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MacDrive file issues

FileCloud MacDrive may be unable to upload files and folders with the following naming characteristics.

Filename length limit

The MacOS operating system only allows file names of 255 characters or less.

Special Characters

FileCloud Drive doesn't upload some files with characters that are incompatible with certain operating systems. 

Please rename them to something more suitable for use across multiple operating systems.

  • The * character

  • The < character

  • The > character

  • The : character

  • The \ character

  • The / character

  • The | character

  • The ? character

  • The * character


The following file names are also not uploaded.

  • tonido.db

  • Thumbs.db

  • desktop.ini

  • *.tmp*

  • *.~tmp*

  • *.lnk

  • Files or Folders ending with space 

  • Files beginning with a space

  • Files or folders ending with "." or ","

  • .tonidocache

  • Conflict_*.*

  • sync.ico

  • .ds_store

  • Any hidden files (usually files starting with . in Linux and files with hidden attribute in windows)~*

  • ~*

  • *.fuse_hidden

  • *.crdownload

  • *.partial

  • *.part

  • *.download*

  • *.MACTF

  • *.dwl

  • *.dwl2

The following folder is not uploaded

*.sb-*