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Feature request
Which Nextcloud Version are you currently using: (see administration page)
Nextcloud 32.0.8 (All in One) - MacOS Desktop 33.0.2 with Virtual Files activated
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When you connect the Mac desktop client to an existing Nextcloud account containing a large number of files and folders, the Nextcloud client does not initially index all the new files and folders, and Finder and Spotlight ignore the existence of those files until you navigate through the folders. Additionally, the client does not display the current sync status, making it difficult to know when the files have finished uploading or downloading.
Describe the solution you'd like
When the client connects to the server account for the first time, or after being disconnected (e.g. when the computer has been in sleep mode or switched off), the desktop client should index all new content so that Finder can catalogue and locate it without the user having to open folders manually.
In addition, I would like the client window to display a progress bar showing the indexing and/or sync status, and (if possible) to estimate the time remaining based on the file transfer speed (similar to what Finder does when copying files from one location to another). At the very least, it should display the number of files remaining to be synced/indexed as text.
Example attached ;)
Additional context
I intend to switch from Dropbox to Nextcloud before my subscription expires (in August) because I want to reduce my reliance on US-based services as much as possible and, above all, I want to protect the privacy of my files.
That’s why a few days ago I tried to copy all the content I have on Dropbox to my Nextcloud server — over 400 GB, hundreds of thousands of files in thousands of folders! — and I realised I had no way of knowing how long it would take to sync all that content.
Once the sync was complete, I set up the same account on another Mac and the sync was almost instantaneous, but that was because Finder hadn’t scanned all the new folders and files and didn’t know they existed.
I know that, especially with such a large number of files and folders, indexing can take hours. That’s what happens to me with Dropbox every time I set up an account from scratch. But it’s something that only happens the first time I sync all the content; the second time and onwards it takes very little time as it only indexes the changes. The benefit is that Finder and Spotlight know where the files are and you can search for them, and you don’t have to wait for Finder to read the contents of every folder every time you open one.
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Feature request
Which Nextcloud Version are you currently using: (see administration page)
Nextcloud 32.0.8 (All in One) - MacOS Desktop 33.0.2 with Virtual Files activated
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
When you connect the Mac desktop client to an existing Nextcloud account containing a large number of files and folders, the Nextcloud client does not initially index all the new files and folders, and Finder and Spotlight ignore the existence of those files until you navigate through the folders. Additionally, the client does not display the current sync status, making it difficult to know when the files have finished uploading or downloading.
Describe the solution you'd like
When the client connects to the server account for the first time, or after being disconnected (e.g. when the computer has been in sleep mode or switched off), the desktop client should index all new content so that Finder can catalogue and locate it without the user having to open folders manually.
In addition, I would like the client window to display a progress bar showing the indexing and/or sync status, and (if possible) to estimate the time remaining based on the file transfer speed (similar to what Finder does when copying files from one location to another). At the very least, it should display the number of files remaining to be synced/indexed as text.
Example attached ;)
Additional context
I intend to switch from Dropbox to Nextcloud before my subscription expires (in August) because I want to reduce my reliance on US-based services as much as possible and, above all, I want to protect the privacy of my files.
That’s why a few days ago I tried to copy all the content I have on Dropbox to my Nextcloud server — over 400 GB, hundreds of thousands of files in thousands of folders! — and I realised I had no way of knowing how long it would take to sync all that content.
Once the sync was complete, I set up the same account on another Mac and the sync was almost instantaneous, but that was because Finder hadn’t scanned all the new folders and files and didn’t know they existed.
I know that, especially with such a large number of files and folders, indexing can take hours. That’s what happens to me with Dropbox every time I set up an account from scratch. But it’s something that only happens the first time I sync all the content; the second time and onwards it takes very little time as it only indexes the changes. The benefit is that Finder and Spotlight know where the files are and you can search for them, and you don’t have to wait for Finder to read the contents of every folder every time you open one.