I have a Cryptomator vault that is 3 GB in size on the cloud, and I deleted the original folder from my PC. Now I want to upload one file to that vault, how can I do that?

[Rachid]

I don’t want to re-download the entire vault of 3 GB to add that file and re-upload it again. And I want to upload the file to that vault, not to create another vault. Is there a solution?

[Michael]

You can access your vault directly online with cyberduck.

How do I use Cryptomator without local sync?

Hi there, I want to backup files (encrypted) only on the remote cloud storage without syncing it. In my case, on Google Drive, but this is not mandatory for me. Is it possible to achieve this with cryptomator? The thought behind this is, that I want to long-term backup files (like old photos or work related backups) on a drive encrypted and I can’t find a good solution for that. Many thanks in advance and cheers, Christian

[Rachid]

I said I deleted the vault.

[Rachid]

I have found the solution. So even if you don’t have the original vault on your computer, you can still upload a file to that vault anyway.

So I went to my cloud storage, I downloaded the “masterkey.cryptomator” file, then you have to create a new folder in the same directory with the “masterkey.cryptomator” file named “d”. Next, go to Cryptomator and add a vault, select that “masterkey.cryptomator” file, unlock it, and add your new file that you want to encrypt and upload, then, lock the vault and upload your file.

I tested it, and it worked, I created a small vault just to test, I uploaded it to the cloud and deleted it from my computer, then I tried this solution, and when I downloaded the “test” vault again on my computer, I could see the old files and the new file together.