Windows does not allow file paths longer than 256 characters. Versions Affected: All 2.2 Long file paths Temporary files and folders (.tmp and files/folders starting with ~ character) The following file types are blocked by Sync: 2 Limitations 2.1 File types blocked by Sync Select extracts from Box.com's web site, re: v3 Sync For example: 1234AD38 or ABE32BD0": Please do let me know if you discover any limitations which matter to you when you use Box Sync (Mac) v4 on your new Mac laptop (if you end up trying it). Box.com's info on v4 shows how many of the v3 limitations had been overcome: BUT, they still list limitations, such as blocking "File names that have 8 uppercase hexadecimal digits (0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,A,B,C,D,E, or F). When you run the full Box.com v4 Box sync software on your //new// laptop, does it still suffer from the problems you reported to me today? Here's what Box.com said about v3 "Box Sync 3.x Behavior, Limitations, and Recommendations", which seemed to mirror some of the problems you saw when using the web interface from your old laptop: (FWIW, I pulled out the key ones I was seeing for one person, here ). He is now using a USB device for this one-time migration (to contemporary Mac and thus contemporary Mac OS) instead.Īll the problems I had previously worked on were related to v3 of the (Mac) Box Sync client.Was using web browser, not using Box Sync (Mac) since older OS (of source Mac) doesn't support current version of Box Sync.Blocked files are file types that Box Sync does not recognize.īox Sync ignores the following file types and shortcuts:īox Sync blocks the following file types:ġ0/31/14 CCB faculty member reported having major problems migrating his data using Box.com Ignored files are files that are invisible in Windows Explorer or Finder, such as temporary or system files. Box Sync will not sync files that it ignores or blocks.Do not use migration utilities for Box Sync folders." Do not delete the files from your original machine until you have uninstalled Box Sync. Box Sync will download the content from your Box account once you install Box Sync on the new machine. Do not manually migrate content in your Box Sync folder from the first machine to the second. Then, you'll install Box Sync on the new machine.
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