Synchronize kDrive across different devices

This guide explains how to sync files stored in kDrive to access them easily on all your macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android devices.

Preamble

• The desktop app kDrive (desktop application for macOS / Windows / Linux) automatically synchronizes any changes made to your files & folders from the workstation (Finder / Explorer) directly or from the mobile app & web app.
  • You have the option to customize the folders of your Drive that should be synchronized on your computer.
• The mobile app kDrive (app for iOS/Android smartphone or tablet) allows you to access all your content on the go and also automatically back up photos from your mobile device:
  • Refer to this other guide for iOS and for Android…
  • Note that there is no automatic synchronization between the content of your mobile device and kDrive; this is the same as with competing apps that do not offer it either, as the restrictions of mobile operating systems are too significant to allow it (alternative solutions generally paid for exist via third-party apps using the WebDAV protocol).

Download kDrive on computer

Minimum system requirements to use the kDrive desktop app (desktop application for macOS / Windows / Linux)

* no context menu on right-click on the OS

Your operating system will be automatically detected to offer you the appropriate version to download (refer to this other guide if you are using Linux) then follow the installation assistant by granting the necessary rights to the application:

1. Open the kDrive download page to download kDrive.
2. Install the downloaded application.
3. During installation, pay attention to the permissions that may be requested by the assistant (especially on macOS) and that must be granted for the proper functioning of the application:
   
4. At the end of the installation, the application should open (otherwise, launch the kDrive application manually from the device).
5. A form asks you to log in to your Infomaniak account (need help?):
   
6. Then select your kDrive offer from the list (if your account allows access to multiple kDrives):
   
7. Enable or disable the Lite Sync option (a feature of the app for Windows and macOS that saves space by virtually storing your kDrive files on your computer, downloading them only when necessary):
   
8. A kDrive folder is created on your hard drive at the indicated location (location that can be modified by clicking on the pencil icon ✎) and will contain the files that may already exist on your kDrive (some folders may be ignored - read below) and will send to the kDrive server all the files that you will place there in the future:
   

Synchronize files with kDrive

Once the application is installed and connected to your account, you have the kDrive application on your device:

• On a computer, the app icon appears in the notification area of your computer (top right on macOS, bottom right on Windows and a left double click in the taskbar on Linux) and a kDrive folder is automatically created in your personal documents.