Windows client

Installation

1. Download sciebo for your PC.
2. After a successful download, open the installation file.
3. Confirm that you want to run the file by clicking on “OK”. The setup wizard appears.
4. Click on “Next” to make the installation settings.
5. If you do not want to install sciebo at the suggested location, select the folder for the installation now. Otherwise click directly on “Next”.
6. Click on “Install”. You may have to confirm that the software may be installed on your PC. Sciebo will then be installed.
7. Click on “Finish” to close the setup wizard.
8. Finally, you will be asked whether you want to restart your PC immediately or later so that sciebo works properly. Select the desired option. After restarting, you can set up your folder synchronisation (see below).

Configuration

1. Open the client. The connection wizard appears.
2. Select your sciebo institution from the list. A browser will open and you will be asked to log in and allow the client to access your data.
3. By default, your entire sciebo directory is synchronised. For folders larger than 500 MB, you must manually confirm synchronisation for the first time. However, you can also change the limit or deactivate this function. (If you do not want to synchronise your entire sciebo directory, you can decide which subfolders are synchronised under “Select elements to be synchronised”).
4. Select a destination folder on your PC. (This folder will be synchronised with your sciebo directory, i.e. the data you selected from sciebo will be saved here and files and folders newly created in this folder will be uploaded to sciebo).
5. Click on “Connect….