I’m looking to reduce my dependence on Google services as much as possible, and Proton seems to offer the most comprehensive private suite. A number of things seemed to be missing, but most of my information is from reviews that could be out of date. So I wanted to ask which of these features Proton can replicate.
- Thunderbird mail syncing (without paid plan?)
- Thunderbird calendar syncing
- Calendar sharing
- Easy move from google drive to proton drive
- Sync android photos like google photos
- Offline file saving for specific files in proton drive on android
- Sync with folder or mount on linux (smb or similar)
The Google Drive app lets you save a file locally so that you can view it offline. I mean under the hood it is just downloading and syncing, but it’s a lot nicer than having to manage the files you want to view offline yourself.
Why? Desktop file backup seems like a pretty similar feature to mobile photo backup (which seems to be working for me).
Edit: also looking at some videos of the Windows client, folder syncing seems to be possible. Just not yet on Linux. Still not sure why it would be bad.
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Ah, got it.
You can mark a file or folder to be available offline. I do this for travel docs. You still have to use the app to view it though.
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You can use rclone to mount: https://rclone.org/protondrive/
Its bi-sync is a little janky for replication. I use B2 Backblaze for my storage that hides instead of deletes by default. I’ve “hidden” everything before on accident.
I prefer to unidirectional sync, similar to git, but avoiding merges. My local files are in a crypt “remote” so I have to mount. I wrote a simple script to pull, mount, unmount, push to simplify things.