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--- clouddrive/win/faq [2020_10_02 12:18] – [6 Working with Files] jim
+++ clouddrive/win/faq [2020_10_29 18:16] – [8 Uploading / Copying files] steven
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-In general users should be able to work with files as they would on a normal drive but please note that some applications may need certain "hooks" for the Drive to work with them (with regards to edit and save) or may not be suitable to be shared for network drive access.\\ \\ Work has been done for many file types but if you come across a file type where edit and save is problematic you could email support@storagemadeeasy.com and let us know.
+In general users should be able to work with files as they would on a normal drive share as ultimately that is what it is, but please note that some applications may need certain "hooks" for the Drive to work with them (with regards to edit and save) or may not be suitable to be shared for network drive access. As an example shared Access Databases are not able to be used with the Cloud Drive. \\ \\ Work has been done for many file types but if you come across a file type where edit and save is problematic you could email support@storagemadeeasy.com and let us know.
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-Remember that the drive is a remote view of data. If you work with a very large file the whole file has to be downloaded and then on save uploaded. The Cloud Sync tools may provide a better way of working offline with such large files.
+Remember that the drive is a remote view of data. If you work with a very large file the whole file has to be downloaded and then on save uploaded. If M-Stream file transfer acceleration is being used this process can be relatively fast but users should also consider the Cloud Sync tools which may provide a better way of working offline with such large files.
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 ===== 8 Uploading / Copying files =====
+It is not recommended to copy a large number of files with the Cloud Drive. To upload a large number of files it is recommended to use the dedicated Cloud Explorer or, as the File Fabric support direct access to the storage
+Dragging and Dropping files between the local file system and the cloud drive will work and will even try to resume on failure but the drive is not optimized for such large file transfers.
-It is not recommended to copy a large amount of files with the Cloud Drive. To upload a large amount of files it is recommended to use the dedicated Cloud Explorer or, as the File Fabric support direct access to the storage, .\\ \\ Dragging and Dropping files between the local file system and the cloud drive will work and will even try to resume on failure but the drive is not optimized for such large file transfers. \\ \\ Dragging and dropping drives between an existing network share and the Cloud Drive is not generally recommended due to the latency that maybe incurred when attempting the operation which could result in a failure. As with copying files from a network share to another network share in windows, this may work but from a Cloud Drive perspective it is not a certified operation.
+Dragging and dropping drives between an existing network share and the Cloud Drive is not generally recommended due to the latency that may be incurred when attempting the operation which could result in a failure. As with copying files from a network share to another network share in windows, this may work but from a Cloud Drive perspective, it is not a certified operation.
 ===== 9 Renaming files =====