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There are two primary methods of synchronization: One-way sync makes one of the copies the authoritative copy and updates the other copies to match it. Two-way sync looks at all of the changes in all copies of the files and updates all the copies to contain all of the most recent changes.

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Sync RSS feeds on multiple Thunderbird installations and iPhone

What I want to achieve is to sync my RSS feed … on my Thunderbird at work on my thunderbird at home on my iPhone I'm sure a lot of people do have the same problem. How can I do this?
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Archive calendar events

I'm using Mac and iCal synchronized with my google calendar and unfortunately iCal has problems syncing the calendar which is most probably due to there being too many events. (iCal even crashes ...
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How do you sync tabs between computers with Mozilla Firefox Sync?

Mozilla says that with Firefox Sync if you are working on one computer with 5 tabs open and then switch to another computer or device, Sync can or will update the second computer with those tabs. I ...
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Todo app for iPhone/iPod with PC synchronization? [closed]

I have an iPod and I'm looking for a Todo app that would allow me to sync with my PC. I have no Wifi internet and rarely have access to one so I need something that can sync directly by plugging my ...
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Google Chrome Bookmark Synch overwrote my bookmarks--how can I get them back?

This is a strange one. I have had bookmark synching turned on for two OS X machines for some months now. Today, I noticed that my bookmarks have disappeared. It seems that an older version of the ...
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File sync and version control on LAN with a Drobo?

I work in a office with another video producer and we have a networked drobo. Currently we are using Backuplist+ to sync files to a common folder between our Mac Pro's. Works fine, but it's hard to ...
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syncing files on different machines [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Syncing Tool Between 2 Folders How do you sync files in a two different folders, on two different computers, on the same network, so that when one is added or updated to ...
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Deploy / sync files with automatic archive of files to replace

Is there a Windows application that can deploy files from one location to another, but also move away the files that are to be replaced at the destination, into an archive location? Example scenario: ...
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Using rsync to synchronise folders without overwriting files of same name

I would like to synchronise the contents of two directories. Without overwriting but to create a copy if two files have the same name, but different sizes Without duplicating if two files have the ...
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IPC: Shared memory's killed process notfication [closed]

In shared memory system, when two processes share a shared memory system, after one process is killed, how the other running process will be notified of killed process by shared memory system ?
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IPhoto without using the “photo library”?

I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to use iPhoto without having all the photos and movies lumped into one giant archive file but rather store them as individual files in subfolders (similar to ...
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Windows 7 account folder sharing on server

Okay, I'll be totally honest, I was at school on the PCs (that run Windows 7) and I was looking for an installer for some software that school uses as there are quite a few security exploits and back ...
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What drives are included in Emergency Sync (ALt-SysRq-S)?

When I did Alt-SysRq-R and then Alt-SysRq-S to perform an emergency sync, and then I removed my thumbdrive, dmesg came up with a bunch of FAT errors. So, does emergency sync only include the ...
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Syncing symbolic links with Unison

I'm running the same version of Unison on OS X Lion and Ubuntu 11.10; it works great, so far. Now I'm trying to sync multiple folders in one swoop. The official tutorial suggests creating a folder ...
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Finding the time stamp for an autofill entry in Google Chrome

My pc was stolen and I had Chrome with sync active on it. Now I'm login into Chrome from a new pc and I'm seeing an autofill entry with a name and address I don't recognize, my theory is that it must ...
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Google Apps Sync and Outlook Deleted Items

I'm using Outlook 2010 and Google Apps Sync for e-mail. Is there a way to ensure that the Outlook "Deleted Items" folder syncs deleted items to the Gmail interface trash?
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Google Chrome Sync check if enabled via API/Extension? [migrated]

Is it possible to programmatically check if Chrome Sync is configured in Google Chrome? The reason I ask is that I am coding an Extension for Chrome that depends on Chrome Sync, and would like to ...
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Extracting movies from an iPod [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Transferring Music from iPod to iTunes? I have a number of movies on an iPod classic. If you sync an iPod with iTunes, it will erase all data that is not in the iTunes ...
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Why Can't I run a FreeFileSync batch file as Administrator?

I've created a FreeFileSync batch script with options that will preserve file permissions, this requires the script to be run with Administrative Privileges. I can't find an obvious way to run the ...
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How to manage Chrome sync data? (Like delete something?)

I've got one problem with Chrome sync: I can't delete anything. It's like... merging everything from the past, to the latest minute. Everything. If I delete the applications I've tried (like ...
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Fast way to migrate dropbox

I have Dropbox installed on my laptop and my old desktop with 15.6 GB of data. Typically when I reinstall the operating system on either machine I would leave the other one on so it would sync over ...
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FTP - transferring files eats up transfer - how to optimise it?

the problem may be very common. When I transfer files to my FTP server all the files are transferred instead only the changed ones: For example one file on my disk has 7556 bytes and on ftp server ...
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Lost all my contact in iPhone [migrated]

I want to send my iPhone contact to Google mail and transfer back to my new Samsung android. After changing iTunes setting "sync address book contact"-> "sync google contact", no new contact appear in ...
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Continuous Sync

I'm looking for a open source software to synchronize two folders in a Private Network (or a VPN) in a continuous/transparent way. Like DropBox, for exemple, but without the server aspects. I found ...
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How to set up Windows Live Mesh/Sync folder to sync with family/friends?

This forum thread suggests that it's possible to sync between friends/family, but I can't find any way to actually configure this. I've added the other person as a "friend" on the Live website, but ...
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Realtime sync across multiple computers

What software can I use to synchronize files that detects changes on each of my computers and syncs continuously with an always-on server? I'm looking for: Running as a service on the server and ...
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Syncing four computers over LAN if possible and over internet if not [closed]

Possible Duplicate: Keeping folders synced between several machines Is there any software that allows you to sync the files arbitrary folders on four computers over the LAN and keep it ...
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How does network time protocol (ntpd) get the right time to my machine?

network time protocol (ntpd) sets the time on my system automatically from time servers on the net (or something like that. ;) What I've always wondered was, how does that work? Everything that ...
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OwnCloud and Truecrypt

I have tried the OwnCloud sync software recently and it works pretty nice. It synchronizes all the files pretty fast, but I am a bit worried about security. So, my idea was to put my private files ...
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Netbeans: How to delete file locally but not on remote server?

I created a new project in NetBeans and downloaded the files from a remote server. Syncing is automatic so if I delete a local file in my NetBeans project it also deletes the same file on the remote ...
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How to synchronize data from windows mobile 6 with pc? [closed]

I would like to use something like dropbox. however dropbox does not support windows mobile. is there any freeware application that allows that?
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I can't sync my iPod to iTunes or a third-party application after a virus infection

I just recently survived a virus attack on my computer thanks to avg, but I think my iPod has not. I used to be able to sync my iPod into iTunes but now it doesn't, in fact I tried installing several ...
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Is there any way to sync the iphone 4S with a mac running OS v10.4.11?

The iphone 4S system requirements state that you need a Mac running: OS X v10.5.8 to be able to sync an iphone 4S with itunes, but I'm looking for a work around. Patches, hacks or whatever it takes to ...
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Mac OS X Folder Sync Tool

I want to synchronize a folder containing a lots of Word documents between my MacBook Air and my MacMini. Im running Lion on both machines. If a document has changed on both sides I would like to have ...
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Alternative to Dropbox, Sugarsync, Spideroak, Wuala that only sync to my devices, and not “the cloud?”

Is there anything out there that can keep files in sync between computers without keeping a copy of the data on a remote host? I love dropbox and Wuala but don't feel the need to sync my things ...
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I want my photos off iPad and iTunes. Please help.

I sunk my entire photo library from my iTunes to my iPad. I want them off my iPad and itunes without deleting them off my pc. I want to then start over putting them in different albums. Can I do ...
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Which Mac music players can sync with iPods? [closed]

I'm in search of a free alternative to Itunes, something that A) plays music and B) syncs with iPods. Since iTunes no longer does either. iTunes now freezes every time I launch it. Recreating the ...
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Thunderbird - Do not delete local copies of IMAP messages

Hypothetical scenario: The IMAP inbox has two messages, A and B. Thunderbird syncs, and downloads both A and B. A new message C, is delivered to the IMAP server. B is deleted from the server by a ...
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Asus eee Note EA800 on Mac and other issues

I just got the Asus eee Note EA800 and I'm quite happy with it. I still have a couple of issues that might be of interest to most users: Is it possible to visualise PDF files in landscape mode? As ...
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Un-Sharing OneNote

I had Onenote 2010 syncing to skydrive, but then I chose to "share" my onenote on a drive on my local computer, so that my wife could see it. As a consequence of sharing it, the notebook was no ...
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Does Notational Velocity/nvALT securely sync with Simplenote?

I set nvALT to use a single database to store and sync my notes. Using a database has the benefit of having encryption. I just noticed this warning at the bottom of the synchronization settings ...
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Simple folder sync solution in Windows 7

I have a few folders that have files which I want to have back-up on a external disk. Do you know an app that automatically synchronizes the contents of my folders with the contents of the folders on ...
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Sync Google Email Accounts with Outlook

I have multiple google email accounts (not just GMail, but ones set up with Google to handle email for other domains). All of these accounts sync with my Windows Phone, and I was wondering if its ...
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Sync hotmail calendar with outlook (Without Outlook Connector!)

I have a slightly weird request, but will explain why I need this below. I want to sync my Hotmail Calendar and Contacts with an Outlook account, without using Outlook Connector and without syncing ...
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Best backup solution for multiple hard drives?

I've got many hard drives. However I cannot find a decent application to keep two partitions in sync (master-slave). I've got: 2x 2TB 1x 500GB (USB/External/Portable) 1x 500GB (Boot, Win7) 1x 400GB ...
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Solution to sync files on 2 computers in 2 remote locations

My friend runs 2 osteopath clinics and works between the 2 locations with another osteopath (they rotate which days they work in each clinic). A laptop stays at each clinic, and until recently were ...
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Sync Mail.app email addresses with Address Book

As a google search did not turn up any useful result, I thought of asking here: I have a bunch of email addresses in my Mail.app account (which were automatically stored from sending/receiving emails ...
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Syncing folders issue while using folder redirection

At my company, we have recently upgraded to Windows 7, and during this time we have configured folder redirection. Following this, we have encountered an issue where user's documents are ...
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How to import Exchange calendars in Google Calendar (No Desktop Outlook)

I would like to import my calendar from my company Exchange 2010 server as a new calendar in my private Google account. The primary use is to easy my planning when at home with my laptop. I already ...
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How to organize folders automatically into groups of a hundred?

I have hundreds of folders on drive A that I want to migrate to drive B. Within the drive B root, I want the folders from drive A to be put inside folders that themselves each contain 100 folders. How ...

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