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Usage
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.. index:: usage, client sync usage
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To start ownCloud Client, click on the desktop icon or start it from the
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application menu. In the system tray, an ownCloud icon appears.
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.. index:: start application
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Overview
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--------
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ownCloud is represented by an icon in the Desktop's system tray, also known
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as notification area.
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The clients menu is accessed with a right click (Windows, Linux) or left click
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(Mac OS).
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The status of the current sync can be observed in the Status dialog, available
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trough the ``Open status...`` option. On Windows, a left click on the tray icon
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also opens the status dialog.
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.. note:: Until the intial setup has finished, the Connection Wizard will be
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shown instead when left-clicking on Windows.
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The dialog provides an overview on the configured sync folders and allows to add
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and remove more sync folder connections as well as pausing a sync connection.
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Changing Your Password and Account Settings
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In the ``Settings`` Dialog, choose ``Account`` -> ``Modify Account``. It will open
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Setup Wizard, which next to reconfiguring your connection to use a different
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user or server also will allow to change the password for the local account,
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or to switch from HTTP to HTTPS.
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Setting up a Proxy
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By default, the configured system proxy will be picked up. This may not be
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working reliably on some Linux distributions, as only the ``http_proxy``
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variable gets picked up. You can configure a proxy different from your
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system default in the ``Network`` section of the ``Settings`` dialog.
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The default settings assume an HTTP proxy, which is the typical use case.
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If you require SOCKS 5 proxy, pick ``SOCKS5 proxy`` instead of ``HTTP(S) proxy``
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from the drop down menu. SOCKS 5 proxies are typically provided by some
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SSH implementations, for instance OpenSSH's ``-D`` parameter. This is
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useful for scenarios where SSH is employed to securely tunnel a client
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to the network running the ownCloud server.
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Limiting Bandwidth
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Starting with Version 1.4, the Client provides bandwidth limiter.
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This option can be found in the ``Network`` section of the
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``Settings Dialog``.
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You will find two settings for ``Download Bandwidth`` and
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``Upload Bandwidth``.
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Upload Bandwidth
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The default is to automatically limit the upload. The rationale
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for this default is that typically, Computers and laptops are
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not directly connected to the server, but via a Cable Modems
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or DSL lines, which provide significantly more downstream than
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upstream bandwith. Sataurating the upstream bandwidth would
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interfere with other applications, especially Voice-Over-IP or
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Games.
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The automatic limiter will throttle the speed to about 75%
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of the available upstream bandwidth. If you are communicating
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with the server via a fast, symetric connection, you can set the
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Limiter to ``No Limit`` instead. If want a stronger limitation,
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choose ``Limit to`` and specify a limit manually.
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Download Bandwidth
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Because the download bandwidth is usually no concern, it is not
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automatically limited. Should you find that the Client is taking
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up too much bandwidth, you can manually specify a limit (in KB).
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Options
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-------
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.. index:: command line switches, command line, options, parameters
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.. include:: options.rst
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Config File
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.. index:: config file
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.. include:: conffile.rst
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