Thanks Mia. That setup guide is pretty much what I followed when I set up InSync on a Linux machine. However, I have need to use instead a Mac as the machine that holds my files that I want to sync to my Google Drive.
If I understand your instructions correctly, you are saying I should not do what I was thinking - i.e. copying all my settings, which are currently stored as such:
drwxrwxr-x 2 user user 4096 Jan 20 2024 data
drwxrwxr-x 2 user user 4096 Jan 20 2024 live
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 25014272 Dec 25 22:31 logs.db
-rw-rw-r-- 1 user user 26214400 Jan 20 2024 out.txt
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 20480 Jan 20 2024 settings.db
-rw-r--r-- 1 user user 1425552 Dec 25 17:20 settings.db-wal
from my Linux box to my Mac. And instead, I should start with a fresh installation on the Mac, but with the folder that I want to sync to Google Drive empty.
Then, I should gradually move the files into that drive and InSync will check to see if they are already uploaded (they are, because I synced them on the Linux box) and then after I gradually move them all over, it will sync (upload) any new files as I add them from time to time.
Is that correct?
Can I be assured that syncing the empty folder won’t cause my files to be deleted on my Google Drive? I am not at my Linux Box right now, but in reviewing your instructions from last year when I set it up (New Server - Need to make sure don't reupload to Google Drive) it looks like I was told to use a 2-way LSS sync, so am always worried that my Google Drive will be synced to an empty folder (i.e. cloud files deleted).