Native macOS Profile Folder Redirection (Desktop, Documents, etc.) to Proton Drive
Requesting native support for redirecting macOS user profile folders, such as Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Pictures, and other standard home folders, into Proton Drive. Similar to how iCloud Drive and OneDrive offer “Desktop & Documents” integration.
Use case / problem:
Today, Proton Drive works well as a secure storage location, but it does not integrate deeply with the macOS file system. This means files saved to common locations like Desktop or Documents do not automatically sync to Proton Drive unless users manually move them. For many users (families and small businesses especially), this creates friction and increases the risk that important files are never backed up or encrypted.
Proposed behavior:
Allow users to optionally enable profile folder redirection during Proton Drive setup or in settings.
When enabled, macOS folders (Desktop, Documents, etc.) would transparently sync to Proton Drive.
From the user’s perspective, saving a file to Desktop or Documents would automatically sync and be end-to-end encrypted in Proton Drive.
This could mirror existing patterns used by iCloud Drive and OneDrive, while maintaining Proton’s encryption model.
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René Hedge commented
This is so spot on, this is the entire reason I can't use Proton entirely for a 360 solution. A simple hack I figured out is by copying the files 3 times a day with a cronjob to the ProtonDrive folder, a one time bash script to run in Terminal if asking ChatGPT. Would be still much better if it it could just be selected and realtime like Google Drive does offer.
Peope also forget that this indirectly causes many to not switch to Proton. They want it complete or they consider it just a hassle to migrate and move, in the bigger picture of all products. I have a hard time to even convince them to move their email until the native mail app came. Now everyone loves it instantly.
I do guess that means that basically the entire security or encryption part became useless / compromised. But i do not even care about that, it can never be worse than Apple and Google lol.
They for sure infiltrated the Proton foundation as much to be sure to have backdoors/sniffers in various ways.