Fabs Feature Request

[nlinecomputers]

"The only reason to do so would be if the internet connection was crappy. DSL or worse and they had several gigs to download. But I suspect if you simply terminate the software and then run FABS you will not have a problem."

I said that in this thread. Just scroll up.

 

[Diggs]

Thanks @nlinecomputers . I looked and missed it also. Was interested in the answer as I support many on very slow DSL (< 1Mbps). Didn't mean to make you repeat yourself.

 

[Diggs]

Does anyone know what happens if you copy contents of Google Drive data to a new computer (in default location), then install Google Drive with it pointing to the same location?

Which takes precedent? Cloud or local?
For instance copying the Google Drive contents from an old crashed computer (while someone may have made changes to those contents via browser or guest accounts) to a new computer. Does Google/Dropbox/OneDrive compare file for file and take the newest as source or does one source take precedent over the other?

 

[Diggs]

If this actually matters to you then you shouldn't take anyone else's opinion or experience - it's a very easy thing to test for yourself, and then you'll know what happens.

And then you can tell the rest of us.

I'm never sure how much it matters until I need it. I didn't think I'd reinvent the wheel if someone else has done it.......

 

[ell]

Love the program but I'm finding machines with all or most of their data saved to the one drive folder, (the one stored locally) students are doing this more and more. Would really like to see fabs backup this one too!

 

[nlinecomputers]

Love the program but I'm finding machines with all or most of their data saved to the one drive folder, (the one stored locally) students are doing this more and more. Would really like to see fabs backup this one too!

You do know that FABS will backup ANY folder you select?

 

[ell]

You do know that FABS will backup ANY folder you select?

guess I should rephrase my request, I mean it would be nice if it was included with the rest of the default folders

 

[Markverhyden]

guess I should rephrase my request, I mean it would be nice if it was included with the rest of the default folders

Given that there are probably dozens of online services like that it would be impractical to maintain that feature. They come and go. And that you can also specify what folders those services use makes it even harder.

 

[GTP]

It's fairly simple when using Fab's Autobackup to browse through the "Extra Files and Folders" section and just select what you want.
If your paranoid just select Computer, tick all the boxes and get the whole shebang in one go!

 

[ell]

It's fairly simple when using Fab's Autobackup to browse through the "Extra Files and Folders" section and just select what you want.
If your paranoid just select Computer, tick all the boxes and get the whole shebang in one go!

I guess I just have to get used to remembering to add it, I have never used it, I didn't realize location of the default one drive folder can vary.

 

[fincoder]

Given that there are probably dozens of online services like that it would be impractical to maintain that feature

OneDrive is the one cloud service that's actually included with Windows, and along with DropBox and Google Drive that's probably 99% of users covered with just three services.

And that you can also specify what folders those services use makes it even harder.

As you can with Outlook for instance, and Fab's has logic within to sort that out (presumably reading registry entries).

I agree with @ell, it would be a nice feature. Probably not critical because of the option to manually specify folders, and also because the data will re-sync automatically when the user signs in to the service again (which is the reason why I usually ignore it unless it's included with Documents backup).

 

[ell]

OneDrive is the one cloud service that's actually included with Windows, and along with DropBox and Google Drive that's probably 99% of users covered with just three services.

As you can with Outlook for instance, and Fab's has logic within to sort that out (presumably reading registry entries).

I agree with @ell, it would be a nice feature. Probably not critical because of the option to manually specify folders, and also because the data will re-sync automatically when the user signs in to the service again (which is the reason why I usually ignore it unless it's included with Documents backup).

What I've seen twice recently is laptops with no user data at all in their windows user folders, but everything in the One Drive folder (local), so somehow they have it set up to save all new/existing files there. They somehow lose the sync feature (maybe from malware) and need files recovered from it.

 

[nlinecomputers]

Office by default wants to save to the OneDrive folder.

 

[fabs]

As you can with Outlook for instance, and Fab's has logic within to sort that out (presumably reading registry entries).

That is right for Outlook: there are registry entries, so, files can be found this way. This is not true for cloud services. They use a local database where the settings must be stored, there is no path stored in the registry? The problem with the database is that I have no way to read it, so, if the synced folder has been changed, there is no way to know which one it is and synced files will be missed.

Edit : it looks like there are some clues for OneDrive. On Win 10, I could find the path in the "UserFolder" registry value at "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\OneDrive"

Also, Dropbox has a "%LocalAppData%\Dropbox\info.json" file that contains information like that:

{"personal": {"path": "C:\\Users\\Username\\Dropbox", "host": 12346548, "is_team": false, "subscription_type": "Basic"}}

I do not know yet about Google Drive. Things should be a bit trickier since they replaced Google Drive software with Backup and Sync.

 

[Bryce W]

Just a heads up that the GDrive desktop app will be shutting down in December and being replaced with another app. So that'll change things up a bit.