Binding local device folders to a content management system for synchronization

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, the instructions, when executed by a computing system, cause at least one processor to:

• associate, by a content management system, a first operating system functional folder having a first content item on a first client device with a content management system version of the functional folder, wherein the first operating system functional folder is a folder required by a first operating system on the first client device;
• associate, by the content management system, a second operating system functional folder having a second content item on a second client device with the content management system version of the functional folder, wherein the second folder is a folder required by a second operating system on the second client device, whereby both the first functional folder and the second functional folder are synchronized with the common content management system functional folder;
• and
• synchronize the first operating system functional folder and the second operating system functional folder with the content management system, whereby the first operating system functional folder and the second operating system functional folder both store a copy of the first content item and the second content item.

A system comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions;
• and
• at least one processor that is effective to execute the instructions to:
• receive, by a client application associated with a content management system, a user selection to synchronize a local device folder using the content management system, the local device folder stored on a client device at a first location that is outside of a synchronized folder, the client application associated with a user account on the content management system;
• after the user selection, move content items from the local device folder at the first location to a second location within the synchronized folder;
• and
• create a pointer in an operating system on the client device to the second location.