

You can customize the location of the local Box Sync folder by specifying the folder path in a.
#RENAME BOX SYNC FOLDER MAC#
The steps below outline the process for customizing the Sync Folder location on either Mac or Windows operating systems. Doing so will block the automatic creation of the Sync folder by the application.

#RENAME BOX SYNC FOLDER INSTALL#
To allow this to occur, install Sync 4.0 over Sync 3 without uninstalling. If your Sync 3 folder is already at a custom location, Sync 4.0 will place the new Box Sync folder (called Box Sync) next to the existing Sync 3 Box Documents/My Box Files folder at this same location.Do not move the Box Sync folder to a shared network drive or an external hard drive.If Box Sync 4.0 is already installed, you must first uninstall this version before you can take the steps below to move the Box Sync folder location.Do not move the Box Sync folder while Sync is installed.

#RENAME BOX SYNC FOLDER DOWNLOAD#
You have to just be patient and allow it to I rename a file of 5GB on the web, then my desktop will download the file from the beginning, it will not just rename the file. Of course, if it finds any differences or there are pieces missing, then it will download them as needed. Dropbox will appear to be downloading the files all over again, but it's really just sending comparison data and then moving files out of the cache. In the case of a rename, as Dropbox starts to sync the "new" folder, it will see that the data it needs to download is the same data that's already located in cache, and will move those files back out out of cache and into the "new" folder. Deleted items are temporarily stored there for about three days to aid in quick recovery if needed. The first thing it does is move that "deleted" file or folder into its hidden. When a file or folder is deleted or renamed on the Dropbox website (or another device), Dropbox on your computer sees it as a deletion. Now, that doesn't mean that it's going to redownload everything. It sees FolderB as a new folder that it doesn't know about, so it starts to sync it as if it's new. To Dropbox, this is a deletion followed by an add. All it knows is that FolderA no longer exists and FolderB has been added. Is this what actually happens?įirst, it may only be a rename, but Dropbox on your computer doesn't see it as that. I rename a file of 5GB on the web, then my desktop will download the file from the beginning, it will not just rename the file.
