
If I clicked on the Settings entry, the Megasync window would open, but wouldn’t allow me to interact.Įventually, I figured out how to bring up the login screen, by clicking the Megasync system tray icon and selecting Show Status ( Figure A).įigure A The Megasync system tray icon menu.Īt that point, the login window appeared, where I could enter my Megasync.nz account credentials. Instead, the only thing that appeared was the notification tray icon.

When you first launch the Megasync client (which can be found in your desktop menu), it should open a login screen. The Megasync.nz desktop client is installed and ready to go. Next, we’ll install the Nautilus integration with: That installation will most likely error out. Let’s first install the desktop client with: Once those have both downloaded, open a terminal window and change into the Downloads directory with: Once you have your Mega.nz account created, head over to the download page and download the desktop app and the Nautilus sync app (saving them to your ~/Downloads directory). If you use a different distribution, you’ll need to alter the installation instructions accordingly. I’ll be demonstrating on Pop!_OS 21.04 (which is based on Ubuntu 21.04). Once you’ve done that, you’ll need a working Linux desktop. To use the Megasync client, you’ll first need to sign up for a free account. SEE: Research: Video conferencing tools and cloud-based solutions dominate digital workspaces VPN and VDI less popular with SMBs (TechRepublic Premium) What you’ll need I’m going to walk you through installing the Megasync GUI on Linux, as well as integrating it with the Nautilus file browser.


Google Cloud offers Assured Open Source Software for freeĦ best cloud-based project management software for 2023 And like Dropbox, Mega.nz has a Linux desktop client that is not only open source, it’s just as easy to use as any client in the cloud space.

Mega.nz is a cloud service from New Zealand that offers a 20GB free account and includes all the bells and whistles you’ve become accustomed to with similar providers.
