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# Offline Access

ExpanDrive can perform an offline sync of any mounted drive, so you can keep working with files from your connections when your device isn't connected to the internet.

Offline Access is available on Windows and macOS. It is not available in ExpanDrive for Linux.

## Offline Access Behavior

With the remote service connected, you can download files or folders from your connections to your local machine while you're online.

After you disconnect from the network, you can keep making changes to those downloaded items as long as ExpanDrive is still running. When you reconnect, your changes are automatically synchronized to your remote storage.

## Windows

To enable Offline Sync for an item, right-click the file or folder in File Explorer. You can select multiple items. Choose *Offline sync > Local*.

On Windows 11, this action can appear under *Show more options* in the right-click menu.

![Context menu in Windows Explorer](https://1753538908-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M1WQstUIV0CAuN58yGb%2F-M1WSZOuiSxkEQ9H1dbU%2F-M1WTHBMFDJ4QAcqaqje%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=23ce2627-6dbc-44d9-bbf3-6e1a7b04a8ef)

By default, mounted items are *Online Only* and require an active connection to the remote service. Changes to these items are written directly to remote storage.

To prepare for working offline, change the selected items to *Local*. ExpanDrive downloads their contents to your computer.

An internet connection is not required while you work on local content, but ExpanDrive must remain running.

Any changes you make to Local data while offline are synced when your computer reconnects to the internet.

## macOS

ExpanDrive must be running on your system to use Offline Sync.

To prepare for working offline, use *Download Now* in Finder to store a local copy of the file or folder.

An internet connection is not required to make changes to downloaded items, but ExpanDrive must be running. You can change or remove any of the downloaded files using Finder.

When you reconnect to the internet, changes you made while offline are synced to the remote system automatically.