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Getting it running, start to finish.

Six steps from an empty computer to a drive that keeps itself in step across everything you own.

Setting up

From a fresh install to two devices.

1
Make a drive
Install it on the first device and open it. A PowerDrive folder appears in your home folder on a computer; on a phone you get the file browser.
2
Pair the next device
One device shows a code and the other scans it, either way round. The pairing carries the library key, which is the one thing that never travels over a sync.
3
Put files in
Save into the PowerDrive folder from any program. The other devices list the file at their next sync and fetch the bytes when they are opened.
4
Choose what stays on disk
A folder's ⋮ menu can leave it only in the app: its files go from this computer's disk and come back when opened. On a phone, Keep on this device fetches ahead instead.
5
Attach a bucket, if you want one
Per device, point it at an S3 bucket — AWS, MinIO, R2 or Ceph. Your files stay reachable while the other devices are off, and the bucket holds ciphertext under hashed names.
6
Remove a device
Remove it once, anywhere, and the rest honour it.

Worth knowing

A few of the parts people find after a week, which are worth finding on day one.

Space you can set: Keep a folder on a computer, or leave it in the app so the listing stays and the files arrive when you open them. Each computer can answer differently.
A searchable PDF from a photograph: Scans come out straightened, cleaned and with the words laid invisibly over the picture, so you can find a receipt by what it says.
Everything in one place on the phone: Your whole drive is listed, and the files you mark travel with you whether you have signal or not.
Add and remove devices freely: Hold up a code to add one. Remove one once, anywhere, and the rest agree.