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 keep folders synchronized between several machines over my home network?
Like many people I take quite a few photos, and also like quite a few people I don't back up as frequently as I should.
What I'd like to be able to do is automatically synchronize my "to be backed ...
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Alternative to Dropbox (on my server)? [closed]
I love using Dropbox to sync files between all my machines, and I've heard it uses RSync internally to keep files synced.
Sometimes I need to sync very large things, and I don't necessarily want to ...
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How to sync bookmarks between Firefox, Chrome, and Safari on multiple computers?
There are some similar question on bookmark syncing, but most answers point to Delicious or Google bookmarks. However, as Chrome doesn't have the Google toolbar, how would those sync? I use several ...
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Automatically copy files to USB drive when connected
I am looking for a solution for copying all the files from a specific directory on the hard drive, to a specific directory on a USB memory device, once this device is connected.
I have a program that ...
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Syncing Tool Between 2 Folders [duplicate]
Possible Duplicates:
Which is the best application to Sync two folders?
Keeping folders synced between several machines
What is a good tool to automatically sync two folders when changes ...
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Synchronize Laptop and Desktop
Are there any tools that would allow me to basically have all the same stuff I have on my laptop on my desktop? Right now I have a file server that stores the My Documents folders, but I'd like to be ...
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What is the best way to keep a folder synchronized with my USB drive?
I know there is a similar topic on syncing between computers, but I'm looking for an application to run on one computer that will sync a "document/file" folder with a folder on my secondary/external ...
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Sharing or syncing home folders between Macs
I've had a Macbook for some time, and recently got a Mac Mini too (both as desktop & media player computer). When setting up the Mini, I copied mostly everything (in target disk mode) from Macbook ...
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Best way to sync firefox add-ons and bookmarks between machines [closed]
I use Firefox at work and home, and it seems that my Firefox settings at home and at work are never in sync and would like to change that. What is the best way to sync both bookmarks and add-ons ...
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Password manager for multiple computers?
Is there a password manager that I can use on multiple computers, to remember all the passwords I use on the sites I visit?
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Free program to sync folder with FTP?
My business partner has a lot of files that he needs to sync to our website's private folder so that I can download the changes. We really need a good tool that can keep these sync'd. I have tried a ...
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How do synchronise two folders in Windows 7 in real-time?
I want Windows 7 to synchronise two folders in real time.
Basically I want to monitor a folder and synchronise each change (new files, changed files, deleted files) to another drive. It has to be in ...
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Lost info by syncing iPhone to new computer?
I've bought a new computer because I can't hold up my work while I wait for my older MacBook Pro to return from Apple's repair shop. In the meantime, I've not backed up my iPhone 3G for a week. I plan ...
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How do I sync multiple g-calendars to the new Windows 8 Calendar?
I'm able to add multiple g-calendars from multiple accounts, but it appears that only the root calendar is synced with Windows 8's Metro Calendar app. Is there a way to sync all gmail calendars?
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Windows Alternative to Rsync? [closed]
I'm trying to setup a file sync between the file server at my house and the one at my brother's so that we each have offsite backups of important data. Both systems are running Windows (XP on one, 7 ...
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Sync two external harddrives?
A little mishap happened earlier today and i am thinking i should have a copy of my external harddrive since 10% of it is very valuable. What is the best solution to keep two external harddrive in ...
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Sync Google, Outlook Calendar and Contacts
At work we are on an exchange server, and at home I like to use Google calendar.
Whats the best way to keep my contacts and calendar in sync?
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Keep ftp folder sync'd with windows folder
I'm trying to get my Continuous Integration system working from start to finish in the dev environment.
Unfortunately, the last step after publish is copying the folder to an offsite server which I ...
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How to synchronise filesystem between 2 Macs?
So I'm a recently converted Mac OS X user. I have an iMac which I use when I work at home, because it's comfy and powerful. I also have a white Macbook for when I'm working away.
Right now, I'm ...
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Synchronize two directories on linux pc
I need a distributed filesystem (or a synchronization tool) that is capable of keeping a directory synchronized across 4 pc.
My requirements are:
offline access (data must be available offline on ...
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How to synchronize the home folder between multiple computers?
I have three computers at home, and would like to have the /home/ folder tree synchronized between the three.
Any files/folders (except those hidden) that are modified/added/removed in one of the ...
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How to sync bookmarks across Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox bookmarks?
How to sync bookmarks across Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox bookmarks?
As I, currently, understand, Google Chrome puts bookmarks seperatly from Google Bookmarks, which is accessible in Firefox by ...
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Keeping local windows folder in sync with remote ftp folder in real time
I know it has been asked before, but I would like it to happen in real time and transparently (without the need to open a separate FTP client such as FileZilla).
For example, if I edit a text file in ...
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Synced audio ouput on multiple machines? VLC? hardware solutions?
I'm wondering if there is any software or hardware solutions to synced audio or audio and video across multiple computers or devices on a network.
I've seen Sonos, and it might be a good solution, ...
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How to Sync Thunderbird Contacts with Gmail Contacts
I have thunderbird 3.0 with the Zindus plugin. However it seems that Zindus syncs one way.
For example I type a new email address into thunderbird and then go to my gmail account and it has no record ...
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Alternatives to Microsoft Live Mesh and Microsoft Live Sync? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Keeping folders synced between several machines
I have tried the following two programs over quite some time, so I have a bit of experience with both, and now I want to ...
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I need a central photo management solution for my home network
I have a home network that runs on a domain controller. It's a small network with no more than 4-5 PCs. They all run Windows.
My Wife and I have photos that the other does not have, mostly because we ...
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How can I two-way sync Windows Contacts with Gmail Contacts
I'm using Windows Mail (which uses the windows contact store behind the scenes) to connect to the gmail imap server. I would like to have my gmail contacts available to me when using Mail.
How can I ...
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How do you syncronize Google Calendar and iCal?
How do you sync your Google Calendar with iCal?
Do you use any third party software or the CalDAV protocol?
The ability to perform a 2-way sync is a requirement.
The ability to sync multiple iCal ...
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Watch Filesystem in Real Time on OS X and Ubuntu
I'm looking for a CLI tool which will watch a directory and spit out the names of files that change in real time.
some_watch_command /path/to/some/folder | xargs some_callback
I'm aware of inotify ...
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How to sync OS X desktop to Dropbox?
How can I sync all my Desktop files to Dropbox, so that my desktop still feels, looks and works like a normal Desktop?
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What's a replacement for the cross-platform synchronization capability of Google Reader? [closed]
I've used various clients (Google Reader web interface, Android apps, and iOS apps) to read my RSS feeds with Google Reader taking care of the synchronization so I don't see the same articles on all ...
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How can I sync two firefox's that run on different Operating Systems?
I have a machine that I dual boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 9.04. I have Firefox 3.5 installed on both. I'm always switching back and forth and have one bookmark in one but not the other. How can I sync ...
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Is there a way to sync google contacts to your iPhone?
Is this possible? and can it be as seamless and transparent as using MobileMe?
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How can I limit the number of IMAP emails Outlook 2010 syncs?
I'm helping a user with Outlook 2010. They have a large mailbox that they want to sync over IMAP, but we want to not sync the whole thing in order to keep Outlook performing well. A lot of email ...
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How do I sync Thunderbird across two computers?
I have a computer (laptop) at work that I have installed Thunderbird on and set all of these rules, created contacts, and updated calendars on. I don't want to have to go through all of that process ...
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How do you sync your Outlook contacts with Gmail?
I would like to sync the contacts of Microsoft Outlook 2007 with the contacts of my GMail account. Anyone knows how to do that?
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Using Task Scheduler to Run a Task Before Shutdown
As of writing, the only options available are to "Begin the task"
On a schedule
At logon
At startup
On idle
On an event
At task modification/creation
On connect to user session
On disconnect from ...
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Smart syncronisation between 2 networked pc's
I have 2 computers, one running server 2008 x64 as workstation and one running xp professional.
I want to sync them over LAN (about 200gb of files) and I have tried allwaysync. But it's slow, it has ...
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How do you sync photos with your family?
We've always been trying to share photos within our family, despite all living in different countries. This has been very challenging. We have about 50GB of photos that we share with each other. ...
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Window-linux 2 computer dev environment
I'd like to gradually use more Linux. In order to that i'm looking for cross-platform applications with abilities to synchronize its files. I would like it to be almost automatic - sharing files, ...
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How can I re-sync the subtitle and the video using VLC player?
When I play a movie with subtitles (on VLC), the text is often displayed too soon or too late. I wonder if there is a way to delay the starting point of the subtitles ?
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I get “An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with [name of time server].” when trying to automatically synchronise PC time
Prompted by the answers to this question I decided to give the Windows built in time synchronisation another go.
However, no matter what time server I use I get this error:
"An error occurred while ...
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File syncing across multiple operating systems
What would be the best way for me to sync multiple folders in various locations across Windows 7, XP, Ubuntu, OSX computers as well as firefox addons (that might just be a folder anyway, i'm not ...
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Syncing contact groups between Google and Address Book
I just turned on Google syncing in my Snow Leopard (Mac OS X) Address Book, but I'm not seeing my Address Book groups in Gmail or Google Voice. Is this supposed to be the case? Is there a way to get ...
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Syncing contacts between Mac, Nokia E51 and iPod touch
Currently I have all my contacts and calendar items in the cloud on my GMail account, but I have no way of syncing them between all three of my devices. How can I go about syncing them all together ...
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Can I sync books I didn't buy from Amazon via Kindle app?
I have the Kindle app both on mac and android, I want to know if it's possible to sync the books that I have on android over to mac and vice versa as well as the last page I viewed? Some books weren't ...
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Mac OS X - macports - Warning: No index(es) found! Have you synced your source indexes?
I'm trying to setup an Android build environment for Android. I'm following these instructions.
However, after the installation of MacPorts I'm not able to install the environment.
Following the ...
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Synchronise system changes on two computers?
I have two computers with Ubuntu 10.10 on them, a desktop and a laptop. I have two options for handling them:
try and keep them the same
accept that they have different 'personalities' and branch ...
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Cross-platform file syncing over LAN [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Best way to sync two computers?
I would like to be able to sync files across my computers (Ubuntu, Windows XP and Windows 7). Ideally, it would be easy enough for my ...
