macOS client rejects existing sync folder
The macOS desktop client refuses to use an existing local folder as the sync location and reports that another sync folder already uses it.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 9 October 2026 · last reported 9 October 2026
What's going wrong
Mac users who move an existing local copy of their Nextcloud files to a new computer want the desktop client to use that folder as the sync root.
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