Sync issue with mac packages

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The Basics

  • Nextcloud Server version (e.g., 29.x.x):
    • 34.0.2
  • Operating system and version (e.g., Ubuntu 24.04):
    • Debian 13 LXC
  • Web server and version (e.g, Apache 2.4.25):
    • Apache 2.4.68
  • Reverse proxy and version _(e.g. nginx 1.27.2)
    • LAN only
  • PHP version (e.g, 8.3):
    • PHP 8.4.24
  • Is this the first time you’ve seen this error? (Yes / No):
    • yes
  • When did this problem seem to first start?
    • When uploading a mac package for the first time
  • Installation method (e.g. AlO, NCP, Bare Metal/Archive, etc.)
    • Manual from archive
  • Are you using CloudfIare, mod_security, or similar? (Yes / No)
    • no

Summary of the issue you are facing:

Simple but important issue I can’t seem to find much info about online, packages like .logicx files on mac do not sync to my Nextcloud server. I upload one of these packages in the file provider to the Nextcloud folder, it ‘uploads’, and then displays as a cloud with a slash in it. Hovering over the cloud it says ‘ineligible’. The files within the package display ‘waiting to update’ when hovered over, but never change. When using the file provider, the packages never show up on the web interface or other devices. I can drag and drop a package into the web interface, and it does actually upload as a folder, but on download to the mac it becomes the same thing as before and cannot be reuploaded.

Is there a setting somewhere to allow these files to be uploaded as they are? This functionality works fine on Onedrive so I am hoping it is possible for Nextcloud.

Steps to replicate it (hint: details matter!):

  1. Have a working Nextcloud server and a Nextcloud client and file provider on a mac

  2. Upload a package such as a .logicx file to the Nextcloud folder in the file provider

Log entries

Nextcloud

Please provide the log entries from your Nextcloud log that are generated during the time of problem (via the Copy raw option from Administration settings->Logging screen or from your nextcloud.log located in your data directory). Feel free to use a pastebin/gist service if necessary.

No logs are generated during failed upload, except as a message under the “Activities” tab in the mac client:

macOS bundles cannot be synchronized yet -- they remain on this Mac only.
"*.logicx" was not synchronized

Web Browser

If the problem is related to the Web interface, open your browser inspector Console and Network tabs while refreshing (reloading) and reproducing the problem. Provide any relevant output/errors here that appear.

PASTE

Web server / Reverse Proxy

The output of your Apache/nginx/system log in /var/log/____:

There are 40 different log files in this location, please ask for a specific one if that would help

Configuration

Nextcloud

The output of occ config:list system or similar is best, but, if not possible, the contents of your config.php file from /path/to/nextcloud is fine (make sure to remove any identifiable information!):

{
    "system": {
        "instanceid": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "passwordsalt": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "secret": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "trusted_domains": [
            "*************"
        ],
        "datadirectory": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtype": "mysql",
        "version": "34.0.2.1",
        "overwrite.cli.url": "http:\/\/*************",
        "dbname": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbhost": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbtableprefix": "oc_",
        "mysql.utf8mb4": true,
        "dbuser": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "dbpassword": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
        "installed": true,
        "config_preset": 1,
        "maintenance_window_start": 2,
        "maintenance": false,
        "default_phone_region": "US",
        "memcache.local": "\\OC\\Memcache\\APCu",
        "memcache.locking": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "memcache.distributed": "\\OC\\Memcache\\Redis",
        "redis": {
            "host": "***REMOVED SENSITIVE VALUE***",
            "port": 0,
            "timeout": 0
        },
        "loglevel": 0
    }
}

Apps

The output of occ app:list (if possible).

Enabled:

  • activity: 7.0.0
  • app_api: 34.0.0
  • appstore: 1.0.0
  • bruteforcesettings: 7.0.0
  • circles: 34.0.0
  • cloud_federation_api: 1.18.0
  • comments: 1.24.0
  • contactsinteraction: 1.15.0
  • dashboard: 7.14.0
  • dav: 1.39.0
  • federatedfilesharing: 1.24.0
  • federation: 1.24.0
  • files: 2.6.0
  • files_downloadlimit: 5.2.0
  • files_lock: 34.0.1
  • files_pdfviewer: 7.0.0-dev.0
  • files_reminders: 1.7.0
  • files_sharing: 1.26.0
  • files_trashbin: 1.24.0
  • files_versions: 1.27.0
  • firstrunwizard: 7.0.0-dev.0
  • logreader: 7.0.0
  • lookup_server_connector: 1.22.0
  • nextcloud_announcements: 6.0.0
  • notifications: 7.0.0-dev.1
  • oauth2: 1.22.0
  • office: 1.0.0
  • password_policy: 6.0.0-dev.0
  • photos: 7.0.0
  • privacy: 6.0.0-dev.1
  • profile: 1.3.0
  • provisioning_api: 1.24.0
  • recommendations: 7.0.0
  • related_resources: 5.0.0-dev.0
  • serverinfo: 6.0.0
  • settings: 1.17.0
  • sharebymail: 1.24.0
  • support: 6.0.0
  • survey_client: 6.0.0-dev.0
  • systemtags: 1.24.0
  • text: 8.0.0
  • theming: 2.9.0
  • twofactor_backupcodes: 1.23.0
  • twofactor_totp: 16.0.0
  • twofactor_webauthn: 2.7.0
  • updatenotification: 1.24.0
  • user_migration: 10.4.0
  • user_status: 1.14.0
  • viewer: 7.0.0-dev.0
  • weather_status: 1.14.0
  • webhook_listeners: 1.6.0
  • workflowengine: 2.16.0
    Disabled:
  • admin_audit: 1.24.0
  • encryption: 2.22.0
  • files_external: 1.26.0
  • suspicious_login: 12.0.0-dev.0
  • twofactor_nextcloud_notification: 8.0.0
  • user_ldap: 1.25.0

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hey @cnbeers and welcome to the communityforum of Nextcloud

regarding your problem: did you search the net, especially the forum for similar problems?
I mean there are some threads addressing a similar problem…
like Nextcloud v34 Desktop Client Redesign (a pretty long one) AND some more.

Thank you for your response! I did do a lot of searching, but didn’t find anything on my own. I did find out that the packages I have been talking about are referred to as ‘virtual files’ by nextcloud, so I was able to search the forums under that topic.

What I have found is that none of the new macOS nextcloud clients support virtual files (as far as I can tell) and in the past there used to be an entirely separate client with virtual file support. This client is not advertised anywhere on the nextcloud website so I found the nextcloud download database at Index of /desktop/releases/Mac/Installer and installed Nextcloud-4.0.11-macOS-vfs.pkg.

Tentatively I am saying this has worked for me? I turned off any update checking as this is the last version that appears to work, hopefully a future update will support virtual files again. Hope this can help someone else with a similar problem.

Thanks again!

Well it worked briefly, but is now revealing another problem. It can now sync any file to the server, but does not pull new files from the server uploaded from somewhere else, and so does not stay in sync with the server. It says “All synced!” in the tray icon, and actually does display what has changed in the server, but the changes are not reflected in the file provider. The only way I got it to get back in sync with the server is to reset the virtual files environment every time.

I thought maybe it needs the Client Push app enabled, and I did my best to set up and enable that, but I can’t really tell if the app is working or not and it makes no difference to the mac client.

I should note that the sync clients on my windows pc and iphone appear to be working fine.

Any ideas for a fix? I know I am using an old client release, but I think an update would remove the virtual files capability.

If the Mac sync is stuck on certain packages, I’d check whether those files are actually being changed or locked by another app. Also worth checking the Nextcloud client logs for the exact filenames/errors. Pausing and resuming the sync can help, but the log should point to the real cause.

I don’t think it is stuck on any packages, it just isn’t pulling from the server. Any update in the server is not reflected in the mac client. There are no logs for this issue.

I’m having the same problem: “macOS Bundles cannot be synchronized yet.”

The whole reason I’m using Nextcloud is to keep my files in the cloud without having to store everything locally. However, Nextcloud seems to be downloading all macOS Bundles even though they aren’t supported for synchronization.

I’ve configured Nextcloud to synchronize only a specific folder, which is about 199 MB in size. However, because Nextcloud keeps downloading these macOS Bundles, my local Nextcloud folder has grown to 70 GB and is continuing to grow until all available disk space is used. As I’m writing this, I only have 280 MB of free space left.

I don’t know how to stop this, and I’m afraid to simply delete the downloaded files because I’m worried Nextcloud will interpret that as me wanting to delete them from the cloud as well.

Any help?