Hi @russell2,
Auto download in the odrive menu will tell odrive how to handle the current files in the folder when you expand it and new files that are added to an already expanded folder. To make sure new folders are expanded and all of the files inside inside are downloaded, you will want to set the folder sync rules. https://docs.odrive.com/docs/sync-source-changes#section-configure-folder-sync-rules
So, if you wanted everything in a folder to be 100% downloaded and always stay downloaded no matter what new content is added remotely, you would want to do the following:
- Set the "Auto Download Limit in the odrive menu to “Always Download”
- Right-click-> on the folder you want to always be downloaded, slide the slider all the way to the right for ‘Everything’, and check ‘Include subfolders’ and ‘Save and apply to new files and folders’.
- Then click the big silver sync button
On an initial sync, you may have to check on it, because an initial bulk sync operation can be aborted if too many errors are hit while odrive is attempting the bulk download (Amazon Drive is notorious for this). This can keep existing files and folders in a placeholder state. If you have a lot of data, you may want to try using the CLI to perform the initial recursive download, so that it “brute forces” the operation. More info on that here: How can I force a recursive download with the CLI?