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Yup! Not only that, but there’s another way to use this feature too:

You can use different folder names on different computers.

For example, if I have an iMac with a folder ~/txt/ that is in Resilio Sync, and I connect that folder to my MacBook, I can call that folder ~/Documents/Stuff/MyTextFolderFromTheiMac/

So you don’t need to use the same folder name everywhere.

If you do this often and want to change the location and/or name of folders on your other Macs, you can set the “Default Connect Folder Mode” to Disconnected by going to the Preferences, then selecting “Identity” in the left-hand column, and then choosing the dropdown as shown here:

I hope this helps.

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