Box Sync lets you keep multiple folders your files and folder from your Box utexas.box.com account on the web in sync web automatically synchronized with your computer desktop. So that now, whenever you change or add files to Box Sync folder on your computer, they will all automatically be saved to your Box account. In addition, Box Sync can Box Sync can also do this for your whole team if you have a departmental or team Box account set up (Contact Computer Services for Departmental accounts). By keeping your files in Box sync you not only eliminate the chance of files being lost if your computer fails but you can easily access them from the web as well . Box sync also as any other computer you have installed Box Sync on. Box also provides the ability to restore a previous revision (in case of accidental overwrite) or to restore a deleted file.
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If you have not yet setup an account |
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, first review the page: An Introduction to Box |
PC
First Time login
The first time Box Sync launches you will see a prompt like the one below. You first need to click on Use Single Sign On (SSO).
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After approximately 30 seconds a Box Sync window will reappear. Click Start Syncing, so that Box will now automatically handle file uploads and downloads. .
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If you have a lot of files and folders, it can take awhile (possibly hours) to fully synchronize all your content. It is best to only sync the content you need. |
The Box Sync folder for Windows users will have links to the Box Sync folder in Favorites as well as the Desktop.
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If you already had files in Box on the web prior to having ever used Box Sync, you will need to mark them as "Sync to Computer" should you want to sync them.
Once logged into Box on the web, click the 3 dot menu to the right of the folder name and then navigate to Properties and click Sync to Computer.
Unsyncing files using Box on the web
The process is the same as "Sync to Computer" (pictured above) however, you should now see the option to "Unsync". Click on Unsync and the files will be removed from your computers, but the will remain on Box.com for safe keeping.
Mac
The Box Sync Folder for Mac OS users will have links to your Box Sync folder in Favorites as well as the right hand side of the Finder.
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