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- | =====Mac Cloud Drive Restrictions===== | + | =====Cloud Drive for MacOS FAQ===== |
last updated October 26, 2018 | last updated October 26, 2018 | ||
Storage Made Easy provides a suite of Applications for the Enterprise File Fabric each of which, from a desktop perspective, | Storage Made Easy provides a suite of Applications for the Enterprise File Fabric each of which, from a desktop perspective, | ||
- | The aim of this read me document is to highlight some caveats that needs to be understood / observed when working with the Cloud Drive. | + | The aim of this read me document is to highlight some caveats that needs to be understood / observed when working with the OSX implementation of the File Fabric |
- | ===OSXFuse=== | + | ===OSX Fuse=== |
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+ | OSXFuse is required to be installed for the Drive to function. OSXFuse is a File System in UserSpace implementation for OSX that enables developers to extend OS X's native file handling capabilities via third-party file systems, such as the Enterprise File Fabric. | ||
- | The Cloud Drive App should be excluded from Anti Virus scanning to avoid performance and functionality issues. (When files are cached to disk they should still be scanned). | ||
===Anti Virus=== | ===Anti Virus=== | ||
- | OSXFuse is required to be installed for the Drive to function. OSXFuse is a File System in UserSpace implementation for OSX that enables developers | + | The Cloud Drive App should be excluded from Anti Virus scanning |
===Firewall=== | ===Firewall=== | ||
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===Drive restrictions=== | ===Drive restrictions=== | ||
- | The Cloudk | + | The Cloud Drive has been optimized to disable preview for images and other file types that use this functionality. This is because the file needs to be downloaded to create the preview which of course would negate the whole purpose of using the drive. |
If this preview functionality is changed or not implemented then it could result in a degraded performance as well as all files being downloaded locally. | If this preview functionality is changed or not implemented then it could result in a degraded performance as well as all files being downloaded locally. | ||
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The drive should work perfectly well with office documents but be aware that a network blip, general office crashes, and latency sensitivity of office, can cause documents to be lost so always consider setting up the office auto-recovery office option when working with the drive. | The drive should work perfectly well with office documents but be aware that a network blip, general office crashes, and latency sensitivity of office, can cause documents to be lost so always consider setting up the office auto-recovery office option when working with the drive. | ||
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+ | In the event you do need to recover a document, Microsoft Word for OSX keeps these in a special folder in the following location: | ||
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+ | Library/ | ||
===Resetting the Cache=== | ===Resetting the Cache=== |