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So you're never left waiting on "Reading your drive…". Delta Drive shows the folder you last saw at once, then checks it with the drive and updates anything that changed.

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Coming back to the Delta Drive window refreshes the folder on screen when it's more than a minute old, so changes made on the web or another Mac appear without clicking around. Switching away while it's still opening doesn't stop it loading, and a brief network blip is retried rather than failing the read.

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Files you open are kept on your Mac and show Ready to read, so they open straight away next time if they haven't changed. If a listing still looks wrong, see the repairs in the gear menu.

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Why does Delta Drive show my folder straight away and then update it?

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Short answer: Delta Drive shows the folder you last saw at once, then checks it with the drive. Returning to the window refreshes a folder older than a minute, so changes from the web or another Mac appear by themselves.

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So you're never left waiting on "Reading your drive…". Delta Drive shows the folder you last saw at once, then checks it with the drive and updates anything that changed.

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Coming back to the Delta Drive window refreshes the folder on screen when it's more than a minute old, so changes made on the web or another Mac appear without clicking around. Switching away while it's still opening doesn't stop it loading, and a brief network blip is retried rather than failing the read.

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Files you open are kept on your Mac and show Ready to read, so they open straight away next time if they haven't changed. If a listing still looks wrong, see the repairs in the gear menu.

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Applies to Storage Studio 4.20 and later · Last reviewed

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