megamorot Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Hi, I have a share with 300GB of data. It is shared between 2 computers which I have control of (one is located off-site but is remotely controllable). They are both Read&Write. I would like to covert the off-site share to Read Only. Is that possible to do without touching the data at the remote side? For instance can the share be removed without removing the data and then creating a new Read Only key and place the data at the same place? Will Sync understand that the data is already there? Regards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 Assuming the folder's contents are already identical, you can simply remove the folder from Sync, and then add it back again using a Read Only Key/Link instead. Sync will index the folder, but nothing should transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megamorot Posted February 9, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 It worked, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivarson Posted February 9, 2016 Report Share Posted February 9, 2016 4 hours ago, GreatMarko said: Assuming the folder's contents are already identical, you can simply remove the folder from Sync, and then add it back again using a Read Only Key/Link instead. Sync will index the folder, but nothing should transfer. would that appy if i re-attach a backup-share from a phone too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabled-bravado-dell Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 May I ask what advantages to making a read only share would be if you have control over both besides accidental destruction of the data on the machine? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unyi3lding Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 Would this method work if I try to update the folder type from Standard/Advanced Folder to Encrypted Folder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted February 11, 2016 Report Share Posted February 11, 2016 35 minutes ago, unyi3lding said: Would this method work if I try to update the folder type from Standard/Advanced Folder to Encrypted Folder? Please see my response to this question in the other thread you started Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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