Your Files & Sync
Disconnecting, moving or renaming your folder
Your folder, your rules: disconnect anytime, move it to a new disk or cloud, rename it — here’s what each action does and how to do it cleanly.
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Disconnecting a folder
Settings → Folder & Workspace → Disconnect. Two reassurances, straight from the dialog:
- All files stay in the folder. Disconnecting removes the app’s access, nothing else. Your data on disk is untouched.
- Your content stays in the app too — it keeps working from browser storage; it just no longer writes to the folder.
Reconnecting later (same or another folder) picks up where you left off.
Moving or renaming the folder
- Make sure the app shows “Saved”
So the folder contains the latest state.
- Move or rename the folder
In Finder / Explorer / Files — e.g. from Dropbox to iCloud Drive, or to a new machine.
- Reconnect in the app
The old connection points at the old location, so visualOS will ask for access again or show the folder as unavailable. Go to Settings → Folder & Workspace → Connect and pick the folder at its new home. visualOS finds the existing data and offers to load it — done.
On iPhone/iPad the same applies: if access is lost after moving/renaming, simply connect the folder again.
Switching to a different folder
Connecting a different folder while one is already connected simply repoints the workspace. If the new folder is empty, your current canvas is written into it. If it already contains visualOS data, you choose: load the folder’s data, or overwrite it with yours (with an automatic backup first, as always).
Moving to a new computer
- With a cloud folder: install/open visualOS, connect the same cloud folder, choose “Load data from the folder”. Two minutes, everything there.
- Without cloud: copy the folder over (USB stick, network), then connect it. Or use a backup export/import.
Use workspaces — each workspace can have its own folder, e.g. one in iCloud for personal, one in Dropbox for the studio.