rootscript Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 (edited) on Computer_A I have a folder in:/users/John/Library/colors/ I want to sync Johns folder with the following location, on Computer_B:/users/Mary/Library/colors/ on Computer_C the locations is:/BTsync/Backup/colors/ Whenever I try to sync to /users/John/Library/colors/ it syncs to the default Bitorrent Sync folder (/Users/Mary/Bitorrent Sync/). I would like to choose where the sync goes to. How do I setup syncing a shared folder to a specific location?I don't want to sync all the folders in /users/John/Library/ or /usersMary/Library/just the /users/UserName/Library/colors/ folder Thanks Edited May 25, 2015 by rootscript Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted May 26, 2015 Report Share Posted May 26, 2015 Change your device's folder synchronization mode to "Disconnected". You'll then be able to choose where each folder syncs to, rather than syncing to the default folder. For more information, please see: Folder Synchronization Modes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrkvs Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 GreatMarko, on Windows (v2.0.120) there is no way to change mode to 'Disconnected'! Right-click folder menu gives just an option to 'Remove' the folder, which does exactly that. Moreover, folders (which originally located on another mac) show up as disconnected (dotted icons) only when I remove all the folders from the list and buttons 'Connect' appear. But then it doesn't work the way I expected it to work. Please see my post (unanswered): http://forum.bittorrent.com/topic/38981-cant-disconnect-a-folder-anymore-option-disappeared/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted May 27, 2015 Report Share Posted May 27, 2015 GreatMarko, on Windows (v2.0.120) there is no way to change mode to 'Disconnected'! Right-click folder menu gives just an option to 'Remove' the folder, which does exactly that. You change your device's Folder Synchronization Mode setting to "Disconnected" mode via "My Devices" - it's not a "per folder" mode, it's a global mode for that particular device, which is why you'll find it under My Devices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootscript Posted May 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2015 Here is how it works in a little more detail for Mac Os X Yosemite users: [01] On my WD My Cloud EX2 (Nas) make a folder called Colors & add it to the BTsync via the http://pcloud.local:8888/gui/index.html web iterface. [02] on the Mac computer_1 the 'Colors' share will appear in the default btsync folder. right click and disconnect. [03] on thw Mac cumputer_1 press connect on Colors folder (via the BitTorrent Sync App) & choose a location to sync to. This new location is ~/Library - btsync will try to create the folder called 'Colors', but will tell you it already exists & gives you an option to keep the contents. [04] rinse & repeat steps [02 + [03] on Mac computer_2 It appears to work fine, after some shorts tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbellanca Posted June 2, 2015 Report Share Posted June 2, 2015 But... This doesn't work. Step 2 - Right clicking just gives the "Remove" option, not Disconnect. My computer device is already in Disconnect mode... seems to always be in that mode since I picked it during the first setup... so I have to initially Connect each folder... which is fine... But I can never Disconnect it, only Remove. Pretty frustrating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrkvs Posted June 14, 2015 Report Share Posted June 14, 2015 You change your device's Folder Synchronization Mode setting to "Disconnected" mode via "My Devices" - it's not a "per folder" mode, it's a global mode for that particular device, which is why you'll find it under My Devices. GreatMarko, so yes, I was able to disconnect my current device. But this doesn't let me change any path per folder. I can change the 'default folder location' for this particular device, which changes paths for all the folders associated with my account. I thought that was the whole point and 'uber-dropbox' feature to be able to sync any folder on one device with any folder (in any location) on another device. And BT Sync did that until now. Or am I getting/doing something wrong? This is really frustrating, I can't use BT Sync with a such feature-cut release, because in my case, for example, some folders are located even on different drives and so it must remain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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