The desktop app can connect a local folder to a Tano server you can access, synchronizing Markdown, attachments, and file operations across devices. You configure this per workspace; signing in to the web account alone does not upload local files.
Connect a remote workspace
Open a local desktop workspace and choose File sync from workspace settings at the bottom of the sidebar. Enter the server address and a token configured for you on that server, then list remote workspaces. Select an existing workspace or create one before connecting. Two-way sync requires owner or writer access; a reader workspace cannot be selected as a two-way sync target.
Check the server and workspace before connecting, and back up important files. The token remains in the current app session. Local files, offline operations, and sync state stay on the device. Disconnecting does not change the Markdown format.
What is synchronized
Sync includes ordinary Markdown, attachments, and supported portable data under .tano/. .tano/config.json is used for workspace identity, not transferred as an ordinary file. Device caches, drafts, and personal settings are not uploaded as workspace files.
File identity is independent of path, so a rename keeps the file ID. See Data and storage and File identity for the boundaries.
Offline edits and conflicts
You can keep editing local files offline; pending operations are submitted when the connection returns. Sync checks remote versions. If changes overlap, Tano preserves a conflict copy and reports it in the sync panel instead of silently replacing either side.
Sync is not a replacement for backups. Once connected, Workspace history lets you inspect synchronized document and attachment revisions, restore a copy, or confirm restoring an older revision as the new current version. Unsynced drafts are absent from remote history. Also read Backup and recovery.
Continue into live collaboration
After connecting file sync, you can start live collaboration on an individual document. A live session has a separate state from ordinary file sync; the document remains ordinary Markdown after the session ends.