Transferring Limitations

Posted by @MultCloud September 27, 2021 10 minutes read

MultCloud FAQs

Cloud Transfer

Migrate files across different cloud drives without manually downloading and re-uploading.

Cloud Sync

Sync two clouds or directories in two different cloud drives via one-way or two-way sync.

Cloud Backup

Backup one cloud data to another cloud for an extra protection and easy recovery.

MultCloud makes cross-cloud transfer convenient and easy, but there are some limitations you should notice for transferring folders/files accurately. For example, you'd better not contain any special characters in your names of folders/files like \ / * : ? | " ~ $ , and you should know the size limit of each cloud drive. Particularly you may notice that there are some office file conversion when transferring with Google Drive and there is a request limit in OneDrive. More details please check out as following information.

TIP: In most cloud drives, a folder/file name can't contain any of the following characters:
Dropbox

1. In Dropbox, a folder/file name can't start with any of the following characters: ~ $

2. The file/folder name does not support the following specific characters: \ / : ? * " |

3.In Dropbox, invalid folder names includes: "." , " ..".

4. Folder name cannot be empty.

5. TMP files cannot start with the invalid character ~ (e.g., ~file.tmp ).

6. The number of characters in the folder/file name cannot exceed 240 characters.

7. Ignored files: .dropbox.attr, .dropbox, .ds_store, desktop.ini, thumbs.db