I just installed odrive to “sync” files to the cloud. It did that quite well, but now it has removed the physical files from my desktop and replaced them with placeholders. Is there a way to keep the original files on my local drive and turn off placeholders? Two reasons…I mirror files locally between 2 internal drives (C: drive for the operating system only) which is now not going to work AND you have now created the same situation I just tried to eliminate…My files are in one location only again…the cloud. I want them in the cloud AND local. What if there is some issue with your provider?? I hope I am missing something here and someone can explain where I might be using this software incorrectly. Thanks.

Hi, Generally your files will remain local unless you have chosen to unsync files manually, or you have configured auto unsync: https://docs.odrive.com/docs/manage-disk-space#section-configure-auto-unsync To have all of your files local and keep them that way: Make sure auto unsync is set to never Do not unsync any files of folders manually Perform a recursive sync on the folders you want local (or the odrive folder if you want everything), move the slider to “Everything”, check the “Include subfolders” box, and click on the big sync icon.

Turn Placeholders off

Troubleshooting

Tony December 30, 2016, 6:07pm 4

Hi @vph1963,
You are correct that you will now not have unsync without Premium. The Free version will still allow you to sync. For more details please take a look at this thread: