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August 2, 2014
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Unable to turn on Creative Cloud File Sync

  • August 2, 2014
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I can't turn on Creative Cloud File Sync. On a Mac running Mavericks, I go to the Creative Cloud icon and click it, then Assets. It takes me to the Files tab and gives me a big blue button that says "Start synching". If I click it, the app flashes briefly, and then I'm back to the Files tab with the big blue "Start synching" button. If I click it again, I get a spinning icon for about five minutes, and then I'm back to the app again, with the big blue button.

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Correct answer Ben Mordue

I am also having the same problem with syncing. I followed the simple instructions from the link you posted and I am getting an error in my command line stating that there is "No such file or directory".

I am also having a problem with keeping the sync 'on" button selected in my creative cloud desktop preferences. When I go to my preferences and select the files tab, then select 'on' for my sync settings. When I close that window and re-open it the sync settings are set back in the off position. How do I get these settings to stay in the on position?

Also, I cannot seem to find my Creative Cloud Files folder anywhere on my computer. I have tried setting a folder location (also in my preferences) but that too will not stay once I have closed the window.

Hopefully you can help me with these problems. Oh- and I am working on a Mac.


lhillvisualadvan,

Please check the full path that isn't found if you're seeing 'no such file or directory'. I would expect the message in the command line to look like this:

rm: /Users/<yourusername>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CoreSync/options.tix: No such file or directory

If you don't see /Users/<yourusername> at the beginning, you're missing the tilde character ('~') from the instructions.

If the path looks like the one above and options.tix is not found, the issue you're experiencing is distinct from the issue described in the knowledge base article. In this case, could you send us your log files so that we can investigate further? Please zip up the entire 'CoreSync' folder at the location below and send it to me at bmordue@adobe.com.

Mac:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CoreSync

Windows:

C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\CoreSync

'Library' on Mac and 'AppData' on Windows are both hidden folders. Please read this page for help on showing these folders:

http://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/show-hidden-files-folders-extensions.html

Thanks,

Ben

2 replies

Virsitil
Participant
December 21, 2016

Im having same issue again as above..Ive restarted CC, logged in and out. restarted computer...Nothing seems to get them to enable syncing. I click the button and it kind of blinks - but sync is still not enabled. Ive looked at several other threads and nothing seems to work.

Participant
December 21, 2016

I'm also having the same problem. My files are not syncing, and when I turn on file sync, it just does this:

Participant
November 3, 2020

Same issue in 2020 here. But it was easily fixed by deleting /Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/Adobe/CoreSync and restart CC.

Participant
August 19, 2014

I am having exact same issue.  None of the above links seemed to have anything relevant to this particular issue.

Adobe Employee
August 19, 2014

Please try the solution on this KB article that was just posted:

Creative Cloud desktop app | Unable to turn-on File sync.

Thanks,
Elba