Glossary

Delta sync

Also called: incremental sync

Delta sync imports only the files that are new since the last sync, rather than re-importing an entire folder every time.

When a gallery is fed from a Dropbox or Google Drive folder that keeps growing, re-scanning everything on each sync is slow and creates duplicates.

Delta sync tracks what it has already imported and pulls just the additions, so a studio folder can be connected once and topped up repeatedly.

Pixeva applies delta sync to both Dropbox and Google Drive imports, alongside de-duplication.

Last reviewed 2026-09-02 · Pixeva

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