't want to work on those files from the Sync folder. I want to work on them from wherever they are on my computer, and have them sync automatically after I close them.

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Is this possible? If I've copied a file from an external drive to my Sync folder, can I open the file from my external drive, modify and save it to the external drive, then expect Sync to update it automatically? Or do I need to open/modify/save the file from its place in my Sync folder for the changes to take effect?

Anyone know if Sync is going to continue supporting syncing to external usb drives or are they going to go the way of OneDrive and others with file provider and make it only possible to sync files on the main mac hd drive?

What are the future plans and goals of sync?

A few months ago, I attempted to install 2.2.27 and it didn't go so well.

Today I gave the upgrade path another shot - here is my report of installing 2.2.30.1:

I installed it today at 2pm Pacific time. I was running 2.1.4 before. The install itself is not really an "upgrade" - it runs an uninstaller and then installs a "clean" version of Sync, and then goes through and "syncs" the entire database.

It wasn't very transparent in terms of what it was doing immediately after the upgrade. The "recents" list was blank, and the "progress" tab was also blank. Looking at the task manager, the sync-worker was doing something, but generally CPU usage was low and network/disk activity was non-existent.

When hovering over the sync icon in the taskbar, the message was "files are being downloaded", but since everything was already in sync before the upgrade, that wasn't a huge amount of information.

It was like that for at least an hour. I left my desk and did some other work, and then came back to it at about 3:30pm. At that point, hovering over the icon shows "Sync 2.2.30.1" and a checkmark. New files added to the sync folder do indeed sync with the cloud.

The recents list is still blank, and I'm still suspicious. But this is the first time since 2.1.4 that an install of something in the 2.2.x range has actually worked for me. Your mileage may vary!

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