u/ExcellentRead636

New user to jottacloud.

have linux so its a big punch in the face due to lack of GUI.

I was backing up a folder that was around 80GB via jottacli.

I was having a hard time with commands due to my lack of knowledge.

so i paused the backup and started using rclone since i have more understanding of rclone than jottacli. by now jottacli had already uploaded about 50gb of that 80gb

my assumption was; rclone will skip ahead the downloads already uploaded by jottacli, and start downloading the files that are not available in that folder, so i wouldn't have to worry about duplicates or other errors.

fast forward 8-9 hours and i check back my backup folder in cloud, And it's total size is 150GB... no idea how that happened.

So i was not sure which files got duplicated and which files didn't. most of the time when i want to verify if my files are properly downloaded, i just check the size and files and then compare it to my local size and files. if they're identical then that means everything is copied as is.

Now out of frustration i decided to create a new remote on Archive (on rclone) rather than backup (on rclone) of jottacloud, and copy the folders (from local to archive jottacloud) once again. Basically start over.. Since i dont want to be unsure if ALL of my files are copied or not.

1 hours later, i check my archive folder and it's already 50GB. which is huge for my network speed. It's remotely impossible for my wifi to pull that much upload speed.

Now i am second guessing if jottacloud basically just pulled copies of the files that were already in backup, and pasted them into my archive... I dont know if jottacloud guys have this weird system or there's something else going on here.

can somebody help me understand what went wrong or right here?

I'll update you guys once my archive folder is done

I made a whole lengthy and proper post, and somehow i lost the draft. So my apologies if my post is vague because im pissed asf but i also want my questions answered.

Question # 1 - In the documentation it claims that Backup and Sync are different. Backup is for permanent/longterm folders. Sync is for current movements.

In both cases, Synchronization is happening - Right?

its just that in Backup the files edited have longer version history. In both cases, the files deleted locally go into trash of cloud.

How right am i?

Question # 2 - How will i disable a backup. For example, Desktop folder is being backed up. I now want to stop the backup while I also want the folders intact in both local and cloud environments. Can i disable backup without backup files going into trash of cloud?

Same question is for sync. How should i disable sync, are the files retained in both cloud and local drive?

Question # 3 - I heard a redditor rant somewhere that they cant sync/backup/archive an empty folder into cloud. The empty folder is skipped. This is crazy because I have some encrypted folders that sometimes include empty subfolders.

I am a migrant of MEGA. In my previous usecase I was able to "enable" a sync between cloud and local drive. Whatever changes would happen were two-way. When i wanted to stop the sync i would simply "disable" the sync. The folders that were synced would be intact in cloud and local. the only difference was that now there is no more automatic changes in cloud.

same was with backup. But backup files were READ ONLY. i was not able to write backup files in cloud. I had to download them locally to mess with those files. However i think jottacloud has different approach which i am completely caught offguard for.

I think there is no way to "disable" the sync in jottacloud. I have to remove the files in cloud and restore them into archive to truly disable sync. That is my understanding.

I am using Linux CLI unfortunately and I am having even more hard time figuring things out due to lack of GUI

I know the questions were stupidly articulated, I'd appreciate if you could simply explain to me the features and limitations of both; backup and sync. I think then my question will be clear.

Also the documentation should be one page or interlinked. I have to keep changing tabs to read different independent blog-like pages to make sense of it... Atleast they should add a link to the next topic right at the bottom of each documentation page for better UX

sorry for a stupid curated post. I had more articulated post drafted up but it got lost and it made me lazy....

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I have tons of videos and photos that i want to encrypt and put them into my google drive.

Google is offering crazy cheap deal in my country and their offers are too good to avoid, So i want to migrate from onedrive to google drive. But i hate that they're very nosy and i dont want them to know how big my schlong is

However I have a problem with standard encryption like cryptomator, It encrypts the folder/s in a vault, and you need to download the whole vault into your system to be able to search through and find the file you need.

I want an app that encrypts each file independently, So that i can download and decrypt only specfic files without having to download the whole thing into my system. And There should be a way i can see the thumbnails of the encrypted photo/video to be able to filter which photo I'm looking for.

I have recently found rclone, pretty handy for my usecase. But again im not sure if thats the best app to do this. Rclone decrypts the files into a mounted disk, where the windows file explorer then tries to render thumbnails, So i can see the photos without ever downloading all of the directory.

but im not aware if rclone is the only and best option, If anyone knows of a good practice to get this done, please let me know!

Hey guys! I have always been a written notes guy. I rarely used OneNote to jot down simple lecture notes without any fancy headings etc or formatting, just plain text.

So, In my 20 years of life I never really learned how to write notes digitally, on a screen. And since im in Computer Science, I will have to learn taking notes, doing documentation etc as it will be needed in my career.

I want you guys to share your "Non-Personal" notes or research notes that you made yourself using markdown or Obsidian. It can be related to anything. And It doesn't have to be perfect. I just want to learn and understand how notes should be structured and how deep i can go with my styling.

Yes, I know I can read research papers or blogs to learn this. But it doesn't help because my visual learning is pretty bad. Also I want to see how people structure their notes especially in Obsidian.

I'm pretty sure there are people in this sub that have the same problem as me. So it'll help them out too! and you also get to show off your work!

You could send any kind of notes. Anything that you're happy and comfortable to share!

ty in advance 💗