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Use the Select sites and folders to sync screen to select the content to sync between Alfresco Content Services and your desktop. The content is synced at C:\Users\<username>\Alfresco.

If you work with content that has deep folder structures, you may wish to deselect the Include all files and sub-folders checkbox. This allows you to only sync selected folders deep in your hierarchy, without syncing the intermediate folders, and prevent lengthy folder paths being created. By default, this feature is enabled, and if you want to sync only particular folders then the checkbox has to be deselected. In this case, only the files in the selected folders are synced using a folder structure starting from their respective root paths in Content Services (such as My Files, Shared Files, and your Sites).

Here’s an example that shows how the folder paths may be shortened:

My Files > <selected-sync-folder>
Sites > <Site Name> > <selected-sync-folder>
Shared Files > <selected-sync-folder>

When the checkbox is selected (since it’s enabled by default), the folders are synced using the hierarchy in Content Services. This replicates the behavior from previous releases of Desktop Sync.

Note: The screen provides an estimate of how much disk space will be occupied, so only select the content you need. The more content you select, the more space will be taken on your local machine and the more time it will take to perform the initial sync.

Synchronize your content from My Files and Shared Files.
1. Select My Files to expand the folder list in your My Files area of Alfresco Content Services.
  
  You can navigate through the folder hierarchy and click the check box to select individual folders, or select the Box button My Files to sync everything.
2. Select Shared Files to sync all the files and folders under Shared Files in Alfresco.
  
  You can navigate through the folder hierarchy and click the check box to select individual folders, or select Box button Shared Files to sync everything.
Select Box button next to Favorite Sites to sync all your favorite sites.

To select specific sites, click the Arrow button to expand the list and select the relevant site.

To sync a specific folder within a site, double-click the site name and select the folder.
Select the Box button next to Favorite Folders to sync all your favorite folders.

To sync specific folders, click the Arrow button to expand the list, double-click the site name and select the relevant folder.

When you expand Favorite Folders, all the favorite folders for a site are grouped under that site.
Under My Sites, you’ll see all the sites you’re a member of.

To sync specific folders, click the Arrow button to expand the list, double-click the site name and select the relevant folder.

Note: Sites display their full name and folders display the hierarchy of the folder, for example, My Site | My Folder.
Under Company Home, you’ll see all the folders created by the Administrator under Company Home of Alfresco repository.
Click Sync to start initial syncing of the selected Alfresco files and folders to your desktop.

Note: You can click Cancel to cancel the sync and close the Select sites and folders to sync screen.

Note: During the initial sync, don’t disconnect your computer from the network or put your computer to sleep. Although the sync will resume if interrupted, it will likely need to check the content again and very large initial syncs may take a long time to complete.
In the Alfresco sync folder location dialog, choose where the sync folder is stored.
The content is synced to C:\Users\<username>\Alfresco by default.
1. To use the default location and start the sync, click OK.
2. To change the sync location, select Browse…, choose a new location, click Select Folder, and then click OK to start the sync.
Note: If you wish to move the Alfresco sync folder location later, you’ll have to remove your account and set up Desktop Sync again.

Note: The sync folder location must be set to a local folder as network folders aren’t supported.