# Help and Support **URL:** https://forum.rclone.org/c/support/6.md?page=2 [Latest](https://forum.rclone.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.rclone.org/categories.md) **Page:** 3 --- ## [Rclone with Google Drive too slow for git operations](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-with-google-drive-too-slow-for-git-operations/54098)
**Author:** [@abattleofwords](https://forum.rclone.org/u/abattleofwords)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 3:21pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-with-google-drive-too-slow-for-git-operations/54098 "2026-08-03T15:21:10Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? All git operations are extremely slow with rclone on Google Drive On local disk $ time git clone https://github.com/linux-rdma/rdma-core Cloning into 'rdma-core'... remot… --- ## [Bisync would sync all files even though check shows only 2 changes](https://forum.rclone.org/t/bisync-would-sync-all-files-even-though-check-shows-only-2-changes/54068)
**Author:** [@ryanmk54](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ryanmk54)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2026, 3:59am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/bisync-would-sync-all-files-even-though-check-shows-only-2-changes/54068 "2026-08-03T03:59:21Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I already copied my phone to my laptop using rclone copy. Now I want to sync removed files from my laptop to my phone. If I try to bisync with --dry-run it shows that it wo… --- ## [Can I mount a SAMBA drive that includes an RClone mount?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/can-i-mount-a-samba-drive-that-includes-an-rclone-mount/54093)
**Author:** [@sokue](https://forum.rclone.org/u/sokue)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/can-i-mount-a-samba-drive-that-includes-an-rclone-mount/54093 "2026-08-01T19:57:36Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I have a SFTP remote server holding data that was uploaded using rclone+crypt using "copy". Next, I mounted that SFTP with rclone+crypt in a middle Linux server (Ubuntu 26.… --- ## [Rclone release Solaris version missing Azure Blob Storage](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-release-solaris-version-missing-azure-blob-storage/54088)
**Author:** [@pd123](https://forum.rclone.org/u/pd123)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 1, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-release-solaris-version-missing-azure-blob-storage/54088 "2026-08-01T07:26:06Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? Rclone Solaris release version, cannot create remote of " Microsoft Azure Blob Storage (azureblob)" Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the comma… --- ## [Does rclone support .gitignore files?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/does-rclone-support-gitignore-files/54089)
**Author:** [@ismail](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ismail)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/does-rclone-support-gitignore-files/54089 "2026-07-30T15:38:50Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I'm using rclone to back up a collection of Git repositories to remote storage. I'd like to exclude files that are already ignored by each repository's .gitignore file so … --- ## [Disabling DirMove/Move for one specific remote on a combined mount](https://forum.rclone.org/t/disabling-dirmove-move-for-one-specific-remote-on-a-combined-mount/54078)
**Author:** [@leiva](https://forum.rclone.org/u/leiva)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2026, 8:41pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/disabling-dirmove-move-for-one-specific-remote-on-a-combined-mount/54078 "2026-07-26T20:41:20Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? Hi, is there any way to disable DirMove and Move for just one specific remote on a combined mount? I don't mind if it's via rclone.conf or the mount command. I'd like to tu… --- ## [Long hang after crypt copy SMB share (Synology)](https://forum.rclone.org/t/long-hang-after-crypt-copy-smb-share-synology/53990)
**Author:** [@newrcloner](https://forum.rclone.org/u/newrcloner)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [July 24, 2026, 7:31am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/long-hang-after-crypt-copy-smb-share-synology/53990 "2026-07-24T07:31:58Z")
STOP and READ USE THIS TEMPLATE NO EXCEPTIONS - By not using this, you waste your time, our time and really hate puppies. Please remove these two lines and that will confirm you have read them. What is the problem you … --- ## [IDrive e2 account review: rclone operational and migration guidance?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/idrive-e2-account-review-rclone-operational-and-migration-guidance/54056)
**Author:** [@Hizli](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Hizli)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2026, 11:43pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/idrive-e2-account-review-rclone-operational-and-migration-guidance/54056 "2026-07-22T23:43:06Z")
Hi, This is a request for practical rclone contingency and migration guidance rather than a rclone malfunction report. What is the problem you are having with rclone? I operate public-facing image-hosting services and … --- ## [Is it bad to delete files from vfs cache manually without restarting rclone?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/is-it-bad-to-delete-files-from-vfs-cache-manually-without-restarting-rclone/53174)
**Author:** [@random404](https://forum.rclone.org/u/random404)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/is-it-bad-to-delete-files-from-vfs-cache-manually-without-restarting-rclone/53174 "2026-07-21T12:20:23Z")
I run a rclone mount and use the cloud storage just as backup, wanting to have everything in cache locally, so when the cache eventually fills to 100%, I reorganize the files in a way that will fit the local space but th… --- ## [Ignoring remote permissions in rclone sync](https://forum.rclone.org/t/ignoring-remote-permissions-in-rclone-sync/54011)
**Author:** [@Hawk777](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Hawk777)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 2:19am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/ignoring-remote-permissions-in-rclone-sync/54011 "2026-07-21T02:19:18Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? TLDR: I would like rclone sync to ignore the permissions reported by an SFTP remote, and instead just create files and directories with 0666 and 0777 respectively (minus my… --- ## [OSX Extended Attributes](https://forum.rclone.org/t/osx-extended-attributes/54038)
**Author:** [@MacC](https://forum.rclone.org/u/MacC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2026, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/osx-extended-attributes/54038 "2026-07-19T18:04:39Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? Is there a way to keep the OSX extended attributes while backing up to eb backblaze? While copying files like my.sparesebundle. my.idml my.scriv etc I end up with a direc… --- ## [Bug downloading folder from remote](https://forum.rclone.org/t/bug-downloading-folder-from-remote/54040)
**Author:** [@themindatlarge](https://forum.rclone.org/u/themindatlarge)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/bug-downloading-folder-from-remote/54040 "2026-07-18T22:14:15Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? Using rclone gui to download files/folders from remote. For some reason i can download individual files but not folders. When I try to download/zip from remote, it just gre… --- ## [Multiple Online Storage Sync](https://forum.rclone.org/t/multiple-online-storage-sync/54036)
**Author:** [@Shahrukh166](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Shahrukh166)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/multiple-online-storage-sync/54036 "2026-07-18T04:56:50Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I am running Zorin OS (Linux) and using rclone to synchronize my local data to multiple cloud storage providers. However, I am running into synchronization issues when try… --- ## [Crypt mount parameters, are they needed?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/crypt-mount-parameters-are-they-needed/54032)
**Author:** [@Reduktive](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Reduktive)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/crypt-mount-parameters-are-they-needed/54032 "2026-07-14T21:02:00Z")
STOP and READ USE THIS TEMPLATE NO EXCEPTIONS - By not using this, you waste your time, our time and really hate puppies. Please remove these two lines and that will confirm you have read them. What is the problem you … --- ## [Specifying a location for a hasher BoltDB?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/specifying-a-location-for-a-hasher-boltdb/54023)
**Author:** [@rommager](https://forum.rclone.org/u/rommager)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 14, 2026, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/specifying-a-location-for-a-hasher-boltdb/54023 "2026-07-14T15:09:55Z")
I am trying to learn using rclone to sync media files between myself and a friend for backup purposes. I have been using Gemini to try to pin down exactly what I am trying to do, and I believe it's hallucinating advice.… --- ## [Confirming my understanding: does --checksum on a crypt remote silently become size-only?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/confirming-my-understanding-does-checksum-on-a-crypt-remote-silently-become-size-only/54021)
**Author:** [@sx09](https://forum.rclone.org/u/sx09)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 3:10pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/confirming-my-understanding-does-checksum-on-a-crypt-remote-silently-become-size-only/54021 "2026-07-11T15:10:37Z")
Hi all, I recently found silent drift in a ~2-year-old crypt backup and traced it to --checksum. I've already fixed it, but before I trust the fix I'd like to confirm my understanding is correct on every point. My setup … --- ## [Bisync remote conflicting with itself](https://forum.rclone.org/t/bisync-remote-conflicting-with-itself/54015)
**Author:** [@matejdro](https://forum.rclone.org/u/matejdro)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 7:28am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/bisync-remote-conflicting-with-itself/54015 "2026-07-08T07:28:58Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I'm having a weird situation where bisync will create conflicts with only remote changes. Something like this: File is changed on remote Rclone bisync is executed File i… --- ## [Setting up hashing on SFTP Hetzner Storage Box](https://forum.rclone.org/t/setting-up-hashing-on-sftp-hetzner-storage-box/54013)
**Author:** [@TechnicJelle](https://forum.rclone.org/u/TechnicJelle)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2026, 12:04am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/setting-up-hashing-on-sftp-hetzner-storage-box/54013 "2026-07-08T00:04:38Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I am trying to set up the md5sum\_command and sha1sum\_command options for my SFTP mount to a Hetzner Storage Box. Hetzner Storage Boxes do have these commands available in … --- ## [Suppress conversion of native formats to xlsx, docx, etc on Linux](https://forum.rclone.org/t/suppress-conversion-of-native-formats-to-xlsx-docx-etc-on-linux/53996)
**Author:** [@ddrake](https://forum.rclone.org/u/ddrake)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 4, 2026, 5:19pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/suppress-conversion-of-native-formats-to-xlsx-docx-etc-on-linux/53996 "2026-07-04T17:19:59Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I am using rclone on Linux to mount my Google Drive, and spreadsheets there show up as xlsx files here -- I'd like to supress that, and have it work like the native Google … --- ## [Rclone stuck at Large Folders](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-stuck-at-large-folders/53971)
**Author:** [@Elias\_Schneuwly](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Elias_Schneuwly)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 8:00am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-stuck-at-large-folders/53971 "2026-07-02T08:00:25Z")
Dear Community, i have a strange Situation with rclone, we currently migrate Folders mit more than 150 Million Files in it from One S3 Provider to Another. Most of them worked like a charm but one of them is driving me c… --- ## [90GB data migration in google drives](https://forum.rclone.org/t/90gb-data-migration-in-google-drives/53946)
**Author:** [@Imm](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Imm)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/90gb-data-migration-in-google-drives/53946 "2026-06-30T01:36:05Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I am using rclone first time. I am transferring 90GB data from old google drive account's my drive to a new account's shared drive using VPS Hetzner. It ran for 2 weeks (pa… --- ## [Problems copying .docx files to Sharepoint](https://forum.rclone.org/t/problems-copying-docx-files-to-sharepoint/53922)
**Author:** [@Planetcs](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Planetcs)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2026, 12:14pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/problems-copying-docx-files-to-sharepoint/53922 "2026-06-29T12:14:36Z")
STOP and READ USE THIS TEMPLATE NO EXCEPTIONS - By not using this, you waste your time, our time and really hate puppies. I've run into an odd problem when copying Microsoft document files to sharepoint, the copy fails… --- ## [Rclone server-side copy to a new bucket - optimzations needed](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-server-side-copy-to-a-new-bucket-optimzations-needed/53948)
**Author:** [@pradeep8985](https://forum.rclone.org/u/pradeep8985)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2026, 10:31am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-server-side-copy-to-a-new-bucket-optimzations-needed/53948 "2026-06-26T10:31:00Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? I needed optimized rclone copy command to speed up the server side copies from one bucket to another new bucket (completely new). I do not want to list/head on the destinat… --- ## [Fine tuning list/tree command for RAM/speed](https://forum.rclone.org/t/fine-tuning-list-tree-command-for-ram-speed/53915)
**Author:** [@Naga](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Naga)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 10:45am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/fine-tuning-list-tree-command-for-ram-speed/53915 "2026-06-23T10:45:17Z")
Hi all, I'm fairly new to rclone however we have access to it at our company and are looking to use it for our purposes - so I do apologise if this is fairly simple. Eventually, we are looking to use it to move from GDri… --- ## [iCloud Config Triggers 2FA but doesn't connect](https://forum.rclone.org/t/icloud-config-triggers-2fa-but-doesnt-connect/53860)
**Author:** [@muttmutt](https://forum.rclone.org/u/muttmutt)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 22, 2026, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/icloud-config-triggers-2fa-but-doesnt-connect/53860 "2026-06-22T21:34:38Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? Unable to connect to Apple iCloud, authentication generates an error. Run the command 'rclone version' and share the full output of the command. rclone v1.74.2 os/versi… --- ## [Cannot use the proton drive remote](https://forum.rclone.org/t/cannot-use-the-proton-drive-remote/53944)
**Author:** [@HelpMePleasepls](https://forum.rclone.org/u/HelpMePleasepls)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/cannot-use-the-proton-drive-remote/53944 "2026-06-20T22:15:45Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? The proton drive remote is not functioning for me. I've tried the stable version of rclone 1.74.0 and the beta version rclone v1.75.0-beta.9822.59c86b01b. In both instances… --- ## [Rclone size on a minio bucket is slower](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-size-on-a-minio-bucket-is-slower/53938)
**Author:** [@pradeep8985](https://forum.rclone.org/u/pradeep8985)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 19, 2026, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/rclone-size-on-a-minio-bucket-is-slower/53938 "2026-06-19T06:46:42Z")
STOP and READ USE THIS TEMPLATE NO EXCEPTIONS - By not using this, you waste your time, our time and really hate puppies. Please remove these two lines and that will confirm you have read them. #### What is the proble… --- ## [Google Drive Duplicate File Handling](https://forum.rclone.org/t/google-drive-duplicate-file-handling/53933)
**Author:** [@portbound](https://forum.rclone.org/u/portbound)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 11:27pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/google-drive-duplicate-file-handling/53933 "2026-06-18T23:27:47Z")
Hey everyone, new rclone user here. I was hoping someone here may have some additional insight into the behavior outlined in this issue: In short, Google Drive (and other some other storage providers) support multipl… --- ## [Can rclone support global defaults with per-remote overrides?](https://forum.rclone.org/t/can-rclone-support-global-defaults-with-per-remote-overrides/53834)
**Author:** [@Trxplz0](https://forum.rclone.org/u/Trxplz0)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 18, 2026, 1:37pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/can-rclone-support-global-defaults-with-per-remote-overrides/53834 "2026-06-18T13:37:50Z")
Is there currently a supported way to define global/default flags that apply to all remotes, while still allowing specific remotes to override them? Something conceptually like this: Applies to all remotes \[global\] ca… --- ## [After running \`rclone sync\`, want to \`rclone check\` only on changed and new files](https://forum.rclone.org/t/after-running-rclone-sync-want-to-rclone-check-only-on-changed-and-new-files/53868)
**Author:** [@rcloneuser2](https://forum.rclone.org/u/rcloneuser2)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2026, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.rclone.org/t/after-running-rclone-sync-want-to-rclone-check-only-on-changed-and-new-files/53868 "2026-06-17T15:00:38Z")
What is the problem you are having with rclone? After running rclone sync, I want to run rclone check on only the new and changed files. Unchanged and deleted files should not be checked. How to take the output of rclo… [Previous page](https://forum.rclone.org/c/support/6.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.rclone.org/c/support/6.md?page=3)