Tags: cloud, connections, desktop, file-sync, files, mac, plugins, social-business IBM Connections File Sync Plug-In for the Mac Is Now Available While #IBMVerse 's ability to drive a #NewWayToWork has taken the spotlight this week, there's more goodies to talk about today.

The capabilities have already been highly praised by analysts such as Forrester and OVUM. In fact, check out this to find out why IBM Connections is a strong candidate to provide all the benefits and features an enterprise user might need from a file sync and share solution. This offering includes: • Mobile apps for iOS and Android • Desktop plugins for Microsoft Windows and Mac (including integration into Microsoft Office 365 Desktop apps such as Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel) • External file sharing (ie.

Share files with people outside of your organization) • Share files with individuals or groups • Lock files for editing to prevent conflicts • View files online without having to download • Control who can view/edit your files and who can re-share them • View who has downloaded your files and which version they have • See how the file has been shared throughout your organization • and more.! The capabilities have already been highly praised by analysts such as Forrester and OVUM. In fact, check out this to find out why IBM Connections is a strong candidate to provide all the benefits and features an enterprise user might need from a file sync and share solution. This offering includes: • Mobile apps for iOS and Android • Desktop plugins for Microsoft Windows and Mac (including integration into Microsoft Office 365 Desktop apps such as Word, PowerPoint, Outlook and Excel) • External file sharing (ie. Share files with people outside of your organization) • Share files with individuals or groups • Lock files for editing to prevent conflicts • View files online without having to download • Control who can view/edit your files and who can re-share them • View who has downloaded your files and which version they have • See how the file has been shared throughout your organization • and more.!

In order to allow file sync in IBM Connections for the Connections Desktop Plugin and Mobile Devices, we need to modify the configuration of the Files and Mobile Application. To do that we will need to edit the “files-config.xml” and “mobile-config.xml” files, before making any changes to these files.

Then the cutting parameters are chosen and the instruction is carried out. The advantage of plugins is similar to that of a printer driver that is directly available without any adjustments necessary in a new application environment.

I advise you to make a copy of them for Backup purposes, just in case something goes wrong you can check-in the original files and you are good to go again. In order to apply the configuration, we will also need to restart the Files and Mobile Application, there is no need to do this right away after making the configuration changes so you can do it in your regular maintenance window. Enable File Sync within the Files Application • Login to the server where the WAS Deployment Manager is running. Open the Command Prompt as Administrator and navigate to the bin directory of Deployment Manager. • Appserver Profiles bin • In my case that´s “d: IBM WebSphere AppServer profiles ic-dmgr01 bin” • Initialize wsadmin Command Prompt by entering the following command: Wsadmin –lang jython –username –password • Initialize Files App Administration. Execfile(“filesAdmin.py”) • Check out the “Files” Application Configuration files. FilesConfigService.checkOutConfig(“working_directory”, “cell_name”) Note: You can get the cell name by issuing the following command: “ AdminControl.getCell()” Keep in mind that you will need to create the “working directory” before issuing the Check Out command, or else the command will fail.

Even though we are working on a Windows OS we need to type the path to the working directory with slashes instead of backslashes. • Open the “files-config.xml” file, which we just checked out, with Notepadd++ or a similar text editor. • Search for “filesync”. • Set the parameter “fileSync enabled” from “false” to “true”.