Your files are always automatically synchronized between your ownCloud server
and local PC.
-.. note:: Because of various technical issues, desktop sync clients older than
- 1.7 will not allowed to connect and sync with the ownCloud 8.1+ server. It
- is highly recommended to keep your client updated.
-
+Because of various technical issues, desktop sync clients older than 1.7 will
+not allowed to connect and sync with the ownCloud 8.1+ server. It is highly
+recommended to keep your client updated.
+
Improvements and New Features
-----------------------------
-The 2.1 release of the ownCloud desktop sync client has many new features and
+The 2.2 release of the ownCloud desktop sync client has many new features and
improvements. (See the `complete changelog
<https://owncloud.org/changelog/desktop/>`_.)
- * Improved appearance on HiDPI screens
- * Improved error messages
- * Several fixes/improvements to the sharing dialog
- * Several fixes/improvements to the server activity tab
- * Allow changeable upload chunk size in owncloud.cfg
- * Forget password on explicit sign-out
- * Windows: Fix deleting and replacing of read-only files
- * Share with internal ownCloud users from your desktop
- * Separate views for server activity, sync activity, and errors
- * Don't re-upload *eml-files if size and checksum are unchanged
- * Improved upload/download progress indicator
+ * Show server notifications on the client
+ * Improved sync speed
+ * Improved handling of Win32 file locks and network files
+ * Improved user notifications about ignored files and conflicts
+ * Add warnings for old server versions
+ * Update of QtKeyChain to support Windows credential store
+ * Packaging of dolphin overlay icon module for bleeding edge distros
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* Recent Changes, showing latest activities
* Settings
* Help menu
+* Pause synchronizations
* An option to log in or log out of all of your accounts at once
* Quit ownCloud, logging out and closing the client
* Connection status, showing which ownCloud server you are connected to, and
your ownCloud username.
* An **Account** button, which contains a dropdown menu with **Add New**,
- **Log In/Log Out**, and **Remove**.
+ **Log Out**, and **Remove**.
* Used and available space on the server.
* Current synchronization status.
* **Add Folder Sync Connection** button, which is active only when you have
the sync status bar offers four additional options:
* Open Folder
-* Choose What to Sync
+* Choose What to Sync (This appears only when your file tree is collapsed, and
+ expands the file tree)
* Pause Sync / Resume Sync
* Remove folder sync connection
-**Open Folder** opens a file explorer window displaying the client-side folder
-that is being synced.
-
-**Choose What to Sync** opens the folder sync tree view. Use this to sync all
-or only some of the folders in the folder tree.
+**Open Folder** opens your local ownCloud sync folder.
**Pause Sync** pauses sync operations without making any changes to your
account. It will continue to update file and folder lists, without
-downloading or updating files. To stop all sync activity use **Remove Sync**.
-
-**Resume Sync** resumes sync operations.
-
-**Remove Sync** removes the sync connection without removing the account. This
-stops all sync activity, including file and folder list updates. If you want to
-synchronize the folder tree again then click the **Add Folder Sync Connection**
-button, and re-select the folder tree that you want to sync.
+downloading or updating files. To stop all sync activity use **Remove
+Folder Sync Connection**.
.. figure:: images/client-7.png
:alt: Extra options for sync operations
Adding New Accounts
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-You may configure multiple ownCloud accounts in your desktop sync client.
-Simply
+You may configure multiple ownCloud accounts in your desktop sync client. Simply
click the **Account** > **Add New** button on any account tab to add a new
account, and then follow the account creation wizard. The new account will
-appear as a new tab in the settings dialog, where you can adjust its settings
-at
+appear as a new tab in the settings dialog, where you can adjust its settings at
any time. Use **Account** > **Remove** to delete accounts.
File Manager Overlay Icons
with internal ownCloud users the same way as in your ownCloud Web interface.
.. figure:: images/mac-share.png
- :alt: Sync client integration in Finder on Mac OS X.
-
- *Shared ownCloud files in Finder on Mac OS X*
+ :alt: Sync client integration in Windows Explorer.
Right-click your systray icon, hover over the account you want to use, and
left-click "Open folder [folder name] to quickly enter your local ownCloud
.. figure:: images/client-8.png
:alt: Activity windows logs all server and client activities.
-
+
Server Notifications
--------------------
-Starting with version 2.2.0 the client will display notifications which origin
-from the server. Notifications require a kind of manual interaction from the
-user and they are triggered by certain events happening on the server. One
-example is that somebody created a share from a remote ownCloud for the user
-which has to approved. The notification will be something like "Do you want
-to accept the share from user Joe on host owncloud.joesdomain.com", and the
-user of the client can either click an Accept- or Decline-button.
-
-The desktop client checks for avialable notifications automatically on a regular
-base.
+Starting with version 2.2.0, the client will display notifications from your
+ownCloud server that require manual interaction by you. For example, when a
+user on a remote ownCloud creates a new Federated share for you, you can accept
+it from your desktop client.
-If a notification is due for the user, it is displayed integrated in the
-activity tab, and the user receives a tray notification to draw attention.
+The desktop client automatically checks for available notifications
+automatically on a regular basis. Notifications are displayed in the Server
+Activity tab, and if you have **Show Desktop Notifications** enabled (General
+tab) you'll also see a systray notification.
.. figure:: images/client12.png
:alt: Activity window with notification.
-There is also the Announcement App that allows administrators to create
-notifications for users. This is a convenient way to send information to
-all users.
+This also displays notifications sent to users by the ownCloud admin via the
+Announcements app.
General Window
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