# How ShadeFS Works Real-Time

For some, real-time might seem and sound like it's just google drive syncing or dropbox. The reality is, it's not! No, it's not instantly downloading a whole 100GB to your computer, unfortunately we cannot change your internet speed. But what we can do is model specific types of media files to your computer as if they feel like they are local. Why does this work? It's because certain types of files (like video, images, etc.) are read sequentially by a variety of programs (like Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, Video, etc.) this makes it possible for us to send parts of files while waiting for the entire file to actually download. That is what we mean by real-time here.

Now real-time is also about your team - Shade syncs changes completely in real-time. This means that if a file is added from computer A in New York, computer B in LA will be able to instantly see that file, a preview of that file, and drag and drop that into their editing program, instantly - no uploading or downloading required to even start. This enables your team to be able to quickly start working right when the files are ready - not when they are fully uploaded and downloaded again.


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