I am trying to move some files to the documents folder, so it will be synced to the cloud.
I can access this synced documents folder from the shortcut in the left pane in the file-browser.
but when I click on my files to move them, that convenient left hand pane is not available to select as a destination. And if I choose a folder “documents” at the root level of the phone, nothing happens. It’s been empty anyway, so obviously the “real” synced documents folder is somewhere else. But where? I can’t find it.
in Files, upper left sidebar items are aggregates by filetype (until the item that is your device) - it’s a database populated from the filesystem (and offered through 3 different APIs to Apps).
eDrive only looks at the filesystem and doesn’t use any of the APIs - so the empty rootlevel Documents/ folder really is the one that would get synced
thank you. Through your answer I’ve realized that on my phone the file-sync is probably generally not working… hmmmmm need to check that first! (stupid me…)
