When the Owncloud/Nextcloud desktop client transfers files, it uploads or downloads up to 6 files at the same time by default. If you are transferring many large files, the number of simultaneous transfers is limited to only 3 files.
If you have a slow internet connection or want to transfer large files one by one, you can change the number of parallel transfers using an environment variable:
- OWNCLOUD_MAX_PARALLEL=1
Change Environment Variable in Windows
In Windows, you can adjust the environment variable by opening the Environment Variables settings window and creating a new user variable.
Set the variable name to “OWNCLOUD_MAX_PARALLEL” and the value to the number of simultaneous file transfers you want (e.g., 1).
TL;DR
- Open environment variables
- Create a new user variable
- Name =>
OWNCLOUD_MAX_PARALLEL - Value =>
1
- Name =>
