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Introduction

The ownCloud Sync Client is a desktop program installed on a user’s computer. It allows a user to specify one or more directories on the local machine to sync to the ownCloud server. It allows the user to always have the latest files wherever they may be. When a change is made to the file on the computer, it will sync to the ownCloud server via the sync client.

The ownCloud Sync Client is available for Windows, MAC OS X, and various Linux distributions.

Obtaining the Client

The latest version of the Client can be obtained on the ownCloud web site.

ownCloud client for Windows is provided as a NSIS-based setup file for machine-wide install. Installing the ownCloud client on Mac OS follows the normal app bundle installation pattern:

  1. Download the installation file: Click ownCloud-x.y.z.dmg, a window with the ownCloud icon opens.
  2. In that window, drag the ownCloud application into the Applications folder.
  3. On the right hand side From Applications, choose ownCloud.

The ownCloud client is also provided as in a convenient repository for a wide range of popular Linux distributions.

Supported distributions are Fedora, openSUSE, Ubuntu and Debian. To support other distributions, a is required, see building-label