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Improved file provider switch user experience#10354

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@i2h3 i2h3 commented Jul 13, 2026

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The user experience has not been great since the merge of the classic folder sync and file provider builds. Due to the technical limitations imposed by macOS, both modes cannot operate simultaneously on app level. To communicate this more clearly, this has been reworked.

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@i2h3 i2h3 added this to the 34.0.0 milestone Jul 13, 2026
@i2h3 i2h3 self-assigned this Jul 13, 2026
@i2h3 i2h3 added os: 🍎 macOS Apple macOS, formerly also known as OS X feature: ☁️ GUI System tray icon and menu. feature: 🔄 sync engine feature: 📁 file provider macOS File Provider Extension, more general also known as virtual file system. labels Jul 13, 2026
@github-project-automation github-project-automation Bot moved this to 🧭 Planning evaluation (don't pick) in 💻 Desktop Clients team Jul 13, 2026
@i2h3 i2h3 moved this from 🧭 Planning evaluation (don't pick) to 🏗️ In progress in 💻 Desktop Clients team Jul 13, 2026
@i2h3 i2h3 marked this pull request as draft July 13, 2026 09:47
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Artifact containing the AppImage: nextcloud-appimage-pr-10354.zip

Digest: sha256:4c3e68ec3a532e614907325b5fe4d350d2f53c2a3a213f1b1622a8e16bdfc402

To test this change/fix you can download the above artifact file, unzip it, and run it.

Please make sure to quit your existing Nextcloud app and backup your data.

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@i2h3 i2h3 force-pushed the i2h3/fix/file-provider-switch-ux branch from b0fb4fd to ba6de51 Compare July 13, 2026 13:58
Signed-off-by: Iva Horn <iva.horn@nextcloud.com>
@i2h3 i2h3 force-pushed the i2h3/fix/file-provider-switch-ux branch from ba6de51 to 0c29d9e Compare July 14, 2026 13:57
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