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[GH-ISSUE #317] Synced files don't belong in synced locations #6968

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Originally created by @MikeBishop on GitHub (Dec 6, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/317

I could swear I've seen this elsewhere, but I can't find the issue, so I'm making sure it's not missed. The Actual files are kept in sync using Actual's own processes and service. Therefore, they should be stored in explicitly-local folders rather than in folders which are prone to syncing by some other service. Both Windows and Mac have services to sync the Documents folder; colliding changes from two different sync services produce results like this:

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I don't know what the proper location would be on a Mac, but in Windows, you probably want %LOCALAPPDATA% -- this contains files which are synced neither by OneDrive nor by Roaming User Profiles. (There's perhaps an argument for %APPDATA% instead, which is synced by Roaming User Profiles, but the sync is completed before login.)

Originally created by @MikeBishop on GitHub (Dec 6, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/actualbudget/actual/issues/317 I could swear I've seen this elsewhere, but I can't find the issue, so I'm making sure it's not missed. The Actual files are kept in sync using Actual's own processes and service. Therefore, they should be stored in explicitly-local folders rather than in folders which are prone to syncing by some other service. Both Windows and Mac have services to sync the Documents folder; colliding changes from two different sync services produce results like this: ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4273797/144867149-935c96f9-732e-4ec4-a334-754a52acd633.png) ![image](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/4273797/144867333-d535513b-acca-4b82-802d-43fcb0ec3715.png) I don't know what the proper location would be on a Mac, but in Windows, you probably want %LOCALAPPDATA% -- this contains files which are synced neither by OneDrive nor by Roaming User Profiles. (There's perhaps an argument for %APPDATA% instead, which *is* synced by Roaming User Profiles, but the sync is completed before login.)
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