Manually/automatically synchronize background folders

You can change the frequency with which background folders synchronize for mobile accounts. By default, background folders synchronize every 20 minutes. You can set frequencies from 5 minutes to 60 minutes.

Carefully set the background synchronization frequency. If you set it to a short interval and you have many concurrent users, you might overload the server. In this situation, the server could become backlogged by the frequent, continual comparing of file modification dates. If you set the frequency to a very long interval, you run a higher risk of users loading older, outdated files. If users save files and log off before the background files synchronize, when the users load the same file on another computer, they may get either an older synchronized file or no file at all.

Once enabled, this group policy takes effect when users log out and back in.

Supported on:

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Centrify\CentrifyDC\Settings\MacMCX\Mobility
Value NameSetSyncMode
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Enabled Value1
Disabled Value0

Synchronize background folders:


  1. Manually
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Centrify\CentrifyDC\Settings\MacMCX\Mobility
    Value Namesyncmode
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valuemanual
  2. Automatically
    Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
    Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Centrify\CentrifyDC\Settings\MacMCX\Mobility
    Value Namesyncmode
    Value TypeREG_SZ
    Valueauto

Synchronize interval (minutes):

Registry HiveHKEY_CURRENT_USER
Registry PathSoftware\Policies\Centrify\CentrifyDC\Settings\MacMCX\Mobility
Value Namesyncinterval
Value TypeREG_DWORD
Default Value20
Min Value5
Max Value480

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