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October 1, 2020
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Creative Cloud Drive - Can I prevent certain folder to sync to my Laptop?

  • October 1, 2020
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I mostly work on my files on my Desktop for various reasons: acres of disk space, speed, large screen, etc.

Everything I save locally in Creative Cloud syncs with my Laptop's creative cloud. So far so good, except that my laptop has a finite amount of space and there are files I will never use on the laptop.

 

In other words, I am looking for a feature similar to "One Drive" where it lets me designate a folder with "Save Space" and keeps the folders and files on the cloud until they are needed, they they are downloaded.

 

If I keep going at the current rate, I'll fill up my laptop SSD with files I really don't need there. I would like to have access to some of the folders saved locally, but not others.

Another example: I have a foilder named "Clients" where I keep files I made or were sent to me. However, there is only one Client's file that I need to have access to on the laptop, all the other clients I would like to be able to download from the cloud on a "as needed" basis.

Is that possible? 

P.S. I see that I can save on "Cloud Documents" where the files only live in the cloud. That's not quite what I want. I want to choose which folders are left on the cloud and which are saved locally on each of my two computers, and I don't see a way to do that.

 

The only solution I found so far is to move some folder to OneDrive, then move them back to Adobe cloud. That's confusing and error prone. I hope there is a better solution. Additionally, "Cloud Documents" cannot be managed (or even transferred) to the local Adobe Cloud without opening them in a Adobe product and saving a copy of it. Ideas?

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Nancy OShea
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 3, 2020

Disable laptop sync from Creative Cloud app.  Use your browser to get the files you need. 

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
Participating Frequently
October 3, 2020

That's essentially what I was doing before. Unfortunately the "client" I need to have access to on both my desktop and laptop is my wife. 

She makes glass jewelry that she sells on Etsy and other places and I have taught her how to shoot it and process it.

Unfortunately, she is terrible at basic file management. Having the ability to immediately sync the files between desktop and laptop not only makes he life simpler, but it allows me to see her work in real time. 

I guess I'll have to do that if I cannot find a better solution, but if CC adopted a system like OneDrive, transparent on demand download, it would really make my life simpler.

Good suggestion though.

kglad
Community Expert
Community Expert
October 3, 2020

i don't think cc can easily do that, but i agree, it's a good idea.  make your suggestion here, https://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

Participating Frequently
October 3, 2020

Thank you, I will suggest it. 

I am also not a fan of the separation between Creative Cloud and the Document cloud. Drove me nuts and I still don't quite understand why I cannot transfer files from one to the other.