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In BIM and VDC, our data is getting bigger, primarily due to the prevalence of point clouds. Using Box Sync to Share BIM Files and Retain Links and File Pathsīox Box Drive, box sync, box.com 3 Commentsīox is great, and Box Sync is still the most robust file sync tool I have used for huge datasets. Upgrading Your Hard Drive while Keeping Box Sync Data, and Adding a New SSD to Your Laptop mklink /d C:\Users\lukes\AppData\Local\Box\Box\cache R:\BoxDriveCache.So I decided to move that cache folder using yet another symbolic link… Here’s how: I discovered the Box Drive cache was using heaps of hard drive space windirstat Update: Changing the Box Drive Cache Folder location Obviously, you have to go through now and ‘Mark Offline’ any folders that I want to keep permanently syncing to that device. Now, I can use all of my legacy Box Sync links with Box Drive, and they will all correctly redirect to the new Box Drive location.

Finally, I made the symbolic link like this:.

– make a symlink to the new folder.New location in Registry: My next plan to work around this limitation was: It resulted in a folder structure like:Į:\BOX\Box Sync\Box\ contentfoldersAnnoying! So you can’t actually rename the \Box\ piece of that folder structure…

Unfortunately, this did not have the desired effect.

Restart Box Drive after setting the CustomBoxLocation Registry key shown below:.

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There are some notes here on how to do change the Box Drive folder location. By default it was pointing to a user location, that is C:\Users\lukes\Box\.

Following this step, I wanted to move the Box Drive to the same absolute folder location I had previous, which was E:\BOX\Box Sync\ contentfolders.

– upon reboot, the Box Sync uninstall script thinks that it got the job done, even though I helped it along – rename the existing Box Sync folder to “Box Sync.old” Even after a long time ‘restoring disk space’ did not complete… The uninstall picked up automatically after the restart. I received this annoying warning a few times:Īs it kept failing, I did have to restart my computer. You will have to make sure any files in Box Sync are closed.

After you login, you will be prompted to uninstall Box Sync.

A mini-install will run, and then you will be prompted to login.

Having a very established Box Sync workflow, that included ‘absolute file pathing’ between team members, it was a bit scary to make the switch to Box Drive.

This means that there is no web-based control for ‘Sync Folder’ or similar, the setting is basically on the client device.

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Another key difference is that Box Drive will always show you all of your files and folders, and it will download them on-demand (unless set to keep offline). On the other hand, Box Drive uses a 25 gb transparent cache, and you can still mark certain folders to keep them offline. Box Sync actually struggles to scan through the entire folder structure – so much so that it sometimes never quite catches up in a 24 hour period. I was syncing over 1 tb of data across many thousands of project files, so I could see the advantage of a more ‘on demand’ system. Recently, Box has been pushing people away from Box Sync and into Box Drive. It is an incredibly robust file sharing tool and it has rarely let me down even though we have used it extensively on many large BIM and VDC projects. puts things like Share Point to shame.I love Box.

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But I checked mine and from what I could tell all images and videos I have taken with the Z show up in the app, but I don't have it syncing back down to PC yet.īTW, I freaking love box, not sure if you have used it like this but if you are an MS office or Adobe user, their plug-ins for those programs are freaking awesome. Sorry just throwing ideas out there, you could be on with your thought on quantity. I'm wondering if maybe then synced to cloud but never back down to your PC. This is the first time it's happened and starting to wonder if the quantity of photos not yet synced has any impact when it's able to sync over WiFi?Follow up question did you check box via browser and app as well or just via PC folder? I only ask because I have had some slight issues with syncing my box on PC with the cloud at times. I've got around it by sharing the 'lost' photos to the correct Box folder and they're now on my PC. I don't have cellular syncing enabled, but am always on WiFi at home.