Installation on Windows, Linux & MacOS

Your Insync folder, useful settings, network drive support, etc

32 articles in this collection
Written by Gio, Joshua Cabalinan, and Mia

Google Drive

Setup Guide for Google Drive accounts

Setup Insync 3 for your Google account

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Moving from Insync 1.x to 3

We want to make sure that your transition from 1.x to 3 is as smooth as possible.

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Reverting to Insync 1.5 from Insync 3

Follow these steps to revert to Insync 1.5.

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

OneDrive

Setup Guide for OneDrive accounts

Setup Insync 3 for your OneDrive account

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Dropbox

Setup Guide for Dropbox accounts

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Insync 3 Headless

Insync 3 Headless: Getting started

Our headless/CLI build is back on Insync 3! Read more on how to get started

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Insync 3 Headless: Assign your machine to your subscription

Here's a step-by-step guide on how to assign your machine to your subscription

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Insync 3 Headless: Setting up your account

Add, remove, and list your accounts

Written by Mia
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Insync 3 Headless: Moving your Base Folder

Choose your preferred sync location in Insync 3 Headless

Written by Mia
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Insync 3 Headless: Manage your notices

Manage your error messages, conflicts and actions required

Written by Mia
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Insync 3 Headless: App configuration

Enable on startup, allow analytics, and proxy settings

Written by Mia
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Insync 3 Headless: Startup

Running Insync 3 Headless on startup

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Insync 3 Headless: App status

Check your overall sync or per-file sync status

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Insync 3 Headless: FAQs

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions about Insync 3 Headless!

Written by Joshua Cabalinan
Updated over a week ago

Your Insync folder

How to check or move your Insync Base Folder

Assign local sync folders for Google Drive (My Drive, Shared with me, Team Drives) or OneDrive (Files, Shared, SharePoint)

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

General

Linux Installation Guide

Installing Insync on a Debian or Redhat Linux machine

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Linux Installation Guide (Unofficial)

Installing Insync on non-supported distros (OpenSUSE, Pop OS, Manjaro, Arch)

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

(LINUX) Getting your GUI to show up

Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04, Fedora 28 and additional plug-ins you might need

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Insync badges and what they mean

Green check, yellow check, blue arrows, red !, etc.

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

(LINUX) Enabling HiDPI setting

Are you staring at a tiny Insync UI window?

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Reinstalling Insync

There are some preconditions to consider when reinstalling Insync

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Uninstalling Insync

A very rare case, we hope

Written by Gio
Updated over a week ago

Advanced

Moving to a new computer without re-syncing

You can move Insync to a new machine without starting over! This is applicable for 1.x and 3.x.

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Enabling third-party Google Drive apps

Just in case you get the error "third-party apps are not allowed"

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Running Insync while using Google Advanced Protection

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Firewall settings for network administrators

Connect to these hosts and ports

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

Configuring the network/proxy setting

Insync supports SOCKS4, SOCKS5 and HTTP proxy configurations

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

(LINUX) Installing Insync via Repository

Instructions and tips when installing Insync via our repository

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

(LINUX) Updating Insync using the terminal

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

(LINUX) Insync on Raspberry Pi

How to install Insync on Raspberry Pi on Insync 1.x. Not compatible with Insync 3.

Written by Gio
Updated over a week ago

(MAC) Insync Finder extension

Fix issues on the new Finder Sync extension (file icon overlays and context menu) in OS X 10.10 & above

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago

(WINDOWS) Running Insync as a service on Windows Server

Find out more about our community support on running Insync as a service

Written by Mia
Updated over a week ago