Drive and Photo Service:Sync backup (in invitational preview)

Select bidirectional synchronization or one-way upload

In Synchronization type, select bidirectional synchronization or one-way upload for folders in team space, personal space, or received shares.

Then select the cloud folder that you want to synchronize.

Advanced settings

Open sync backup

On the Synchronized Backup page, click Creating Synchronized Backups.

Create a sync backup task

• On the Creating Synchronized Backups page, complete the required fields Select local folder, Select cloud folder, and Synchronization type (default: bi-directional synchronization).

• On the Advanced page, configure sync filtering, sync throttling, local file deletion handling in one-way upload mode, and whether to enable automatic synchronization.

Sync details

• Sync details include Synchronized completion, Synchronizing, and Synchronization failed.

• Sort sync tasks by Cloud Name or Creation Time.

• Filter sync tasks by synchronization status, type, and space.

• Manage sync tasks: pause, cancel, or configure synchronization, and view local or cloud synchronized files.

Bidirectional synchronization

In bidirectional synchronization mode, the local directory will be completely consistent with the cloud. File operations on one end will be reflected on the other end. There are differences when performing delete operations:

• When a file is deleted locally, the corresponding file in the cloud will be moved to the recycle bin.

• When a file is deleted in the cloud, the Windows system will move the local file to the recycle bin, while the Mac system will directly delete the file (currently does not support moving to the trash).

One-way upload

In one-way upload mode, the local directory will be backed up to the cloud. File operations in the cloud directory will not affect local files. This mode is mainly suitable for backup scenarios.

• When different file operations are performed locally, the corresponding behavior in the cloud is as follows:

  File operation performed locally	Cloud behavior
  Create a file	Create a file
  Delete a file/move to recycle bin	No operation by default (If the deletion configuration is enabled, the cloud file will be moved to the recycle bin)
  Move a file	Move a file (Due to operating system limitations, moving A-->B/A may eventually result in creating A under B in the cloud, with the original A file remaining; the same applies to renaming files)
  Rename a file	Rename a file
  Modify file content	Create a new version
  Copy a file	Create a new file

• When different file operations are performed in the cloud, the corresponding behavior locally is as follows:

  File operation performed in the cloud	Local behavior
  Create a file	No operation
  Delete a file/move to recycle bin	If the file is uploaded locally: re-upload the original file to the cloud (To delete a file backed up locally in the cloud, you need to enable the delete switch first, delete the corresponding local file, and the cloud will automatically move the file to the recycle bin.) If the file is not uploaded locally: no operation
  Move a file
  Rename a file
  Modify file content	No operation (If the cloud modifies a file backed up locally, the file version successfully backed up locally will exist in the cloud file history version. However, due to the limitation of the number of history versions and the impact of automatic merge policies, the file version successfully backed up may be cleared. You need to set an appropriate version merge/cleanup policy based on specific usage scenarios or try not to edit files uploaded from local backups in the cloud.)
  Copy a file	No operation

Synchronizer permission

Users with the Synchronizer permission can perform bidirectional synchronization or one-way upload on folders in team space and received shares.

Backer permission

Users with the Backer permission can perform one-way upload on folders in team space and received shares.

No Synchronizer or Backer permission

Users without Backer or Synchronizer permissions can perform bidirectional synchronization or one-way upload only on folders in personal space and received transfers.