Known Issues
- macOS 10.14 (Mojave) and later incompatibility
Airwatch Content Locker Sync does not start on computers running macOS 10.14 (Mojave) or later. The vendor has informed us that Content Locker Sync will not be updated to resolve these macOS compatibility issues. UBC IT is currently looking a replacement for AirWatch Content Locker Sync.
Currently Airwatch Content Locker Sync is only supported on macOS 10.12 and 10.13. - Mac OS X incompatibility
Currently Airwatch Content Locker Sync is only supported on macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and 10.13 (High Sierra).
It is no longer supported on earlier versions of Apple Computer OS's. - Quota Full - but space used on local computer less than quota
The quota includes files that have been deleted and moved to the Trash. These files are not sync'd to the local computer.
To resolve, log in to the web portal (files.workspace.ubc.ca), select Trash, and Empty the Trash - Failed Sync - This message may occur intermittently due to network issues and/or as computers reconnect when starting or waking up.
Normally, subsequent syncs will be successful.
If a sync is never successful, please submit a support ticket - Unable to Empty Trash
More commonly seen with files/folders deleted some time ago.
If both clicking Empty Trash and selecting the item and the clicking Delete do not work, try the following:
- Restore an folder/file; Delete; then Select it in Trash and Delete from there
- Select all items, then a folder/file at a time - Restore, Delete and Delete from Trash - Maximum file name length including the file name and enclosing folders is 260 characters for any given file. This is an Operating System limit for Microsoft Windows and macOS. The Content Locker Sync application will not be able to sync files or folders exceeding this limit.
It usually appears for shared folders, where the sharing user has a local path that is shorter than that for users being shared to. - Invalid Characters - Microsoft Windows and macOS Operating System character limitations may impact synchronizing with Desktop Sync clients:
Avoid using the following characters in filenames:
\/:*?"<>|
em dash, smart quotes - from Microsoft Office
Some international character sets may also have problems - Email Invite without Password - You are an external/guest user and receive an email stating somone has shared a folder with you, but no password is included.
This happens when you have been previously shared with from a UBC Workspace user. Only the initial email from Workspace includes a password. Use this password or if you don't know the password, reset it by selecting the Trouble Logging In link on the sign in page. - Empty files - Files less than 1 KB in size cannot be uploaded to Workspace, either with a web browser or a desktop sync client.
- Unable to Fetch Terms of Use - message seen when configuring Airwatch Content Locker Sync. This usually indicates that the local computer time is incorrect. Correct the time and try again.
- Users with either "<" or ">" in their password may have problems logging in.
- When downloading and installing the Content Locker Sync Client, one may receive a message that it 'is not commonly downloaded and could harm your computer'.
At this point, this is expected behaviour. - Personal Content folder on a network drive. Although this may work, it is not supported. If you are seeing synchronization issues that are not due to other causes (character issues, locked files, etc), please move your Personal Content to a local drive.
- Airwatch Content Locker Sync unexpectedly quits in macOS 10.13 (High Sierra)
The older versions of the client have compatibility issues with some macOS computers.
To install the current version see it.ubc.ca/services/web-servers-storage/workspace-20/frequently-asked-questions#download-client. - Content Rendering features in the Self-Service Portal (Web Interface) have been disabled due to technical issues. As a result, the portal will not display preview images of selected content (e.g. Documents, photos, spreadsheets, text files, etc) prior to download, nor will you be able to use the "view only" feature for shared links.
