51 posts tagged with "Feature"

Stop bouncing between five remote tabs — RcloneView's Combine remote stitches folders from different cloud providers into one virtual folder tree.

Picture a video production studio that stores raw footage on Google Drive, project files on Dropbox, and finished renders on Backblaze B2. Each remote works fine on its own, but "where's the master edit for Project X" means checking three tabs every time. RcloneView's Combine remote — one of rclone's virtual remote wrappers — solves this by presenting several upstream folders as named subdirectories inside a single virtual remote, so the whole production lives under one root without physically moving any files.

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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Before syncing terabytes of data or deleting files from a destination, use RcloneView's dry run mode to preview every planned change — without moving a single file.

One of the most costly mistakes in cloud sync workflows is discovering that a job deleted important files, overwrote newer versions, or pulled in thousands of files that were never meant to be included — after the fact. RcloneView's built-in dry run feature removes this risk entirely. By simulating a sync operation before execution, you can review exactly which files would be copied and which would be deleted, giving you full confidence in the job configuration before any real transfer begins. This is especially valuable when setting up a new job for the first time or after adjusting filter rules on an existing one.

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.

If your RcloneView automated backup stops firing on schedule — or never starts — this guide walks through every likely cause in order, from license verification to cron syntax to startup configuration.

Schedule-based sync is one of RcloneView's most practical PLUS features: configure a job once and it runs on a crontab schedule without manual intervention. When it stops working, the root cause is almost always one of four things — a license issue, a misconfigured schedule, the app not running when the job is due, or a silent error in the job itself. Working through each layer systematically resolves the problem in minutes.

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 →

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The Hasher virtual remote silently adds checksum tracking to cloud backends that don't natively support it, turning every sync into a verified, corruption-resistant transfer.

Not every cloud storage provider calculates and stores file checksums. Providers that rely solely on file size and modification timestamp for comparison can miss silent data corruption — the kind that happens when a file transfers completely but arrives with flipped bits. For archivists, sysadmins, and businesses with data integrity requirements, this is a meaningful gap. RcloneView supports rclone's Hasher remote, a virtual remote wrapper that adds MD5, SHA-1, or other hash tracking on top of any existing cloud backend without changing how you store or retrieve files.

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.

One sync job, multiple destinations — RcloneView mirrors a single source to as many cloud providers as you need in a single run.

Most backup strategies fail at redundancy: files go to one destination, creating a single point of failure. RcloneView's 1:N sync lets you back up a single source folder to multiple cloud destinations within one job — so your data lands on Google Drive, Backblaze B2, and an S3-compatible provider simultaneously, without running separate jobs for each. This feature is available with the FREE license and works across any combination of cloud remotes you've configured.

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 →

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RcloneView's system tray integration lets you minimize the app and keep sync jobs running, cloud drives mounted, and notifications flowing — without interrupting your workflow.

Most cloud sync tools require keeping a window open to confirm jobs are running. RcloneView's system tray support breaks that constraint. Once configured, you can minimize RcloneView entirely, and your scheduled sync jobs, active transfers, and mounted cloud drives continue operating in the background. The tray icon gives you quick access to everything without cluttering your workspace.

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.

RcloneView PLUS lets you configure direct SMTP email notifications for sync job completion, so your team always knows when a backup finishes — or fails — without checking manually.

Running cloud sync and backup jobs on a schedule is only half of the automation equation. The other half is knowing the outcome without having to open the application and check Job History manually. RcloneView PLUS supports email notifications via direct SMTP configuration, delivering sync status messages straight to your inbox the moment a job completes. This makes unattended backup monitoring practical for individuals and teams alike.

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.

RcloneView lets you export all your sync jobs to a JSON file and import them on any other machine — making your workflows truly portable and your team configurations consistent.

Setting up complex sync jobs takes time: choosing the right source and destination remotes, configuring filters, setting bandwidth limits, and tuning options for each job. The last thing you want is to repeat that work when you upgrade to a new computer, add a second workstation, or bring a new team member on board. RcloneView's job export and import feature solves this by capturing your entire job configuration in a portable JSON file that can be loaded on any RcloneView installation.

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.

RcloneView's Batch Operations feature lets you chain cloud tasks — create folders, copy files, sync, verify, move, and clean up — into a single automated workflow that runs from start to finish.

Most cloud management tasks aren't single-step operations. A typical file processing workflow might involve creating a staging folder, copying source files into it, running a sync to a production bucket, verifying the transfer, and then removing the staging content. Doing each step manually in sequence is tedious and error-prone. RcloneView's Batch Operations feature (Beta) automates exactly this kind of multi-step workflow by chaining operations in a defined sequence with variable piping between steps.

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.

When a cloud provider's per-file size limit blocks your upload, rclone's Chunker virtual remote splits files transparently — RcloneView configures and uses it without any CLI required.

Many cloud storage providers impose strict per-file size limits — Dropbox caps uploads at 50 GB per file, and some free or budget-tier services enforce caps of 5–10 GB. For users storing database dumps, uncompressed video exports, or large archive files that exceed these limits, rclone's Chunker virtual remote provides the solution: it splits files into smaller chunks before upload and transparently reassembles them on download. RcloneView configures and uses Chunker through its standard remote management interface.

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.