Once you've downloaded and first started the Autosync for OneDrive app or another application for the service of your choice , you're greeted by a simple interface that asks you to connect to your OneDrive. Tap the button to do that and enter your Microsoft credentials like you usually would.
Click the Choose What to Sync button next, which will prompt you to give the app access to your device storage. Grant it, and Autosync encourages you to create a test folder pair, but I'd go for a custom pair right away since the app recommends creating a folder in your Chromebook's Android subsystem.
Click the Create my own folder pair link and create a folder in My files , which will allow you to save it to your machine's top-level storage.
Once you've set up syncing, Autosync will monitor for changes and will automatically sync files you drop into your local folder or the synced cloud folder.
If you're satisfied with the experience, you can tackle syncing your full OneDrive. Head to the three-dot overflow menu in the top right corner of the app and click Upgrade to do that. You'll need the Pro tier.
Then, head to the Synced folders tab and click your test folder pair. Change the remote folder to sync your full cloud storage and create a local OneDrive folder to sync it to. Depending on the size of your cloud storage, the following sync might take quite some time, but once the initial sync is completed, Autosync will always make sure only to upload or download files you've changed.
Depending on how important it is to keep your files up to date, you can change the sync interval and the battery-saving mode cutoff. By default, it's set to one hour. For what it's worth, the app will try to upload files you change on your Chromebook instantly, provided you're above the battery level threshold.
Since this syncing solution relies on a third-party Android app, it doesn't work quite as well as the official OneDrive desktop helper on Windows or macOS. It took the app a substantial amount of time to sync my 20GB drive, much longer than the official client would have taken on another OS. I also noticed that the process was rather intense on my Chromebook — it got hotter than usual, and Autosync remained among the top CPU users during the sync process. It also takes Autosync quite some time to spot changes on my OneDrive.
That's because the app has to go through every folder and file on your machine individually, comparing each to the copy available in your cloud storage. A scan of my 20GB drive takes almost seven minutes without any uploads or downloads. Super User II. Dropbox does not have a Chrome OS app.
You'll need to use the Dropbox website. Re: Can I install Dropbox on my Chromebook? Ben B. Why not. This is important. Can you please add one? I haven't used it, so can't confirm it. DropBox should be addressing this issue! Failed to mount Dropbox folder on my Chromebook. Has anyone got it to work recently? Re: Failed to mount Dropbox folder on my Chromebook. Happy ! I am moving your question to another topic we had about Dropbox on Chromebooks.
Feel free to ask questions! Good evening Thanks for the response. Happy New Year! Work Smarter with Dropbox The way we work is changing. Sound good? Let's get started. You can always access Dropbox via the Web on a Chromebook, but a better way is to use a Chrome extension that integrates Dropbox into Chrome OS, putting it right alongside Google Drive. When you open Chrome OS's file manager click the Launcher button in the lower-left corner and click Files , you will see two items listed in the left panel: Google Drive and Downloads.
These two folders contain your files stored in Google's cloud and locally on your Chromebook, respectively. You can, however, add a Dropbox folder to this left panel to make it easier to access your Dropbox Files. The extension isn't from Dropbox but a Japanese developer by the name of Yoichiro Tanaka.
After installing the extension and granting it access to your Dropbox account, it will mount Dropbox to Chrome OS and add a Dropbox folder to the left panel of your Chromebook's file manager.
With Dropbox added to the file manager, it's easy to drag and drop files from the Downloads and Google Drive folders to Dropbox, and vice versa.
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