![]() ![]() That means that it’s harder to set user-unique sync locations, and then the setting for that location doesn’t roam with the user (as it would under HKEY_CURRENT_USER, assuming roaming profiles). Similar to the Mac, you have to set a custom configuration prior to installing/running Box Sync.īut wait, there’s more! The registry location is under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, which is a computer-specific, rather than user-specific, location. Note that, if you’re on the Windows side, you apparently have to make registry edits to set a custom location. plist file, maybe trash the folders above, and restart Box Sync. Incidentally, it’s hard to believe that this is really the only possible method - with all the Box processes stopped, you should be able to create the. Now, download the latest Box Sync for Mac from. Make sure you’re saving the file as plain text, and that your editor doesn’t paste on an extension like ‘.txt’ - the filename must be exact. Save the file in /Library/Preferences/, (note that this is the Library folder at the root of your boot hard drive, not the Library folder in your user profile), naming it . … except you’re going to specify your custom location in place of /Volumes/Drive1/syncme/. Open a text editor - I’m partial to TextWrangler on the Mac - and paste this: Searching for it via Spotlight is expedient enough. ![]() Was Box Edit running? You’ll want to delete that, too. ~/Box Sync/ (remember, this won’t exist if you’ve renamed it or deleted it as suggested above) ~/Library/Application Support/Box/Box Sync/ Rename your Box Sync folder (to any other name), or delete it if you’re 1000% confident those files are safe somewhere else. Check for errors by right-clicking on the Box icon in the system tray. Note: If you drag and drop a backup of your files to your Box Sync folder, it will create duplicates that look like filename-(user’s email address). Kill the Box Sync and Box Sync Monitor processes, if they’re running. Instead, allow Box Sync to 'naturally' sync the files, on its own, from your UCSF Box account into your Box Sync folder. Right-click the b icon in the taskbar and choose Quit. What can you do with Box Sync? Let’s take a ride… As of this posting, Box can’t handle symlinks. With other cloud services you could create a symlink.With many other cloud sync clients, you can set a custom location in the program’s Preferences. ![]() Let’s say you want Box to sync to a different location. Lots of situations, to be sure, where this default behavior is pathological.
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