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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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    Brett N
    Adobe Employee
    Brett NCorrect answer
    Adobe Employee
    August 5, 2014

    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?

      iris.imaginations
      iris.imaginations
      Participant
      August 11, 2022

      Hi Brett, below you find Ramesh's, an Adobe Empoyee, answer on a similar request in 2016.

      Quite embarrassing for Adobe to ask her community to put in a feature request in 2022 when in 2016 it was already long overdue. So please do not ask us to put in feature request for a no-brainer and "every other cloud service" feature. Get your bosses embarrassed. 😉  Hi Everyone,

       

      I am so sorry for all the frustration this has caused to all of you. Due to changing priorities, this feature request got overlooked for quite some time now. This feature now has found it's way in ToDo list. The engineering team will start looking into it very soon.

       

      Thank you all so much for your patience. And I am again so sorry for the inconvenience.

       

      Regards,

      Ramesh.

       

      Also, 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

        be.free
        be.free
        Known Participant
        December 12, 2023

        This link is broken - we're still awaiting the HUGE need for this feature to be met. What is the point of having cloud storage if you cannot choose to keep things on the cloud. OneDrive, Dropbox and many others allow selective file synchronisation - because you don't need to sync all files all the time and we need to keep harddrives light and save the planet.

        Furthermore, your CC software often bugs out (quite often after an update) and then wants to re-synchronise the entire freaking load of files! This has happened to me probably 10 times now - sometimes I've ended up with two Creative Cloud folders alongside each other - what a bloody waste of time, energy, blah blah blah. You'd think Adobe would have more noggin.
        Come on Adobe, this one is a no-brainer. Or is that a question?

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