Nextcloud Client Manual

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• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Installing the Desktop Synchronization Client
• Visual Tour
• Using the Synchronization Client
• macOS Vitual Files client
• Installation and initial setup
• Finder integration
• Configuration
• Conflicts
• Advanced Usage
• The Automatic Updater
• Appendix A: Building the Client
• Appendix B: History and Architecture
• Appendix C: Troubleshooting
• FAQ
• Glossary

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Glossary

mtime

modification time

file modification time

File property used to determine whether the servers’ or the clients’ file is more recent. Used only when no sync database exists and files already exist in the client directory.

Nextcloud Server

The server counter part of Nextcloud Client as provided by the Nextcloud community.

Nextcloud Sync Client

Nextcloud Client

Name of the official Nextcloud syncing client for desktop, which runs on Windows, macOS and Linux. It uses the CSync sync engine for synchronization with the Nextcloud server.

unique id

ETag

ID assigned to every file and submitted via the HTTP Etag. Used to check if files on client and server have changed.

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