Treat pCloud Like an Archive, Not a Sync Drive
pCloud is good at one thing and risky at another. The split matters more than the product marketing does, and it is worth being clear about which side you are on.
The good part is the archive. The use that works is treating pCloud like a cloud external drive: keep RAW photos, music libraries, documents, and other files off the laptop's SSD, upload them, and leave them there. It is a sensible use, and a lifetime plan makes it a good deal.
The risky part is sync. The failure reports people file follow a consistent pattern. Someone edits a file on one device while another device still holds the old version. The stale version syncs back and overwrites the newer work, and the person does not find out until it is gone. pCloud's own support tells people not to edit application-specific files directly on the pCloud Drive (P:) and to keep them in a local working folder instead.[1]
The danger is not pCloud the archive. It is treating the sync drive as a place to edit live files. pCloud sync does not always flag a conflict, name a conflicted copy, or tell you it happened. You only find out after the old version has overwritten the new one.[2]
Use pCloud as an archive, and back up to it deliberately
Section titled "Use pCloud as an archive, and back up to it deliberately"The safe pattern is to keep pCloud as a destination you write to, not a drive you edit on. You decide what goes up, you see it go up, and you can verify the result. That is a copy operation, not a sync operation.
Blober fits that pattern exactly. It is a transfer tool, not a sync client. You pick a source folder, pick a pCloud folder, run the workflow, and the files land in pCloud with per-file progress and resume. Nothing syncs in the background, and nothing overwrites a file you did not ask to touch.
The pCloud guide shows the setup, which takes seconds because the app ships the public app keys.
Keep a second copy
Section titled "Keep a second copy"There are two reasons a single pCloud account should not be your only copy.
The first is traffic. pCloud ties download traffic to plan size, so a large account can hit the limit fast if you pull data back down repeatedly.[3] If pCloud holds the only copy of your photos, every restore is a download against that cap. A second copy somewhere else means you only download from pCloud when you actually need to.
The second is the account itself. Accounts get revoked, plans lapse, support tickets sit for days, and pCloud has publicly handled account cancellations for policy reasons.[4] None of that has to be fatal if the files also live somewhere you control.
Blober mirrors an archive to another place in the same kind of workflow. Copy a pCloud folder to a local disk, a NAS, or a second cloud, and the pCloud copy stops being a single point of failure. The 3-2-1 rule of thumb applies here the same way it does everywhere else: one cloud account is one copy.
What Blober is not
Section titled "What Blober is not"Blober does not do two-way sync, and it does not claim to. If you want live multi-device editing with conflict handling, you want a product built for that. Blober is for the deliberate jobs: fill the archive, organize it while it moves, keep a second copy, and leave pCloud as the safe archive it was bought to be.
Frequently asked questions
Section titled "Frequently asked questions"Can I edit files directly on the pCloud drive?
pCloud's own guidance is to edit in a local working folder and sync after. Editing application or database files on the P: drive is where the data loss cases come from.[5]
What is the pCloud download traffic cap?
pCloud ties monthly download traffic to plan size on many plans. Blober cannot change that limit, which is why the practical answer is a second copy so you rarely need to download from pCloud at all.
Is my pCloud lifetime plan enough as my only copy?
A single account is a single point of failure, no matter how it is billed. Blober can keep a second copy on local storage, a NAS, or another cloud.
Does Blober sync my folders both ways?
No. Blober does deliberate copy and move workflows with visible progress and resume. It does not watch folders and reconcile changes in the background.
Can Blober copy from pCloud to a local drive or NAS?
Yes. pCloud works as a source in the same way it works as a destination. Select the folder, pick the local or NAS destination, and run it.
Get Blober
Section titled "Get Blober"Blober is a one-time purchase with a lifetime license. No subscription, no transfer fees, no per-GB cap. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux.