Home
Integrating with other products
You can integrate HCL Connections applications with other products and features.
Using file sync for HCL Connections for Mac
Use HCL Connections for Mac to keep local files in sync with copies of those files on the server.
Setting preferences for the Mac plug-in
You can view or edit preferences to customize HCL Connections for Mac for your needs.

Integrating with other products
You can integrate HCL Connections applications with other products and features.
- Connections Engagement Center
  Connections Engagement Center provides the corporate office, management, and workforce with a single user experience for all communications, as well as a state of the art enterprise social collaboration features and the possibility of adding custom applications. All this runs at the office and on all mobile devices, so the entire workforce – from CEO to intern – can access this most valuable tool regardless of where they are, what their role is, or what devices they prefer.
- Installing integration plug-ins for HCL Connections
  Access and update your Connections content from other applications.
- Using the HCL Connections desktop plug-ins for Microsoft™ Windows™
  Use this plug-in to upload and work with files in HCL Connections from Microsoft™ Windows™ Explorer and Microsoft Office.
- Using file sync for HCL Connections for Mac
  Use HCL Connections for Mac to keep local files in sync with copies of those files on the server.
  - Managing HCL Connections for Mac accounts
    You can add or remove HCL Connections or Connections Multi-tenant account information to or from your HCL Connections for Mac preferences to share files and information between OS X and HCL Connections or Connections Multi-tenant.
  - Setting preferences for the Mac plug-in
    You can view or edit preferences to customize HCL Connections for Mac for your needs.
  - Adding a file to HCL Connections for Mac
    Add a file from your desktop to HCL Connections for Mac.
  - Sharing a file or folder
    View information about sharing a file or folder.
  - Managing file versions
    View and retrieve earlier versions of a file.
  - Suspending file sync
    To suspend file sync temporarily, turn off syncing for a sync folder.
  - Viewing and resolving sync issues
    When sync issues arise between files in your local folder and files on the server, you can resolve the issues from the Sync issues dialog.
- Using the Connections plug-in for Microsoft Office
  Use the plug-ins to share files and information between Microsoft™ Windows™ applications and HCL Connections or HCL Connections Cloud.
- Using Connections with Microsoft Teams
  Enabling support for Microsoft Teams integration with Connections is an optional task. Enable this support only if your organization is using Microsoft Teams.
- Using the HCL Connections Add-in for Microsoft™ Outlook
  The power of Connections from your Outlook inbox. Use the Connections Add-in for Microsoft™ Outlook to work with Connections content from within your Outlook inbox.
- Using the HCL Connections community app for Microsoft Sharepoint
  As a Microsoft SharePoint administrator you can register the Sharepoint app with Microsoft Azure and edit its configuration file in HCL Connections to make it available for your organization.
- Using plug-ins from HCL Connections with other products
  Get help using the plug-ins that integrate the capabilities of HCL Connections with other products.

Setting preferences for the Mac plug-in

You can view or edit preferences to customize HCL Connections for Mac for your needs.

About this task

After you connect to HCL Connections or Connections Multi-tenant site, you can interact with that site from the Finder window or the HCL Connections icons in the Dock and the menu bar.

Procedure

Open HCL Connections for Mac by clicking the icon in the Dock or locating and clicking it in the Applications folder of your Finder window.
Right-click on the HCL Connections icon in the Dock or the menu bar and select Preferences from the menu. The preferences window appears with the Accounts pane displayed.
Click the Advanced tab to view the advanced preferences.
Specify file extensions that sync should ignore when changes are made.
Use the options in the Sync Content Visibility section to control the visibility of new content synced to the server.
- Select the "Always allow…" option if you want allow content to be automatically added to folders visible to everyone in your organization.
- Select the "Always move/remove…" option to automatically remove content from a folder when that folder is moved into a folder with more restrictive visibility.
Click Enable Logging to view a record of plug-in activities.
- Locate the log file in /Users/{USER_NAME}/Library/Application Support/com.ibm.AutoSyncMonitor/Logs The file name is Sync <date>.
- Select Collect Debug Data to create a zip file with all logs and other debugging information that can be provided to HCL Support.
Click Enable Beta Features to access features that are available for preview but are not yet fully supported.
Note: This feature might be disabled by your administrator.
Configure a delay at startup and on wake from sleep. During this delay, no network traffic is sent from the plugin. This is useful in certain configurations where a VPN must be started before the plugin can connect. The values are in seconds. These values can also be controlled by admin policies ‘DelayNetworkOnStartup’ and ‘DelayNetworkOnWake’ .