Questions tagged [sync]
File Synchronization refers to reflecting changes from a set of files to the same set of files in another location. Synchronization can also be applied to contacts, music, or other data.
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How can I "sign-in" to Google Chrome?
My account has lost the ability to "log in" to the Chrome browser. On my Chromebook, on my laptop, on any computer.
I have deleted user accounts and started over. I have unintalled and re-installed ...
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How are files and folders moved on most filesystems?
Some file synchronization programs can detect when a file is moved (as opposed to a file being deleted and another being created). How does this affect synchronization performance? Do they unlink the ...
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Error occurred during NTP sync on Windows Server 2008 R2
I have two Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard servers. The first can correctly sync its time with the default NTP server time.windows.com, but the second cannot.
The error displayed is:
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Cross-platform file synchronisation methods
Within a cross operating system network containing different versions of Windows Clients (Win98, NT, Windows 7) and a Linux file server I would like to sync folders.
There are two limitations:
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How to sync custom shortcuts between two macs
Is there a way to sync custom shortcuts (general and application specific i.e. Xcode) between two macs?
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Sync dropbox and skydrive folders in a dual boot Win7 - Win8
My laptop has a dual boot between Windows 7 and Windows 8 Consumer Preview.
On Windows 7, I use both Dropbox and Skydrive desktop apps to sync my files. Let's say the location on the hard drive is D:/...
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Automatically sync camera photos to folder when connected
I'd like to automatically sync the photos/movies on my iPhone to a folder on my Windows 7 PC each time the device is connected. I want this to happen without requiring any action, and ideally without ...
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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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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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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 e-...
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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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I need to Update my Kindle for PC Library but I have to do it without an internet connection
I have two computers, both with the Kindle for PC app, and one Android tablet with the Kindle for Android app. One computer has no internet connection. I need to update my library on the computer with ...
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Having "now playing" automatically sync between my iPod Touch (4G) and iTunes 10.5
Okay... here's what I want to do:
Play some music on my iPod Touch while I'm on the road. When I come home, and into the range of my WI-FI network that I can seamlessly pick up my (Windows 7) laptop ...
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Sync only good face pictures with iOS devices
I have a lot of pictures in Aperture. A lot of them are not very good and just in the library for backup reasons / whatever.
When I sync my iOS devices with iTunes, I have the option to either sync ...
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Synchronize single file with WinScp
I am trying to synchronize a single file with WinScp. But it is downloading that file every time the script runs. But I want it to download that file only when there is any update in the remote file.
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Is there a way to manually import bookmarks to xmarks?
I've had no luck finding a suitable xmarks alternative that works with proxy servers (see this question) so I'm willing to settle for manually updating bookmarks from my work computer. My proposed ...
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How do I convince NeverNote that I have a premium subscription?
I have Nixnote (NeverNote version 1.0 I believe changed name to Nixnote) and Windows 7.
I'm trying to find a way to convince Nixnote that I have a premium subscription, as shown in "sync Nevernote (...
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Syncronisation tool for dropbox replacement
I have several Linux-PCs I want to be synced. I have a server exporting a filesystem via nfs, ftp or sshfs. I mount them to ~/syncenc. With encfs they are mounted to ~/sync. Working directly in this ...
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How to change the default sync folder on the win 7 PC
I'd like to use Win 7's Sync applet to sync word processing, spreadsheet and other data files between multiple computers and a NAS device with the NAS being the primary repository of the data. Sync ...
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iPad: How to sync/backup notes and highlights from a PDF/epub read on iBooks?
For books purchased on the iBooks store, it seems that notes and highlights are automatically synced with Apple's servers.
My problem is that I read quite a lot of PDFs or epub files which were not ...
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Synchronization triggered by file changes
My data is stored on a server and accessed via a network drive. The server is sometimes down, so at the moment I'm using windows' offline folder synchronization. However I'd prefer using a local copy ...
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Offline productivity
On some days I'm commuting 2hrs (oneway) in the train. I don't have any mobile internet nor is there always WiFi service in the train. Because of security reasons I can't do any work in the train so I'...
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Sync 2 hard drives without being connected at the same time (Mac)
I've got a 2TB hard drive at home and one at work. I use my laptop to connect to them. I want these 2 hard drives to be exactly the same. But these hard drives will never be connected at the same time....
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Best software solution to keep Kindle and (large) Instapaper queue in sync
I picked up a Kindle mostly to help aleviate my huge backlog of unread Instapaper articles - well over 600 (!).
What I'm hoping to figure out is the best practice to sync new unread articles to my ...
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Can the hostname of a synchronization source be changed in Windows 7?
I use the built-in "Offline Files and Folders" functionality of Windows 7 to sync my notebook with my main workstation (also Windows 7). Lately I had to move into another building across the street ...
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Syncing Outlook, gmail, calendar and contacts
My previous phone was a Windows Mobile 6.5 HTC. I had it linked to my computer (Windows 7 Professional 64-bit) and it used Windows Mobility Center to sync with Outlook 2010.
Everything was fine. I ...
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Syncing local and remote website files with FileZilla (kind of like Dropbox)
just making my first website and I've been using FileZilla for a week now. Was wondering if anyone could tell me how to make FileZilla auto sync my all my files at a push of a button. The only way I ...
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Nokia backup on a Mac
As I have to bring my phone to a shop for repair, I want to backup my contacts, calenders and text-messages. My Nokia connects perfectly through Bluetooth with iSync. One baddy, however is that text-...
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out of sync video output from adobe media encoder
What do I do? The video is ahead of the audio after encoding it using adobe media encoder.
I used the default settings and the video is also monster size(11Gb)
The original video is not out of sync, ...
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What addon should I use to sync/backup my installed addons?
Is there a addon collection manager in Chrome? In Firefox, we have FEBE. In Chrome, I don't know what is the similar one.
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Sync Nokia 7230 Mobile Calendar With Google Calendar
I would like to synchronize the calendar on my mobile phone, a Nokia 7230, with my Google Calendar. Can anyone offer any tips?
I would consider a paid service for this, but only if it specifically ...
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BlackBerry won't sync: Says Processing
I have a BlackBerry Storm 2 and I have it set up to sync, just like I've done with all the other ones in the company. They pull the address book/contacts from Outlook, and aren't synced to an ...
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Unable to login to Mozilla Weave on 2nd PC
Just installed on two PCs. Installation no problem, but on 2nd PC the Weave login in disabled (grayed out), so obviously the 2nd PC cannot sync Firefox until I am able to login. Any ideas?
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Windows 7 Time syncing issues
I've had this issue for a very long time and I often search google for solutions and try whatever I find but nothing works and then I give up, only to repeat the same process a few weeks later. this ...
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Does Dropbox on iOS use LAN sync to get files shared from another Dropbox account (on the same LAN)?
Does Dropbox on iOS use LAN sync between two different accounts?
I'm 99% certain that if the iPad and the computer are using the same Dropbox account that the LAN is used.
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Deduplicate images synced across devices in various resolutions
I currently have a couple of scripts and Android apps that together do the following for a set of member devices (smartphones, PCs, digital cameras):
all pictures taken by all member devices are ...
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Copy or Sync all the branches from one Org Repo to another org with same repo
I have written the powershell script which will sync or copy the repo from one org to another org, but currently this script is sync only master branch, but not all the branches.
Below is the Code
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Synchronize reminders into multiple calendars
I an using a self-hosted CalDav server for sychronization of my most important events between PC and smartphone. As the definition is quite limited I'd like to use remind instead and synchronize all ...
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Chrome Desktop sync error: "Corruption block checksum mismatch Failed"
When I open chrome://sync-internals/ I saw red errors. One of them is:
Preferences 52 52 Error:
WriteModifications@components\sync\model\model_type_store_backend.cc:237,
datatype error was ...
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How to move files from an Android Phone (Pixel) to a Windows PC?
I'm having a lot of problems with this, and not found any kind of resolution in the last 2 years.
I would simply like to get the contents of an entire folder on my Pixel 7 Pro and move them to my ...
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Outlook shared calendar is not syncing new events
I have an Outlook calendar on my work computer which I just successfully shared with my personal Outlook account. However, updates are not pushed to the personal account.
When sharing, initially all ...
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How to sync filesystem and wait until it's done
On my embedded device, I want to let user export logs on plugged USB disk. USB disk is normally used only to read, so I don't care much about safe unmounting. But when logs are stored to it, I need to ...
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Google Drive quit command executable
Just finished setting up task scheduler(win10) to boot up Google Drive off hours to avoid resource drag specifically when syncing third party backup images.
All's good with the backup app scheduler ...
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Moving emails in Thunderbird lost them on my server
A couple of years ago I migrated servers to a different provider and the settings changed so that sent emails got copied to different IMAP folders when sending from different devices. Recently I tried ...
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Difference between /D and /J options for mklink command when syncing folders to OneDrive
I want to sync a large folder on my Windows machine to OneDrive without duplicating it on my local drive. I have read two tutorials suggesting using the mklink command to create a link between the ...
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How to sync an Outlook email folder to a Onedrive folder
Is it possible to synchronize a Onedrive folder with an Outlook email folder on a Windows 10 PC? If so, how to set this up? If not, I would greatly appreciate suggestions on how to make an Outlook ...
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How to bulk prioritize Folder Syncing in Dropbox on OSX
I'm using Dropbox on a MacBook to sync folders with another user. Often, I need to quickly prioritize syncing a specific folder, but currently, I can only select "Sync Next" for individual ...
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Computer folders backing up images/videos to Google Photos and those images/videos on Google Photos are not talking to each other
If I have a file on my computer, like .txt document, in a folder backed to Google Drive (via the Google Drive app on my computer) and I edit this document using a text editor on my phone, the changes ...
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This section isn't available to yet. It was added from another device. You'll be able to use it when it syncs
I just got my surface 9 and wanted to try OneNote with my pen, but as soon as I got into the application it gave me the error "This section isn't avaible yet. It was added from another device. ...
