Syncing same GDrive folder to two different local targets

Hello,
Is it possible to sync a full Google Drive account to an external hard drive, and at the same time selectively sync a subset of folders to my internal storage?

In more detail: I have a large Media folder at the root of a GDrive account, which I would like to sync in full to an external SSD for backup, e.g, run/media/user/externalSSD/Media. At the same time, I would like to be able to selectively sync only a few folders to have locally, e.g., ~/insync/Media/Movies/folderA, ~/insync/Media/Movies/folderB, etc.

I have been able to achieve this, but in a way that feels too hacky: setting the base folder of the account that has the Media folder to the external disk with full 2-way sync; via GDrive online options, sharing that folder with full editing privileges to a second Google account; adding that second account to Insync with a local base folder location, which then allows me to selectively sync whatever folders I want from “Shared with me”.

Is there a better way of achieving this full-external-backup-plus-selective-local-sync result, without using two accounts?

Thanks

Hi @mC_mC_mC!

Thank you for posting about this. :slight_smile: Each file or folder on your Drive can only be synced to one location at a time. That means that if the full Google Drive account has been synced to an external hard drive, then you can’t selectively sync a subset of folders to another location as well.

I would be happy to forward this as a feature request, if you’d like?

Hi Mia,
Thank you for the reply. Sure, forward it over as a feature request. Maybe not even the exact procedure I described, but some way of having selective sync + a full backup option I imagine would be quite useful for other people too!
Thanks

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@mC_mC_mC Gotcha, thank you so much and happy New Year!