# Content cannot be synced across multiple devices via onedrive

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/content-cannot-be-synced-across-multiple-devices-via-onedrive/23482>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [3 February 2022 12:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/content-cannot-be-synced-across-multiple-devices-via-onedrive/23482 "2022-02-03T12:23:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![huabin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7feea3/32.png) [@huabin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/huabin)\
**Post date:** [3 February 2022 12:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/content-cannot-be-synced-across-multiple-devices-via-onedrive/23482/1 "2022-02-03T12:23:21Z")

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Hello everyone

I'm using three devices, mac, iPhone and iPad, and I have Joplin installed on all of them and logged with the same account.

But strangely enough, when syncing, three different folders are created in OneDrive

apps/joplin  
apps 1/joplin  
apps 2/joplin

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This is wrong, I think they should be synced under the same folder (app/Joplin), because they are the same account.

Why? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![graphit0](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/user_avatar/discourse.joplinapp.org/graphit0/32/3435_2.png) [@graphit0](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/graphit0)\
**Post date:** [3 February 2022 14:23 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/content-cannot-be-synced-across-multiple-devices-via-onedrive/23482/2 "2022-02-03T14:23:48Z")

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Hey, welcome to the forum

That seems weird, are Joplin versions the same (2.6+) on the devices?

Do you have the folders synced with filesystem via native Onedrive client by chance?

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**Author:** ![huabin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7feea3/32.png) [@huabin](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/huabin)\
**Post date:** [3 February 2022 23:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/content-cannot-be-synced-across-multiple-devices-via-onedrive/23482/3 "2022-02-03T23:59:05Z")

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Hey, thank you for the reply.

I don't install native Onedrive client on my devices. Here are the steps.

1. Install Joplin on mac and enable synchronization and sync via Onedrive. Joplin will create a folder `Apps/Joplin` on Onedrvie.

2. Install Joplin on iPad and enable synchronization and logged into Onedrive with the same microsoft account. I thought Joplin will locate `Apps/Joplin` automatically and synchronize, but it doesn't. It create a new folder `Apps 2/Joplin` on Onedrive. BTW, the native Onedrive client is not installed on this iPad.

3. Same problem on the iPhone, only a new folder `Apps 2/Joplin` is created.

BTW, it works well with Dropbox.

Joplin version

12.6.2 on iPhone and iPad.

2.6.10 (prod, darwin) on Mac

Thank you.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [5 March 2022 23:59 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/content-cannot-be-synced-across-multiple-devices-via-onedrive/23482/4 "2022-03-05T23:59:24Z")

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