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aielgroup
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August 1, 2014
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Can you selectively sync files for Creative Cloud?

  • August 1, 2014
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On my laptop I only want to sync specific folders or files with Creative Cloud. On my Desktop I want to sync all the files between both devices. Dropbox has a feature that allows you to select which cloud files to sync per device, can I accomplish this with CC?

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    Correct answer Brett N

    Unfortunately, no. The file syncing is currently an all or nothing option. But it sounds like a great feature request to have that added. Could you post some documentation from Dropbox on how this is controlled by the user?

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    default21883955a44ijf
    Participating Frequently
    May 9, 2023

    So, 8 years down the road and we still have no form of selective sync. If (as I have) you've been added 300 GB worth of folders with various teams in your organization, your local machine better have that amount of storage free at all times, or sync will break. The only control the user has is to leave a project entirely.

     

    This is a glaring, embarrassing gap in Adobe Creative Cloud. It's a solved problem on every other file sync service. The last official response we have here is from an Adobe rep eight years ago asking us to "post some documentation from Dropbox on how this is controlled by the user" which is frankly insulting. We're not here to walk Adobe through fixing what's broken. 

     

    I think the issue here is that CC file syncing is bundled with CC software access, so it doesn't matter to Adobe whether users use it or not. 

    kglad
    Community Expert
    kgladCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    May 9, 2023

    adobe employees relatively rarely respond to anything in the forums.

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    default21883955a44ijf
    Participating Frequently
    May 9, 2023

    Very cool!

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    StoliCat
    Participant
    August 23, 2022

    A temporary workaround would be to move the local Creative Cloud Sync folder location into one of your other "selective-sync" folders (i.e. OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc.).

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    default21883955a44ijf
    Participating Frequently
    May 9, 2023

    Have you actually tried this? If so, did it work?

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    Anonymous
    May 5, 2022

    8 years later, still no selection what to sync. This is embarassing

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      lovo
      Participant
      July 31, 2022

      8 YEARS FOR SOMETTHING SO BASIC!!! Shame on you Adobe.

        earlyfilms
        earlyfilms
        Known Participant
        April 15, 2022

        Has Adobe abandoned selective sync? I have as a secondary device a laptop on which I am quickly running out of disk space. My space problem would be solved if, just like MS OneDrive, only files you want at any given time are synced to that device. It seemed like they were considering it several years ago, but the associated links are gone:

         

        "please share your interest in having this feature by voting/commenting here:  Selective Sync – Welcome to CC Assets Website & Libraries Feature and Bug Reporting Page"

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          Anonymous
          May 5, 2022

          Error 404: Page not found.

            dadybear1234
            dadybear1234
            Inspiring
            December 7, 2021

            Greetings,

            With all the .pdf files being Synced or Backed Up to the Adobe Cloud & Photos & everything else being Backed Up (or synced to the Google Cloud) why bother with Dropbox? Really, I'm not trying to pick an argument, I just don't bother wasting my time. You know?   Barry 

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            krzysztofd23
            Participant
            August 26, 2021

            This feature is in "to do" since 2017 😐 
            https://community.adobe.com/t5/creative-cloud-services/selective-sync-for-creative-cloud-files/m-p/8436247

             

            😞 

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              Trynity978
              Participant
              October 10, 2021

              I came here to see if there was an update on selective sync for creative cloud folders and was disappointed to see that apparently no progress has been made in this. 

              If anyone has an idea about how to escalate this to the development team I would be happy to lead the movement. I guess for the mean time I will just hae mto delete all these files from my laptop and stop syncing all together.

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                Phillip5FE6
                Participant
                October 10, 2021

                How can you make DropBox work for you?

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                Jonni@RuffHaus
                Participating Frequently
                April 10, 2020

                I too would love to see this feature added. I have some devices with more limited storage so I don't want to sync all files. It would even be nice to just say sync computer A but not computer B to start.

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                  frank152
                  Participant
                  June 3, 2015

                  I don't know how I could exist without Dropbox.

                  Yellow Cat Design
                  Yellow Cat Design
                  Inspiring
                  June 4, 2015

                  If it helps anyone I use CC file storage for "Live" jobs and then once they're completed I move them to an archive using a different cloud storage that can selectively sync (copy.com). That way all the live jobs benefit from Creative Cloud features but I don't need to sync all of the archived jobs to my laptop that doesn't have the hard drive capacity to store them. However, if I need to access an archived job I can simply download it from the copy.com web interface.

                    ZeeArtRabbit
                    ZeeArtRabbit
                    Participant
                    April 29, 2015

                    This is apparently another feature which is available for Apple users but not for PC.

                    How to: Choose which Creative Cloud shared folders you sync

                    fernhead
                    fernhead
                    Participant
                    June 3, 2015

                    Our studio team would definitely like to be able to selectively synchronize subfolder and individual files, since our organization is attempting to move everyone off traditional servers and over to cloud based sharing (which means horrid Sharepoint for MSOffice users, but hopeless for the creative teams).

                      Eriksen___Brown
                      Eriksen___Brown
                      Participant
                      December 6, 2014

                      Would it not be possible to move the files not wanted on the computer to “Archived” in the cloud? Clicking “Restore” should download them back to the computer. Or does creative cloud have a time limit on how long files can be “Archived”?

                      Thanks

                      Brett N
                      Adobe Employee
                      Brett N
                      Adobe Employee
                      December 13, 2014

                      There is no time limit to keeping files in Archived. But remember, while they are in archived, they are still taking up cloud storage space. The same way the files in the Recycle Bin/Trash still take up hard drive space.

                      Eriksen___Brown
                      Eriksen___Brown
                      Participant
                      December 15, 2014

                      Thanks for the reply brett, and for pointing out that the files still take up cloud space. For Me the whole point is being able to keep my files safe and accessible in the cloud while freeing up space on my device.

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