Configure and work with files off-line (only for Xythos for Windows)

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NOTE: Off-line functionality is currently not supported by Xythos for MAC
Configure Xythos so that files and folders are available offline
  1. Start Xythos Drive
  2. Press the button "Work Online"
  3. Select first file or folder to be accessible Offline, (select it in the Explorer window that is connected to the server).
  4. Right-click on the selected file/folder and select "Always Available Offline" from the pop-up menu
  5. Repeat step 3 and 4 for all files and folders that shall be accessible off-line
  6. Click on the "Disconnect" button in the Xythos Drive window
  7. Select the "Offline" tab in the Xythos Drive window and select the setting for how and when synchronization  with the server should be performed.
  8. If you want to synchronize manually, click to deselect "On connection" and "On disconnections", synchronization are then made manually by pressing the button "Synchronize Now", (if you choose this option there is no automatic synchronization).
Working with files and folders Off-line
  1. Start Xythos Drive
  2. Press the button "Work Offline", (Xythos driver connects to a "virtual drive" with the same content, and with all the "Remote configured" files and folders, (see above),  available in an Explorer window, (it looks like you are connected to the server).
  3. Navigate to the file in the Explorer window and work with it as if it had been stored on your computers hard drive.
  4. When you have finished your work, click on the button "Disconnect" in the Xythos Drive window, the "virtual disk" is disconnected
Synchronize the updated files and folders Online
  1. If automatic synchronization is selected, the synchronization and update of changed files and folders appears when you connect to the server (when pressing the "Online" button in the Xythos Drive window).
  2. If manual synchronization is selected, the synchronization and update of changed files and folders appears when you press the button "Synchronize Now" in the "Offline" tab in the Xythos Drive window.
  3. If someone else has updated a file on the server so that the versions of a file is different a pop-up window appears where you can choose the appropriate action.