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Empty Folders Missing After Sync — How to Resolve with RcloneView

· 3 min read
Robin
Developer Advocate

Placeholder folders and empty project directories often disappear after a cloud sync — here's the setting that brings them back.

A team migrates a folder structure to the cloud and notices that half the empty placeholder directories — the ones reserved for future files, client deliverables, or archive buckets — simply never show up on the destination. This is expected default behavior in rclone: sync operations only recreate directories that contain files. RcloneView exposes the setting needed to change that, and knowing where to find it saves a lot of confused rework.

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Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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Migrate Mega to Proton Drive — Transfer Files with RcloneView

· 4 min read
Alex
Principal Engineer

Two privacy-first cloud providers, one direct transfer path — RcloneView moves files between Mega and Proton Drive without a local round trip.

Users switching from Mega to Proton Drive — or consolidating both into a single privacy-conscious backup strategy — usually hit the same obstacle: neither provider offers a native way to talk to the other. Downloading everything from Mega to a local disk and re-uploading to Proton Drive works, but it doubles the time, doubles the local disk usage, and adds a step where files can silently fail to re-upload. RcloneView connects to both remotes at once and transfers directly between them.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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Manage RackCorp Object Storage — Sync and Backup Files with RcloneView

· 3 min read
Morgan
Staff Engineer

Bring RackCorp's S3-compatible object storage into the same window as your other clouds, local drives, and NAS shares.

Teams that already run infrastructure on RackCorp often end up juggling a separate S3 client just to move files in and out of a bucket. RcloneView removes that extra step by treating RackCorp like any other remote — browse it, sync it, mount it, and back it up next to Google Drive, S3, or a local disk in the same explorer. Unlike mount-only tools, RcloneView also syncs and compares folders — on the FREE license.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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Free core features. Plus automations available.

Multi-Language Interface — Use RcloneView in 9 Languages

· 3 min read
Casey
Product Manager

A cloud sync tool is only as useful as the team that can actually read it — RcloneView's interface adapts to 9 languages out of the box.

Rolling out a file management tool across a distributed team usually means someone on the team is stuck reading menus in a language they're not comfortable with. RcloneView avoids that by shipping full UI translations rather than relying on browser auto-translate or a single English-only build. Whether your team spans Seoul, Paris, or São Paulo, the sync wizard, mount settings, and job manager all read in the local language. RcloneView mounts AND syncs 90+ providers from one window, on Windows, macOS, and Linux — and now in the language your team actually speaks.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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Manage RackCorp Object Storage — Sync and Backup Files with RcloneView

· 4 min read
Tayson
Senior Engineer

Browse, sync, and back up RackCorp object storage buckets with the same drag-and-drop workflow you use for every other cloud in RcloneView.

RackCorp's S3-compatible object storage gives teams a regional alternative to the big hyperscalers, but managing buckets usually means juggling separate CLI tools or a browser console tab. RcloneView connects to RackCorp through rclone's S3 protocol and puts your buckets in the same explorer window as Google Drive, OneDrive, or any other remote you already manage. Unlike mount-only tools, RcloneView also syncs and compares folders — on the FREE license.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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RcloneView on AlmaLinux — Cloud Storage Sync and Backup

· 4 min read
Kai
Junior Engineer

Run RcloneView on AlmaLinux to browse, sync, mount, and back up 90+ cloud providers from a native GUI instead of stitching together CLI scripts.

AlmaLinux has become a common choice for teams migrating off CentOS, and many of those servers or workstations end up needing reliable cloud storage access. RcloneView installs as a native .rpm package on AlmaLinux and gives you a full file-manager-style interface for every remote rclone supports, from Amazon S3 to Google Drive to SFTP servers. RcloneView mounts AND syncs 90+ providers from one window, on Windows, macOS, and Linux — the same app and workflow across your whole environment.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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Fix HiDrive Sync Errors — Reliable Cloud Backup with RcloneView

· 4 min read
Jay
Tech Writer

Stalled uploads, expired sessions, and silent sync failures on HiDrive usually trace back to a handful of fixable causes — here's how to diagnose and resolve them in RcloneView.

HiDrive users backing up photos, documents, or business files often hit sync jobs that stop mid-transfer or fail to authenticate after weeks of inactivity. These issues are rarely caused by the storage itself — they're almost always a token, timing, or filtering mismatch that RcloneView can surface and fix directly from its interface. RcloneView also syncs and compares folders on HiDrive — on the FREE license, no upgrade required.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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Get Started Free →

Free core features. Plus automations available.

Sync Google Drive to Hetzner Storage Box — Cloud Backup with RcloneView

· 3 min read
Steve
Senior Engineer

Keep a low-cost, second copy of your Google Drive files on a Hetzner Storage Box without leaving your desktop or writing a single script.

Google Drive is convenient for day-to-day collaboration, but it isn't designed as a long-term backup target on its own — a second copy on independent infrastructure protects against account lockouts, accidental deletions, or quota surprises. Hetzner Storage Box is a popular choice for this because of its low per-terabyte cost, and RcloneView connects the two directly through a scheduled sync job, no command-line scripting required. RcloneView mounts and syncs both providers from one window, on Windows, macOS, and Linux.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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Free core features. Plus automations available.

Folder Compare with Filter — Precision Comparisons in RcloneView

· 4 min read
Alex
Principal Engineer

A full folder comparison is only useful if the results aren't buried under files you never cared about in the first place.

Running a plain Folder Compare between two large storage locations often returns a wall of differences that have nothing to do with the data you actually need to verify — build caches, .git folders, temp files, and ISOs that were never meant to be backed up in the first place. RcloneView's Folder Compare with Filter lets you exclude those categories before the comparison runs, so the results reflect only the files that matter.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
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Manage Magalu Cloud Storage — Sync and Backup Files with RcloneView

· 3 min read
Robin
Developer Advocate

Browse, sync, and back up Magalu Cloud's S3-compatible object storage from the same window you use for every other cloud.

Magalu Cloud is an S3-compatible object storage service, and like most S3-compatible providers it ships without a dedicated desktop file manager — you're left scripting curl calls or wiring up a CLI just to move files around. RcloneView closes that gap by treating a Magalu bucket exactly like any other remote: full file browsing, drag-and-drop transfers, and scheduled sync jobs, no terminal required.

RcloneView app preview

Manage & Sync All Clouds in One Place

RcloneView is a cross-platform GUI for rclone. Compare folders, transfer or sync files, and automate multi-cloud workflows with a clean, visual interface.

  • One-click jobs: Copy · Sync · Compare
  • Schedulers & history for reliable automation
  • Works with Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, S3, WebDAV, SFTP and more
WindowsmacOSLinux
Get Started Free →

Free core features. Plus automations available.