Delta Drive, Delta Trust & My Drive · Linked folders and copies
What is a synced folder in Delta Drive, and how is it different from a linked folder?
Short answer: A synced folder keeps a folder on your Mac and one in your drive the same — Both ways, Mac → Drive or Drive → Mac. Anything a sync removes goes to a Trash, never erased. When both sides changed a file, Newer wins by default, or choose Keep both.
A synced folder lives on your Mac and in your drive, and a change on either side — a new file, an edit, a deletion — is made on the other side too. A linked folder only ever copies from your Mac to the drive and never deletes anything there.
- Open the folder in Delta Drive where you want it, and choose Add ▸ Sync a folder….
- Pick the Mac folder, check its name in the drive, and choose Both ways (recommended), Mac → Drive or Drive → Mac.
- Choose Start syncing.
Nothing a sync removes is erased: it goes to your Mac's Trash or the drive's Trash. When both sides changed a file, Newer wins by default, or choose Keep both. Stop syncing… deletes nothing.
It's light on your Mac: it waits until you stop changing files and holds off while your Mac is busy, hot, on low battery or on a metered connection. Sync now always runs.