Implement the pause/unpause from tray icon on Linux

Feature requests
#1

I think this was available at some point but was removed (not 100% sure this was the case).

Basically I would like to be able to pause/unpause the syncing from the tray icon in Linux, instead of having to launch the Insync window to do it.

I use Insync to sync my Calibre library and it is vital that the syncing is paused while Calibre is working and books are added / removed / edited, etc to avoid corruption of the database or other inconvenient stuff.

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#2

Hi @Tahini,

Thanks for reaching out about this. I’ve forwarded this to our product team :slight_smile:

#3

Hi @mia!
I think that this feature is simple to implement and will bring us a better experience of using Insync.

I always need to “Pause syncing”. In that case, it is a bit inconvenient to open the Insync screen just to do it.

Adding the “Pause syncing” in the system tray, would be more productive.

Thanks!

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#4

2 years later but, this please! It would be great to be able to pause/resume the syncing from the tray.

My use case is there are times when I have to paste a large number of files or perform move/rename operations on a large number of files, some of which involve parentheses () which Google Drive can struggle with, even resulting in data loss! So I’ll usually pause the syncing, do what I need, then resume syncing.

Currently the only items in the tray menu are ‘Open app window’ and ‘Quit’

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Thanks!

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#5

Hey! Thanks so much for bumping this feature request. I have notified our Product Team about our users’ interest regarding this. :slight_smile:

Can you let me know, in the meantime, what your experience is having to pause it on the app window itself such as inconvenience, too many clicks to do, etc.

#6

Hey there! Yes I would say, it’s best described as too many clicks. I have to first check whether syncing is running or not, so I open the app. I then ‘pause app’. I do my work which might take minutes or hours. Then I need to enable syncing again so I open app, then ‘resume app’.

I think the minor inconvenience here is that even looking at the system tray, there isn’t a way for me to know whether the app is paused or not. So I have to open a new window, check, toggle, then close. The productivity helper would be, being able to pause/resume from the tray menu itself. Hope that’s making sense.

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#7

It does make so much sense, and valid points raised here! :slight_smile: I will be including these suggestions and feedback in the feature request funnel.

Let me know if you have anything else in mind!