Drive apps allow synchronizing data between your local machine or mobile device and the Groupware Server. You define the data to be synchronized:
In order to synchronize on a workstation, you have to define the following folders:
A local folder on your workstation.
A remote folder or multiple remote folders on the Groupware server.
On a mobile device, you select the objects to be synchronized by marking those objects as available off-line.
On a mobile device, you can further define that photos or videos are uploaded to the server. This function is called photostream.
Each change applied on the server is transferred to the workstation and the mobile devices. Each change applied on the workstation or a mobile device is transferred to the server and other devices.
The following changes are synchronized.
new files
file content changes
file renamings
file deletions
new folders
folder renamings
folder deletions
On the server, you can select the following folders for synchronizing.
Personal folders
Public folders, shared folders
Depending on the server configuration, some folders can not be used for synchronization.