S3Drive - Filesystem watcher

Is there a way to sync automatically when local files change, instead of on a schedule?

Hi @aednichols ! What's your OS/platform? In principle, on desktop, file watcher should pick up file change inside the folder that you sync/copy/move etc. and start the job automatically. I assume it's not what you are finding?

Latest macOS on M1. I admittedly did not try it, I just saw the 5/10/30m or whatever options in the sync setup

aednichols

Latest macOS on M1. I admittedly did not try it, I just saw the 5/10/30m or whatever options in the sync setup

It's both periodic full sync, combined with file watchers. File watchers won't run full sync, but only sync on a parent directory. For simple modes, like copy, it doesn't even care about parent directory, but will operate on an affected file. In case app missed some events, periodic full sync shall resolve any inconsistencies. Give it a go and if you face any issues, please let us know. Thanks ! (edited)

Cool, that's what I would have guessed honestly. I think the setup flow just directed me to a wrong line of thinking.

I assume you use the .DMG version though?

Yep

That's good, because App Store version has somewhat limited FS permissions and sync would likely not work properly.

I do think the docs could be a little more clear here [0]. I'm not planning to use file mount, so there wasn't much of relevance. [0] https://docs.s3drive.app/install/#macos

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Thanks for the quick response and I will be keeping an eye on the roadmap!

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I also think that the sync function only works on schedule and not when file changes. That's why I keep using dropbox and rclone and not fully switch to S3Drive. Now to know that S3Drive sync when file changes, it's like a game changer to me. I will try to switch to S3Drive completely when the app can start minimized and run on background on windows.

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