Synchronization means that you have the full synchronized and updated version of the files. With the above settings, your computer is configured to use the offline files.
How to make a File or Folder Available Offline
After setting up your computer to use the offline files the next step is to select the network files and folders to be available offline.
Click Start > My Computer > double click the network drive to view of contents of it.
Click the shared network files or folder that you want to make it available offline.
Click “Make Available Offline” on the file menu
To make a Network file or folder unavailable offline you need to click “Make available offline” to make it unavailable.
How to View the Shared Network Files that are available Offline
You can view the shared network files that are available offline by performing the following action.
- Click Folder Options in the Tools Menu.
- Click View files on the Offline Files tab.
As mentioned above that the offline network files and folders let you work on them when your network is unavailable. The changes you make in these files are frequently updated when the network is available. The offline files are automatically synchronized. To make the offline files synchronize manually you need to right click an offline file and click synchronize.