SyncDrive Arm-based processor Support

Is SyncDrive supported on Arm Processors?

Currently, SyncDrive does not support Arm-based processors as it's still used by a very tiny niche portion of our users. With time as the Arm-based processors become more and more popular and there is enough demand and a critical mass of users for a business case, we could review this and add it as a feature to our product.

But first a little bit of context. What is SyncDrive?

Syncplicity SyncDrive provides access to all your Syncplicity content without first synchronizing it to the desktop. All your Syncplicity content is visible so you can find the documents you need to work productively. When you access a document for the first time, it streams seamlessly to your desktop. SyncDrive caches your most recently accessed documents so they are available when you need them.
SyncDrive allows you to mark files and folders as available offline to ensure you have access even when you do not have access to an internet connection.

What are my other options?

1. Use my.syncplicity.com to upload/download files from/to this device.
2. Disable SyncDrive and sync all your folders on this device as Local folders.

I want to go with option 2. But what exactly is a Local folder? Is there any difference between a Local folder and a SyncDrive folder?

1. A Local folder is any folder that is not stored in your Syncplicity (:S) drive. For example, it might be downloaded on your C: drive.
2. When you sync a top-level folder to your device as type SyncDrive. SyncDrive lets you see all of the top-level folder files and subfolders on your device in File Explorer and then you can select, which files and folders to download to your device.
3. When you sync a top-level folder to your device as of type Local folder, all of the files and subfolders of the top-level folder are automatically downloaded to your device.
4. SyncDrive, lets you choose which files and folders to have available Offline (without an internet connection.) Local download all files/subfolders of the top-level folder that you synced and because of that they are all always available offline.
5. SyncDrive consumes less space because you only download the subfolders/files of the parent folder on-demand.
6. Local folders might consume more space because you download all of the subfolders/files of the parent folder. For example, if you have a folder called Documents and the folder is 5 GB, but you only need to work on one file inside that folder, the whole contents of the folder would be downloaded to your device thus taking 5 GB of storage space on your device. Whereas SyncDrive would only download that single file to your device.

How can I disable SyncDrive?

To disable SyncDrive, you would have to:

1. Uninstall Syncplicity first. (if installed)
2. Open the Windows Command Line Prompt. Use the Run as Administrator option.
3. Navigate to the directory where the SyncplicitySetup is located. For example cd C:\Users\%USERNAME%\Downloads (if the file has been downloaded to your Downloads folder)
4. Run .\Syncplicity_Setup.exe SYNCPDRIVE=0