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There's a lot of points to identify you on the internet. I'm not qualified to identify them all. But offhand, a few are on THIS PAGE. You'll have to rely on others or your own research to identify them. If I want to be more secure, I use VPN and a VM running linux on my Mac and use Firefox where I clear all cookies, etc. after each session. That's not everything, but just VPN isn't much...
Thank you u/ZeroReader.
To add from our side:
- Indeed like ZeroReader suggested, our philosophy is reversed. Instead of having a large folder in sync from which you should unselect, we designed our app to offer an option to make many syncs, thus syncing folders from where they are and those that you want synced. You can however specify advanced parameters for what our sync should ignore using the .syncignore file: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/advanced-ways-to-exclude-files-from-sync-part-2
- This is currently not possible, you could remove the registry entry, but the application will re-add it on the next start.
- Like mentioned, you can upgrade inside Koofr later, but you cannot add another code once you redeem the first one, one stacksocial code per account. About the acquiring license part, we have heard here on reddit that stacksocial does not issue codes during weekend, not sure why.
- Turning on/off Network drive does not require a restart of the Desktop app, same goes for other options, so no need for a prompt. If there is some setting that does not seem to work you should write to our support with more details through the Report a bug option.
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Hi,
For Google drive, the easiest way is to connect it as an external cloud (https://koofr.eu/help/connect-other-cloud-services/how-can-i-connect-google-drive-to-koofr/) and simply copy files. This is done directly Google to Koofr, so nothing is downloaded to your device. Google photos are a bit more problematic, since they are no longer a part of Google drive. You will need to download photos and reupload them to Koofr manually (note that Google photos from before 2019 are still accessible as Google drive files, so those photos should be transferable by the previous method).
Yes, Koofr does support displaying HEIC format in the gallery and thumbnail viewer.
Hi,
Our desktop app is indeed a sync and not backup app. We believe a good backup app is completely different in functionality than sync, which is why at this moment we recommend various tried and tested (open source) backup apps that work well with Koofr. Since you mentioned Mac we have a blog post for using Duplicati https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/easily-backup-files-from-your-mac-computer-to-koofr
You can check our blog for other options.
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Hi.
Yes, the lifetime deal accounts include the same features as the current paid Koofr accounts, the only difference is that the length of access is a lifetime.
More on differences between the paid and free Koofr accounts:
Hi,
With Koofr you are not limited to a single large sync, you can create multiple syncs:
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/setting-up-synchronization-in-koofr
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There are also some advanced settings for syncignore:
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/advanced-ways-to-exclude-files-from-sync
While it is hard to know anything from just a screenshot saying Error, HBS worked well with Koofr before, so perhaps it is just a matter of some wrong settings: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/how-to-backup-your-qnap-nas-to-koofr-with-hybrid-backup-sync
Hi,
Since Photos is no longer a part of Drive, you have two options on how to transfer photos to Koofr:
- Use Rclone to connect to both Google Photos and Koofr and copy between them (https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/learning-the-basics-of-koofr-with-rclone)
- Download a copy of all photos from Google and upload to Koofr: Downloading all your photos from Google Photos
If you want to download all your items from Google Photos (or any other Google service), you can use the Download your data page.
Hi,
To see currently syncing files you can enable the sync icons: https://koofr.eu/help/linking-koofr-with-desktops/what-does-enabling-sync-icons-in-the-settings-do/
Whether remaining display stays depends on the kind of error. If error breaks the sync cycle (ie network down) there is no remaining or progress left to display, cycle has finished with error and a new cycle will need to start to sync again.
But what do I enter under server address & remote path?
Koofr only tells me the host URL:
https://koofr.eu/help/koofr_with_webdav/how-do-i-connect-a-service-to-koofr-through-webdav/
If I enter https://app.koofr.net under server address and dav/Koofr under remote path, that does not work - and Kodi resets the port to 0?
I just got Max Lumi 2 and it checks most, if not all of the boxes.
Reading articles on it is a pleasure (13.3" screen) and I managed to sync it with Zotero reference manager (can't help for other reference managers, unfortunately) using either ZotEZ2 app or Zoo for Zotero app (which weirdly does not show in Play Store on Android 11 despite working well on it - I transfered .apk from my phone with Android 11) and while it was a pain to find a cloud with working WebDAV version (I used 4shared, but koofr.eu would probably be the better option as they support Zotero officially). Using Zotero servers it's pretty much plug and play but the free 300 MB very quickly become too little and above that their storage plans are more expensive than most other providers. If you use Zotero as reference manager, use these instructions: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/koofr-with-zotero-via-webdav
After setup, it downloading articles saved on desktop is very easy and convenient.
While I'm still getting used to the NeoReader (Onyx reading app) interface, PDF navigation works pretty well.
If you use NeoReader (built in) for reading, you can scribble on any PDFs, without split screen (but split screen also works). Other note taking apps are pretty problematic as they aren't optimized for eink (while Onyx modified their latest firmware to recognize OneNote and a few other third-party note-taking apps so they are at least usable, they're still not quite there).
While I haven't tested it, it should be able to sync the notes with their own cloud, Dropbox, OneNote and some others more obscure or region specific clouds.
You can use any mobile browser if you enable Google Play Store (I have no idea how well it would work with the grading interface though).
As others have written, gestures are hit and miss (which can be very annoying).
Hi,
You can sync whichever folder(s) you wish with Koofr, no need to limit yourself to the default Koofr folder.
Instructions and details can be found on our blog: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/setting-up-synchronization-in-koofr
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Hi,
The best way to reach us is through the in-app contact form: https://koofr.eu/help/other/my-question-is-not-answered-here-how-can-i-contact-you/
The public contact form that you used is working, but it has a pretty tight spam filter due to high volume of spam, and this error you got is actually returned by this spam filter.
Hi,
If both syncs are directed in the same folder on the cloud, then they should be in sync automatically. If you want us to look into your issue please contact our support with more information: https://koofr.eu/help/other/my-question-is-not-answered-here-how-can-i-contact-you/
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yes, they don't offer E2E out of the box but they officially support rclone setup for client-side encryption, you can find out more info here.
Hi,
The android app should upload photos automatically, but make sure you have all the settings correctly set. There is an option to only upload in WiFi, meaning it will not upload if you are on a mobile network, also perhaps you have some background activity prevented on the Android itself - battery saving modes for example can affect this as well.
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/how-to-backup-media-files-from-your-android-device-to-koofr
Hi,
The installation of Koofr desktop client cannot be moved, but our application uses up very very small amount of space, there also are not many temporary files that would take up space.
If you wish to have sync set-up to synchronise folders from your other drive, that is possible: https://koofr.eu/help/linking-koofr-with-desktops/can-i-move-the-location-of-koofr/
Hi,
Error 429 usually means you entered the wrong password and due to many incorrect login attempts you got temporarily blocked.
You can check our zotero instructions:
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/koofr-with-zotero-via-webdav
Pay special attention to the “how to generate application specific password you need for webdav”:
Hi,
We checked and aren't seeing any issues with regards to using Cryptomator with Koofr. So this must be an issue specific to your setup, either a problem with configuration or something else. We suggest checking our blog post with this subject and Cryptomator help docs: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/koofr-with-cryptomator-on-your-computer
Hi,
You can create a custom sync:
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/how-to-set-up-synchronization-in-koofr
but be aware that because it is network attached it may not be most reliable and some users tend to see many errors with such setups due to disconnects between nas and pc.
Some NAS servers can be connected to Koofr directly through webdav, maybe you should check for this option:
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/how-to-backup-your-synology-nas-to-koofr-with-webdav
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/how-to-backup-your-qnap-nas-to-koofr-with-webdav
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>When i tried to reinstall the app OsX tells it can't verify malware. I can I solve it ?
Hi, when you get a warning: Koofr is an application downloaded from the internet. Are you sure you want to open it? from your macOS, you need to click on the Open button. You only need to do this the first time you are trying to open the Koofr desktop client. Read more here:
https://koofr.eu/help/linking-koofr-with-desktops/how-do-i-install-the-desktop-client-for-mac/
No, that is not going to be an issue.
You can find more help on connecting other cloud storages to Koofr here: https://koofr.eu/help/connect-other-cloud-services/
Hi,
for potentially malicious types of files (.exe, .zip., etc.), the password is set automatically and you will not be able to switch it off. Password protection is mandatory in those cases due to antivirus and browser requirements.
https://koofr.eu/help/share-files-and-folders/can-i-protect-a-file-that-i-share-with-a-password/
Hi,
as long as you followed the point (6) in these instructions, about generating an application-specific password with your Joplin app, you will be fine and everything will keep on working for you. It does not matter if you used one password or two different ones.
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/how-to-backup-your-joplin-notes-to-koofr
I do not need zero-encryption on my photo, anyway they say on their website: "Once files are on our servers, we encrypt them again using server-side encryption."
I like koofr instead of Jottacloud because jotta is full of tracking code. They have Google Ananlytics everywhere, also in their Android app. Just look at this: https://themarkup.org/blacklight?url=jottacloud.com and this: https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/it/reports/no.jottacloud.jottacloudphotos/latest/#trackers
Koofr is just similar a Nextcloud instance, I think it is a fork but I don't know. Anyway I prefer koofr to jottacloud because they have zero trackers on website and on Android app and the photo/video is nice and their privacy is also nice: https://koofr.eu/privacy/
Not nice as Stingle Photos that was my first choice but I change it because video streaming was really really slow.
So my experience with Koofr until today is just nice, they also use WebDAV that is just convenient.
Check out koofr. It's free (2 GB) and has a Linux client (alongside Windows, MacOS, iOS and Android clients). You can also connect your existing OneDrive/Dropbox/Google Drive accounts.
Hi,
no, there is no solution for integration with Amazon. You can read more here:
https://koofr.eu/help/connect-other-cloud-services/how-can-i-connect-amazon-drive-to-koofr/
Hi,
you can read about how to connect Kodi to Koofr via WebDAV here. Instructions are equipped with pictures:
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/browse-your-koofr-photo-gallery-in-kodi
Unfortunately, it is not possible to give access to only one folder via WebDAV.
Hi,
we will look into this and possibly put it on our to-do list for the blog. Meanwhile, you can also use rclone to encrypt your Koofr files.
https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/how-to-set-up-client-side-encryption-of-your-koofr-files-with-rclone
Hi, In Koofr web app you will only be able to play files that are supported for playback by the browser and .mp4 is one of them. The non supported file types will need to be downloaded and played with some other player.
Read more here:
https://koofr.eu/help/create-upload-and-rename-files/what-types-of-files-can-i-upload-to-koofr/
Our apps for all platforms can be downloaded directly from our webpages: https://koofr.eu/desktop-apps/
We do not distribute our apps through Mac or Windows store because that would prevent us from issuing quick fixes to all platforms when bugs are discovered.
Could you please let us know what is your use case in which you would need the portable version of Koofr?
Hi, you can only sort your files by name, size and modified time.
Alternatively, you can search by file type using the advanced search options. Read more here under number (7): https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/koofr-search-tips-and-tricks
Hi,
did you first manually mount the network drive in Windows? If you did, you have to remove that mount first, before you can mount the network drive through our desktop app.
Hi,
network drive will not take up any storage on your computer. It is an alternative way of accessing and editing data in your Koofr account directly from your computer. You can read more about it here: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/3-ways-to-map-koofr-as-a-network-drive-explained
We added this to our FAQ for others who might be wondering about it:
Jottacloud has server-side encryption. E2EE isn’t mentioned on their FAQ – presumably, that’s what you meant by “encrypted”.
It also depends entirely on your thread model, but best practice would be to always encrypt your files yourself. My files don’t contain sensitive or identifiable information – mainly books and academic resources – so Cryptee would be inconveniently overkill. I loved their application, though.
Koofr is open-source and offers client-side encryption (requires rclone).
Hi, I am not familiar with Piwigo and how it works exactly. From what I could gather from the quick look at their webpage, this is basically a self hosted web photo gallery? If so, you could perhaps simply mount Koofr as a Network drive on this same server and have it exposed as local files to Piwigo? I am using a similar setup with digiKam.
For achieving this, you will probably need to use rclone: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/learning-the-basics-of-koofr-with-rclone
Hope this helps.
Hi, I am not familiar with Piwigo and how it works exactly. From what I could gather from the quick look at their webpage, this is basically a self hosted web photo gallery? If so, you could perhaps simply mount Koofr as a Network drive on this same server and have it exposed as local files to Piwigo? I am using a similar setup with digiKam.
For achieving this, you will probably need to use rclone: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/learning-the-basics-of-koofr-with-rclone
Hope this helps.
Hi,
Syncignore file only applies while sync is in progress. If files have already been synced, syncignore will not unsync them. If files are now ignored, you can remove them on the web and they will not get removed locally.
But before you start deleting, please note, that when you create a .syncignore file inside an existing sync, you need to restart the sync to apply the rules.
We recommend creating a syncignore file before adding files into the sync folder.
You can find some more info and examples on our blog: https://koofr.eu/blog/posts/advanced-ways-to-exclude-files-from-sync