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 ===== 2 Understanding Smart Folders =====
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+Smart Folders can store files from different clouds and they are created by the SME system on account creation.
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+The location of files stored in smart folder will be set to whatever your Default Cloud is set to in the Cloud DashBoard. You can also see this from your sidebar when logged into the web.
-Smart Folders can store files from different clouds and they are created by the SME system on account creation.\\ \\ The location of files stored in smart folder will be set to whatever your Default Cloud is set to in the Cloud DashBoard. You can also see this from your sidebar when logged into the web.\\ \\ Any files uploaded to these smart folders will result in a folder being created on the primary cloud and files added stored. You can think of them as a view of files and can easily see which files are stored on which cloud from the icon next to the file.\\ \\ You don't have to use Smart Folders at all but they can be very powerful for aggregating files from different clouds.  \\ \\ If you wish to turn "off" your smart folders, login to the SME website, navigate to your DashBoard, and locate the "Extended Options" section at the bottom of the page, and turn off the ones you don't require.\\ \\ \\
+Any files uploaded to these smart folders will result in a folder being created on the primary cloud and files added stored. You can think of them as a view of files and can easily see which files are stored on which cloud from the icon next to the file.
+You don't have to use Smart Folders at all but they can be very powerful for aggregating files from different clouds.
+If you wish to turn "off" your smart folders, login to the SME website, navigate to your DashBoard, and locate the "Extended Options" section at the bottom of the page, and turn off the ones you don't require.
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 ===== 5 Deleting Files =====
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+When you delete files using a SME client the files move to the "**//Trash//**" view before they are deleted on their file cloud. On the actual storage cloud the files you deleted via SME will be accessible via **//.Trash Folder//**.
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+If you then choose to remove them from the Trash or empty the Trash then the files are deleted on the file storage provider.
+This is a safety feature to ensure you don't accidentally remove files. There is no time limit to how long they will remain in trash. They will remain there until they are deleted or Trash is emptied.
-When you delete files using a SME client the files move to the "**//Trash//**" view before they are deleted on their file cloud. On the actual storage cloud the files you deleted via SME will be accessible via **//.Trash Folder//**.\\ \\ If you then choose to remove them from the Trash or empty the Trash then the files are deleted on the file storage provider.\\ \\ This is a safety feature to ensure you don't accidentally remove files. There is no time limit to how long they will remain in trash. They will remain there until they are deleted or Trash is emptied.\\ \\ If you wish to remove files as soon as they are deleted   or let your storage provider handles files that are deleted then there is an option that you can access from   "**//DashBoard//**" to turn off the Trash setting.\\ \\
+If you wish to remove files as soon as they are deleted   or let your storage provider handles files that are deleted then there is an option that you can access from   "**//Dashboard//**" to turn off the Trash setting.