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  1. 3 votes

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  2. box sync

    The company I work for would love to keep the box sync app running for our computers as it is a real convince to only sync the files the designers are working on at the moment and allows us to control what to work on and not have to search through the whole box drive to find the one file every time to work on.

    3 votes

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  3. Remove Synced button from the left panel

    This encourages people to explore using Box Sync, which we want to discontinue in our company.

    3 votes

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  4. Auto-sync sub folders

    If you sync a main folder, every folder under it or created inside it should get synced. I shouldn't have to go back to box.com to see if someone added a folder to the main directory if I have it so that directory is synced.

    So if I have main directory Projects and someone adds a folder called Peanuts, it should automatically sync the peanuts folder and all its contetns because I told box to sync everything in the Projects folder. I shouldn't have to search out new folders every day, it should automatically download them to my computer.

    2 votes

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  5. Configure file uploading for .extension files

    Box synchronization issue comes if file name is started from .extension. Same thing works fine during manual uploading process. A provision should be added to configure the filter settings to upload during file synchronization.

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  6. Do not delete option

    Id like to be able to designate certain folders in Box Sync that could only be deleted by going to the server and not from a local Box Sync folder on the computer to avoid possible accidental deletion of important folders or files.

    2 votes

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  7. Limit editing to 'On the Web' only or blocking box sync form folders

    We have Excel files that a group of users over 8 different sites make moves adds and changes every day. we have box sync which doesn't lock the file, the agreed access for these teams is via the web and web excel only... But some users who know better only use excel via box sync so we end up with errors and staff saying box is no good...

    2 votes

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  8. Selecting different folders to synch on different computers

    I have both personal and company files in my Box and would like to be able to sync only some of to my work computer and others to my home computer.

    2 votes

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  9. open synched folder from web

    When I work in windows folder/file browser on my PC, I can easily right-click a folder and select to "view on box.com". I would like to be able to go the other way.
    * Couldn't there be a function when right-clicking a folder on box.com, that takes me to the synched folder on the PC I work from?
    * Or at least "copy link on the PC I work from", so I could paste it into the windows folder/file browser on my PC?
    / bengt.jacobson@chalmers.se

    2 votes

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  10. Ability to sync dot-files

    I'm a developer and my projects are synced to box, and I need, when I access my projects on another computer, to retrieve all my files, including my "dot" files (such as .env, .gitignore, .editorconfig, etc.). Only, now "dot" files are not synced, as explained on this page:
    https://support.box.com/hc/en-us/articles/360044195433. This is a problem, so it would be nice to be able to manually force certain files to sync or to have them automatically sync.

    2 votes

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  11. Update Box Sync to ignore temporary save files from Terramodel (*.~pr)

    Trimble Terramodel is a CAD program similar to AutoCAD or BricsCAD and saves a copy of the main drawing file (PRO files in the case of Terramodel, DWG in the case of AutoCAD) and renames the extension ~PR (AutoCAD equivalent is BAK).

    Box needs a simple way of toggling the option to ignore certain file types such as these to prevent syn errors and long scanning sessions during sync.

    2 votes

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  12. update files with box sync in share folder with Viewer Uploader privilages

    Hi ;
    There is any option to Sync Folder (Box Sync only) with the status Viewer Uploader insted of Editor ?
    becuase i want to share a folder with new information each week but i dont want to give all my team permission to delate this information

    2 votes

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  13. Automatic retry on files with upload errors

    Currently if there is an issue with a file upload (the one I'm currently running into is the "File may be locked or in use" error) Box Sync requires a manual step where you click the Retry button in the Box Sync tray icon context menu.

    This is problematic for me because I'm trying to full automate our build pipeline. In my scenario we generate a nightly build, zip it up and copy it to the Box Sync folder. The problem for me has been that it appears that Box Sync is a bit too hasty and attempts to upload…

    2 votes

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  14. Sync parent folder structure, so that Box Sync retains heirarchy

    When granting access to a specific folder, the user's desktop only syncs that folder, not its parent. This results in the folder sitting directly in the highest level folder, rather than in a subfolder where it belongs. The user should see the full file path in Box Sync.

    e.g. if granting user access to folder '/Apples' located in '/Fruit', the user should see 'Box Sync/Fruit/Apples', whereas they only see Box Sync/Apples because they do not have access to the overall '/Fruit' folder. This is the incorrect file path.

    2 votes

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  15. 2 votes

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  16. [Fix] Poor support for moving drive and recognizing existing content

    I had to disconnect a drive and Box sync broke and has been a massive pain to get working again. When the drive was reconnected, Box couldn't reuse the old folder, and once it started a new folder, I didn't appear to have the option to change it.

    I uninstalled and reinstalled Box sync so I could point it at the original directory it used with all the files still in place. It did not recognize any of the files. Instead, it renamed all the folders, downloaded duplicates of everything, and then ran out of space on my cloud storage…

    2 votes

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  17. Sharing folders takes too many clicks

    It takes too many steps to share. When box first came it was awesome- 1 click to create a folder and 1(2?) clicks to share. Now it is 5 (five!!!!) steps to be able to put the folder link into "pasting" into email position. Why are you yet another company who along with increased success make it worse for its users? And contacting you regarding this issue is such a hassle- there is no direct "contact" information to voice this issue. That communicates that you really show no interest in us users.

    2 votes

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  18. PERL API

    Hi,
    In our company we are planning to implement BOX for our file transfers. OUr legacy system uses Perl to do FTP to the folders. we are now looking at integrating Box file transfer from PERL do you already have existing API for integration.

    2 votes

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  19. Parade images

    Hello
    I find it a pity that each time I have to close the image to look at another photo

    cordially

    (edited by moderator to translate to english)
    Original post:

    Photos défilés

    Bonjour
    Je trouve dommage qu’a chaque fois il fermer l’image pour regarder une autre photo

    Cordialement

    2 votes

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  20. Show "Last Updated By" in Box Sync

    In BOX.com, there is a field to show the “last updated by”, which shows the name of the collaborator who last modified the file.

    Would like the same feature to be available in Box Sync. We would like to tag the filename with the modified by collaborator via a script.

    2 votes

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