Suspending or stopping sync

We can suspend sync temporarily, turn off syncing for a sync folder, or disconnect from a site altogether.

You may want to turn off syncing temporarily, for example, if we are making a lot of changes to files and want to sync when the changes are complete. Or, you might want to disconnect from a site if the work on a project is complete and you no longer want to maintain file syncing.

• To suspend sync activities temporarily, right-click the sync folder and choose IBM Connections > Suspend sync.

• To turn off syncing for a local sync folder, right-click the sync folder and choose IBM Connections > Stop using sync. If we turn off sync, the contents of the sync folder is copied into another folder and syncing is turned off. We can create a new sync folder at a later time to resume syncing for that site.

• To turn off syncing from the server, right-click the server name in the Connections section, and choose Disconnect from this site. Disconnecting does not delete any content. The contents of the associated sync folder are copied to a new folder and the server and all sub-folders are removed from the Connections folder.

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