(Yes, I am on Mac)
I do not have the file located at $HOME/Library/Preferences/Nextcloud/nextcloud.cfg
In fact, I donāt even see $HOME/Library/Preferences/Nextcloud
Sorry I was wrong, the correct path on macOS is /Users/youruser/Library/Preferences/Nextcloud/
the good news is that the api for the integration with dolphin etc is still the same, so you can install the dolphin integration for your distribution and then run the app image, and it will work 
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I tried out the Linux appimage nightly build from Feb 23rd. It seems to work well. Iām using Ubuntu 20.04 on my laptop, for the client. The integration into the Gnome File manager seemed flawless, with the Nextcloud-synced folder automagically appearing amongst my favorite folders along the left.
The Nextcloud server was Ver 20, from a snap, installed onto a Raspberry Pi 4, with Ubuntu 20.04.
I did a little torture testing, interrupting the network connection in the middle of a larger file upload. Would the file transfer start over again (without me needing to manually try again) once network connectivity was restored? Yes. 
That was pleasing and agreeable.
Did the upload saturate the network bandwidth available? Yes. Again, nice one.
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maybe someone can test this? I think my question got buried under the excitement for virtual drive =)
@alexanderdd Why donāt you test this for youself?
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I am not getting the nested nextcloud context menu on files. Only folders.
I have installed the daily for today and the Release 1.4.0.1000 Ā· dokan-dev/dokany Ā· GitHub
If I could have, I would have.
Hi Guys,
I expect the Virtual File System so much. Can you already give a forecast when the release can be?
It would be great for a reply
With best regards
Download the OwnCloud client. It works with a NextCloud server and contains the new virtual filesystem.
Looking at the release cycle, it should be in about 2 weeks.
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Once the virtual file system is in place, I think that should facilitate easily adding an āEdit on Desktopā option to the Nextcloud UI. So, from the web interface, be able to open a document for editing in a desktop application, and save the changes back.
If that worked smoothly, it could be a good alternative to the problematic web office suites for a lot of users, and also make convenient editing files with any desktop application. I wonder if anyoneās looked into this?
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Virtual File system is available with the latest Client software (Index of /desktop/daily)
Works also with version 20.xx of nextcloud.
Thanks for the great work.
Been using E2EE since it was released. It is a big part of my workflow and has bee problematic. Iām not complaining especially since I paid absolutely nothing for this great software. However I just set up a test server in the cloud and installed that latest nightly on a test laptop. WOW!!! Progress!!!
Git cloned nextcloud server on my laptop, setup E2EE and let it sync. Thousands of files, about 1.5G in total and it just worked. When I was on 3.1.x I would have had to ssh into the server and mess with the database to make such a transfer.
The setup: Ubuntu 20.04, Nextcloud installed via Snap on the server, version 20.0.8.
Test Laptop: Fedora 34 (beta), Nextcloud Desktop, nightly build.
Thank you all, Iām happy to see progress. I will set up a second laptop to see if I can break something. Iāll also see what this virtual file system stuff is about. I never used it, but I will test it once I understand what it is for.
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How can i enable virtual files on the MacOS side i know how to do it on the windows side but not on the MacOS side
If you read through the post, then you see that the feature is still experimental for macOS and Linux:
To enable the virtual file system on Linux and OSX you need to set showExperimentalOptions=true in the section [General] in nextcloud.cfg. We are still working on the Linux and OSX backend, that is why it is experimental.
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Thank you for the quick response! Just wanted to create a new topic incase someone asked for it easy to understand and read 
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Would be lovely, we actually have discussed this and are looking to see if we can pull it off 
Donāt hold your breath, it isnāt easy to do (very hard, actually, it seems) but if it is possible weāll find a way.
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This thread has gotten a bit quiet. How is the testing going for virtual-drive on MacOS? Has anyone hit any bug causing data loss or corruption on the desktop? Is there a planned date for general release of the feature?
I just want to ask the same ā¦ Virtual Files is a great feature (the only thing Iāve missed when I changes from Seafile to Nextcloud), but I most urgently need it on our MacBooks where space is limited.
Any status update?
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