.gdsheets aren't synching

Feature requests
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In windows explorer, I copied and pasted the file “2015-01-29 RSVP List.gdsheet”.

I then renamed this copied file to: “2015-03-26 RSVP List.gdsheet”.

I’ve only just realised a few things:

  • When I double click and open this new file “2015-03-26 RSVP List.gdsheet” - it is actually opening the OLD 2015-01-29… file in Google Drive.

  • As per the attached screenshot, new .gdsheet files that I create in windows explorer aren’t being synched. (no green tick overlay).

Why is this happening and how can I/you fix it?

EDIT: I would upload a screenshot, but apparently new user’s cant upload images.

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Ryan: Please send us your screenshots, logs.db and out.txt file to support@insynchq.com.

Thank you. :smile:

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@Ryan: Insync cannot copy the Google format files that are being sync’d without being converted. These are the files with extensions: .gddoc, .gddraw, .gdform, .gdnote, .gdscript, .gdsheet, .gdslide. These files only contain metadata and url of the corresponding Google format file. However, you can move such files within the same account.

EDIT: Insync wouldn’t be able to create the copy of the files corresponding to the .gdlink files as Google doesn’t support it.

EDIT: Insync can now copy the aforementioned Google format files when you copy the local corresponding shortcuts (except for .gdlink) as long as the Google format file is present in your Google Drive.

Thanks

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OK. So if I want to make a copy of a Google Format file, I can’t do it from Windows Explorer?

Is this a feature you can introduce? I’m pretty sure if you use the native Google Drive App for Windows you can make copies of existing Google Format files.

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@Ryan Yes. We have it in our ToDos. We will try to prioritize this feature.

Thanks for the feedback.

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I would also like to request this feature be prioritized. I do this kind of thing A LOT in my daily operations.

Thank you!

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@Elier: Yes, it is being actively worked upon. Hopefully, it will be out in the next release.

Thanks

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I would also like to have this feature.

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@dschmidthawk This feature has been implemented since 1.2.8, Kindly download and install the latest version: https://insynchq.com/downloads if it hasn’t auto-updated already.

Thanks

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Then I’m still getting the following errors for Google files:

or is this a different issue? Thanks!

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@dschmidthawk: Sorry, I didn’t mention about the .gdlink files. These are the files that correspond to the custom/third party files created on Google Drive. Google doesn’t allow creating a copy of such files via its API, hence that error.

I have updated my initial response on this thread