#AUTOMATED FOLDER SYNC HOW TO#
#AUTOMATED FOLDER SYNC ANDROID#

Press the button to authenticate access in a browser. Lets continue configuring our Google Drive account.

#AUTOMATED FOLDER SYNC HOW TO#

Explaining how to setup this is not in the scope of this help text. If you want to use SMB, FTP, SFTP or WebDAV (HTTPS only), you have to set it up on a NAS, server or your home PC, or have access to an existing account. For those provider types where FolderSync need to store credentials, they are stored in encrypted form. Some cloud providers does not support OAuth authentication. DashboardДЇor this example we will add our Google Drive account, so FolderSync can access our files there.Дepending on the account type, this process may be different. You can add an account directly from the dashboard by pressing button on Account card. If you do not already have an account you can create one at the applicable vendor website.

You will be required to provide your login credentials, either directly in FolderSync or on the provider webpage for those using OAuth authentication. The first thing you probably want to do is to add an account to use for sync with cloud storage or a server.

#AUTOMATED FOLDER SYNC ANDROID#

Android 10 - Example with External SD cardДЄndroid 11 - With Manage all files permission If you need to access other folders under Android you can try navigate up one folder and grant permission to Android folder (and not Android/data) - this is not allowed on all devices though, but if possible will allow you to access all subfolders of the Android folder. When opening permission chooser it should already be in the Android/data folder on version 3.1.0 and newer. To grant access to Android/data folder on internal SD card FolderSync will open a permission chooser where the user must manually grant permission to access the folder. FolderSync does not know if вЂњall filesвЂќ or вЂњmedia filesвЂќ has been allowed, and if only вЂњmedia filesвЂќ is allowed some files can not be read, and FolderSync will assume those non-readable files and folders doesnвЂ™t exist (as they are not reported by the file system). Note: For FolderSync to be able to access all files it is necessary to grant permission to access вЂњall filesвЂќ not only вЂњmedia filesвЂќ which is a more restricted version of this permission. вЂњManage all filesвЂќ permission is only available on Android 11 and newer. Not all permissions are strictly needed, depending on your use case, but вЂњWrite to device storageвЂќ and вЂњManage all filesвЂќ permissions are required for a sync to run correctly. There are different permissions needed, depending on Android OS version. The permissions screen can always be accessed directly from the about menu page (the about page is the right-most option on the bottom menu). On the welcome wizard on first run of the app you should se a permissions screen with a overview of these permissions and how to grant them. PermissionsДЇor FolderSync to function correctly, it must have the required permissions granted to it. Its primary purpose is to sync folders between your devices and remote cloud provider or server. It is not a backup application, although it can be used as such. Sync options - Advanced - One-way sync optionsДЇolderSync is as the name suggest a folder syncing application.Sync options - Advanced - Monitor device folder.

Cloud services with OAuth authentication.

Automated folder sync