Hi,
Situation: Both OneDrive and Google Backup/Sync are running at the same time, and both are working in my Documents folder.
Still a OneDrive issue! Here's why:
- OneDrive LOCKS this .tmp.drivedownload folder and its contents for uploading, and thus prevents Google Sync from working in it properly. Race condition!
- OneDrive syncs this folder and its temporary contents to Microsoft, thus even after Google Sync is done with it and tries to delete it, OneDrive RESTORES the deleted folder and contents occasionally. (Happens if I don't let Google Sync finish - especially
during Sleep/Hibernation/Power loss conditions.)
- Google Sync MOVES my actual files files into and out of this temp folder, so OneDrive THINKS the user DELETED the
current file being synced. And promptly deletes it from OneDrive. (They also get renamed by Google Sync to *.tmp which further confuses OneDrive.)
- Then Google Sync moves the file back a few seconds later, and OneDrive reuploads the
temporarily moved file again. Wasting double my bandwidth and creating useless file modifications history and filling my trash with duplicates.
- Google Sync cannot work if there already is a temp folder. (Wrong attributes too; Not system and Not hidden) OneDrive interrupts Google Sync by keeping the tmp folder around. I have to manually delete it, frequently. With files inside! Who knows if some
of my data is LOST then, or not?
- Google Sync is guilty too, of not using TMP anymore (It used to, in the past...) At least when both TMP and GD are on C:\, it SHOULD!
- OneDrive spams randomly named GUID files in the root folder, such as ".2339C9593-DI756-4EC6-8DE-4241E2A707B" and even after I delete them it recreates them. Keep it elsewhere, damn it! Google Sync uploads and tracks changes to this stupid OneDrive-exclusive
settings file. And then OneDrive gets confused when Google Sync changes the GUID back during an "out of sync" Sync.
- There are inadequate settings in OneDrive. We can't blacklist the folder, to prevent it from being OneDrive'd.
- Google Sync can blacklist file extensions, but not file names, and since the GUID spam has random file extensions and HAS NO NAME, I cannot prevent Google Sync from uploading OneDrive's junk file either.
- This is insufficient. One is similar to the other in ineptitude. Like how I can't blacklist Google Sync folders in OneDrive. Both have insufficient settings.
Race conditions and interference all around. Both are at fault for not ignoring each other and for working / being designed in various stupid ways that aren't compatible with one another.
Workaround is terrible: Run OneDrive first, wait for it to sync, then KILL OneDrive. Only THEN may one run Google Sync, also wait for it to finish, and KILL that too. The two cannot run at the same time.
Antivirus companies fixed this years ago. Cloud apps should, too.
Solution:
- OneDrive: Give the GUID file a NAME! So I can blacklist it.
- Google Sync: Stop spamming tmp folders! Keep it in %TMP% like you're supposed to. If and only if both TMP and the folder being synced is on the same drive (C:\ 99% of the time. Stop catering to the 1% this way. Prioritize the 99%'s convenience!)
- Both OneDrive and Google Sync: PROPER ability to Blacklist FOLDERS as well as files, based on regex pattern matching.
- DETECT it the competitor's software is running and stay the hell out of each others way!
- Be polite. Don't be evil. Do the right thing. Where do you want to go today? Empowering us all. Your potential. Our passion. Be what's next.
- EEE!
Sent to both Microsoft and Google. http://forum.3ice.hu/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=975&p=5394#p5394
Sincerely,
Daniel "3ICE" Berezvai
3ice.hu
Edit: Links made clickable. This is no GMail, apparently. One must manually format their links even if they're fully qualified with protocol (http://)
