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What is Cloud Sync?

April 26, 2017Cloud sync

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What is Cloud Sync?

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‘Cloud Sync’ is the term we use at SMEStorage to refer to what happens when you refresh your files view with the SMEStorage Gateway. What actually occurs is information about your files, which are held at your storage provider, are made available to SMEStorage so you can see any new files or folders you have added direct. This information is stored within SMEStorage in a meta-repository. For example, if you have 10 files in your cloud storage provider, and you add another two files directly through the website of the storage provider (or another external tool), your cloud storage provider would actually have 12 files and SMEStorage would only show 10 files. This is why it is needed to refresh your view if you work with files that you have added outside of the SMEStorage Gateway.