jasondunn Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 It’s REALLY problematic that you guys turn on the “Store deleted items in archive” by default and without warning the user. Not only does that take up huge amounts of space, it has a ripple effect for those of us doing cloud backups. I rip 40 GB MKV files to my desktop and immediately move them to my server - but they’re along for the ride with this feature! And then to make us turn it off for every folder on EVERY device…yikes. This is really not a well-thought out feature. There should be a global setting to turn this off all at once, and for certain it should be an option for users to opt into. EDIT: This gets even worse. When you un-check that option, it doesn't purge the deleted folders in the archive! So I have to go in and delete them manually. Urgh. :-( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 7 hours ago, jasondunn said: There should be a global setting to turn this off all at once Try changing the advanced (power user) preference "folder_defaults.delete_to_trash" to "false". This will then ensure that for all future folders you add to Sync on your device, deleted files won't be stored in .sync\Archive sub folders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted September 22, 2016 Report Share Posted September 22, 2016 @jasondunn Archive is a good safety net for many cases: when user doesn't fully get the idea of synced folders, for companies (or just teams) that collaborate on same files, etc. Therefore we prefer to keep Archive turned on by default. In some cases (for example, if working with video files or another bulky content) it'll indeed occupy some extra space. Although, as @GreatMarko mentioned, it can be disabled for use cases like yours. And no, we don't delete Archived files intentionally: users might need them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryPotter Posted February 15, 2017 Report Share Posted February 15, 2017 On 9/21/2016 at 6:59 PM, jasondunn said: It’s REALLY problematic that you guys turn on the “Store deleted items in archive” by default and without warning the user. Not only does that take up huge amounts of space, it has a ripple effect for those of us doing cloud backups. I rip 40 GB MKV files to my desktop and immediately move them to my server - but they’re along for the ride with this feature! And then to make us turn it off for every folder on EVERY device…yikes. This is really not a well-thought out feature. There should be a global setting to turn this off all at once, and for certain it should be an option for users to opt into. EDIT: This gets even worse. When you un-check that option, it doesn't purge the deleted folders in the archive! So I have to go in and delete them manually. Urgh. :-( Thank you! How do we purge these files? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 @harryPotter, Go the the Archive and delete them manually. Another option: in power user settings set sync_trash_ttl to 1, restart Sync. All files that have been in archive for more than 1 day will get deleted. New files will be stored there for another day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harryPotter Posted February 16, 2017 Report Share Posted February 16, 2017 Thank you @Helen! I like your suggestion and implemented it. Where is the Archive folder located? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted February 17, 2017 Report Share Posted February 17, 2017 inside each sync share. See this guide to access archive . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreiman Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 I too HATE how by default Sync moves deleted items to the archive folder! I too have Sync monitoring and keeping my media files backed up. The problem is that every time a file is replaced with a newer/updated file, the old file and folder get moved and found by my the multimedia agents such as Plex Server and MyMovies! H-A-V-O-C On 9/21/2016 at 5:59 PM, jasondunn said: It’s REALLY problematic that you guys turn on the “Store deleted items in archive” by default and without warning the user. Not only does that take up huge amounts of space, it has a ripple effect for those of us doing cloud backups. I rip 40 GB MKV files to my desktop and immediately move them to my server - but they’re along for the ride with this feature! And then to make us turn it off for every folder on EVERY device…yikes. This is really not a well-thought out feature. There should be a global setting to turn this off all at once, and for certain it should be an option for users to opt into. EDIT: This gets even worse. When you un-check that option, it doesn't purge the deleted folders in the archive! So I have to go in and delete them manually. Urgh. :-( Resilio should really expand their setup with a simple wizard to allow users to turn this feature ON if they want it, or even better, give users the option of placing the Archive folder(s) in alternate directories or different hard drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Posted March 1, 2017 Report Share Posted March 1, 2017 @jfreiman, you can disable archive in poweruser options on desktops , so no new shares will have archive enabled. On mobiles though you'll need to disable archive manually for each share once it's added to Sync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreiman Posted March 5, 2017 Report Share Posted March 5, 2017 On 2/28/2017 at 9:29 PM, Helen said: @jfreiman, you can disable archive in poweruser options on desktops , so no new shares will have archive enabled. On mobiles though you'll need to disable archive manually for each share once it's added to Sync. Thank you, I know -- I have to do that every time I set up a new device. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted March 6, 2017 Report Share Posted March 6, 2017 @jfreimanWell you could run your Sync instances using a configuration file for these kind of settings ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfreiman Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 On 3/6/2017 at 0:31 PM, Moe said: @jfreimanWell you could run your Sync instances using a configuration file for these kind of settings ;-) Create a config file to have Sync place 'deleted' files in an alternate directory path? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Posted March 8, 2017 Report Share Posted March 8, 2017 No disable archive function. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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