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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Open synced tabs in the new Google Chrome
Google Chrome updated a few days ago, and since then, I can't seem to access my synced tabs. How do I access my synced tabs in the new Google Chrome?
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What is the Windows Briefcase?
It's still around in Windows 7.
How does it work and how does it compare with newer sync options such as the native Sync Center?
Should we still use it if it's not being phased out?
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Is having a Firefox profile in the Dropbox a good combination?
I was pretty excited to see sites as Lifehacker and such say how Dropbox can also do synchronisation for Firefox for us. It would also allow me to sync extensions and configuration settings.
After ...
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Google Contacts and Mac OS X Address Book
The sync that Google offers for Google Contacts <> Mac OS X Address Book is seriously flawed. It doesn't sync automatically, it doesn't sync all contacts, it doesn't sync all fields. See here for a ...
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Sync folder with FTP in OS X
Are there any tools bundled with OS X which can assist me with automatically synchronising a folder with an FTP site?
I have CyberDuck but what I am after is automation.
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How to add and sync folders outside SkyDrive folder?
I have folders with documents all over my hard drive, some which I would like to include in SkyDrive without moving them into the SkyDrive folder.
E.g. my SkyDrive folder is in C:\Users\Name\SkyDrive,...
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iTunes syncs the same handful of songs on every sync
Every time I sync my iPod (Touch 2G), there are about 20 or 30 songs that iTunes insists on syncing. I usually sync just to get a couple of updated podcasts, but have to wait while it needlessly syncs ...
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Audio is not in sync after re-encoding with ffmpeg of video and changing audio from eac3 to aac
Recently I did a re-encode using ffmpeg and encountered an inaudible but waveform visible audio desynchronization in the process.
Source information of MKV file and audio stream:
Mediainfo shows a ...
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Sync Google Calendar with Outlook 2007 Calendar
What's a good way to sync Google Calendar with Outlook Calendar 2007?
I need to do this so I can sync my calendar with my iPod via iTunes
Also, how can I repeat an event in Outlook Calendar 2007?
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I need a central photo management solution for my home network [closed]
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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Unwillingly syncing network folder during program write to file
I am trying to write a program that does some reading/processing/writing.
While everything works fine when I give my program a local path, I am faced with an unusual problem: huge memory usage when ...
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Backup client for Windows: open source, rsync and VSS
I'm looking for a sync/backup client for Windows with:
Open source license (BSD/GPL)
rsync deltas to a remote rsync server
VSS support
Command line interface is preferred to a GUI.
The less of ...
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Video playback with multiple audio tracks to separate audio devices
I have an mkv file with multiple audio tracks (separate languages) that should be played simultaneously from the same device. That is the video should be played with track #1 on my mac, while audio ...
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NPM modules make Google drive chrash - how to exclude NPM modules from sync'ing?
Im using google drive as my cloud based "sync/backup" service for all important work related files.
This has been working perfect and very sufficient until I started using NPM modules (node_modules) ...
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Is it true that Microsoft OneDrive and OneNote cannot pass through VPN?
I had spent many days ping pong with the MS technical support for synchronization problems.
While they have solved the basic synching, there is still one thing I am unhappy with.
These Microsoft ...
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How can I disable the automatic switch to "library" mode in Windows Media Player 12?
Whenever I plug any USB device into my computer while running Windows Media Player 12 in Windows 7 or later, it will automatically swtich the player from the Now Playing mode to Library mode. This is ...
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Does Dropbox sync when computer is asleep or locked?
I have some pretty big sync's to do, but I can't sit around my computer making sure it's awake and unlocked all day/night.
Does Dropbox sync when the computer is "Locked" or asleep?
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How can I permanently fix my date synchronize problem in linux?
Ubuntu 7.10 server i386 clock/date/time won't stay in sync. Are their log files I can view to tell when the clock changes? For a temporary fix, I created a file in /etc/cron.hourly:
#!/bin/sh
ntpdate ...
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Synchronizing files using 7-Zip and the CLI
On the command line, 7-Zip has the command 'a' to "Add files to archive". But I want to synchronise the files instead. This is one of the main options in the GUI, but the CLI has disregarded it for ...
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Syncing between "Kindle for PC" and "Kindle for iPhone"
I have a number of ebooks that I am managing using calibre - E-book management. These books are in a number of various formats (pdf, chm, epub, mobi...etc). I found a blog post that detailed using ...
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Office documents won't save to OneDrive (Upload Blocked)
Microsoft forces MS Office files to be treated differently in OneDrive than other file types. I see no benefit to MS Office sync services when saving files to OneDrive (it will be backed up anyway) ...
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Firefox passwords on Android do not sync
I have several installations of FF (2 desktops, 1 laptop, 2 Android).
All of them use the same sync account and the same master password.
Bookmarks sync fine between all the devices.
Passwords sync ...
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Where is the offline copy of my onedrive synced Onenote file?
I have moved from Windows 7 and OneNote 2010 to Windows 8.1 and OneNote 2013. I backuped my OneNote book to a external drive and then opend it on Windows 8.1 again and (because i wanted to sync my ...
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Are there any password managers for iPhone and Windows XP? [closed]
Can you recommend a password manager that syncs between an iPhone and (at least one, preferably several) Windows XP computers? Being able to generate passwords would of course be a nice addition, but ...
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ffmpeg: images to 29.97fps mpeg2, audio not sync
I have spent a lot of time on this issue. Hope someone can help.
I want to convert 3147 images + ac3 audio file into an mpeg2 video at 29.97fps (about 1m45s). My command:
~/ffmpeg/ffmpeg/ffmpeg -...
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How is Firefox password sync safe?
Is it safe to sync using the Firefox built-in password manager and sync functionality? Where do they save my passwords and how do they save? What will be the risk?
Should I use LastPass instead?
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Unable to sync Windows 10 time with time servers
I have a new, OEM installation of Windows 10 that is unable to contact any time servers to sync the system time. Each attempt gives me a timeout error, and pinging the time server times out as well. ...
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Thunderbird and IMAP - unread messages count not updated in subfolders
I've been experiencing this problem since... ever, with any Thunderbird version (at the moment I'm using 45.8.0), both Windows and Mac OS.
On all my IMAP accounts I use server-side filters (e.g. ...
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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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Unable to sync iPod Touch with my PC
I'm trying to sync a first gen iPod Touch to my PC running Windows 7 64 bit. The problem is that whenever I connect the iPod, iTunes completely freezes (if I start iTunes after connecting the iPod it ...
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How to (one way) sync calendars between 'work' email account (exchange) and outlook.com\hotmail.com
I have my work email account were I put most all my meets\appointments (including personal). What I would like to do is to do a regular one way sync'ing from work to my a personal email account (...
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Outlook - Sychronise contacts from exchange
At work the exchange server has details of all employees in the system.
Then there is the Contacts folder in Outlook.
I can populate this with all staff, but, I want to synchronise it against all ...
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How to synchronize iPhoto libraries between several Macs?
Is there any "easy" way of synchronizing my iPhoto library between, say, my iMac and my MacBook ?
My basic strategy is "modify only on the iMac, make a blind copy to the MacBook" but it's not really ...
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Synchronizing two Git servers between companies
There are two companies. Each one has a Git server running. If company A checks in some code this should be updated on company B server and the other way around.
The two servers should keep ...
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Is there a way to sync an Outlook calendar with Outlook.com?
I would like to be able to push my work calendar items up to an Outlook.com account. There are several questions (like Sync Google, Outlook Calendar and Contacts) that reference a Google calendar and ...
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DropBox like software that lets me host my own files [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Alternative to Dropbox (on my server)?
I have a good home server with tons of storage. I have FTP and SVN setup on it but I miss the convenience of DropBox for file syncing. ...
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What is the easiest way to keep an offline copy of a webdav share? [closed]
I have a webdav share configured for my small group of users. This is great for sharing files, like Dropbox. But it lacks Dropbox's functionality of keeping the files locally when the computer is ...
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Sync Android phone with Linux PC
How can I sync my Android mobile phone's contacts and calendar with my Linux Desktop without having a Google server as 'man in the middle'?
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How can I sync my photos on my Windows PC with Google Photos now that Google Drive is no longer synced automatically with Google Photos?
I used to just drop them in the Google Drive/Google Photos folder and they would be uploaded automatically, but now that Google Drive is no longer synced with Google Photos, I don't know what to do... ...
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How do I manage contacts from multple accounts (twitter, facebook, gmail, etc,.)?
I have quite a few of online accounts that I use that have contacts within them. Here are a few examples:
Gmail (4 accts)
Google+
FaceBook
LinkedIn
Outlook.com
The list goes on
Within these ...
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Google Chrome is taking forever to set up sync
I did a clean install of Windows 7 yesterday, and am now trying to sync my bookmarks and other preferences back to Chrome which I had prior to reinstalling Windows.
Unfortunately it is taking forever ...
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Link multiple uTorrent
With Dropbox, I can have multiple computers watch a synced folder for .torrent files to begin downloads, but then they each download it - separately. How can I have my uTorrent instances share ...
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Synchronize read/unread status for Thunderbird RSS
I've tried several online RSS readers, but I didn't like any of them. I'm quite happy with Thunderbird, but I hate to have to manually mark as read articles I've read at home when I'm at work and vice ...
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Google Photos sync to Windows
Ok, this is a long shot but let's see if is anyone have an answer.
I'm using Google Photos and the Windows desktop app "Backup and Sync". When I upload a picture on my computer (e.g. from my camera) ...
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Chrome history not properly synchronized
I've had to switch a lot between different computer recently and realized that Google Chrome's history synchronization feature doesn't work properly for me.
What I've tested so far:
I had the ...
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Does Unison socket mode support ipv6
I have been using Unison for quite some time now for synchronizing data between my machines, and I am very happy with it. Now I need to synchronize two new machines connected via ipv6, but they won't ...
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Stop Ubuntu From Automatically Updating the Time
I just need to set the date temporarily. I run this
date 051918002010.00
and it sticks for just 5 seconds or so. Then it syncs with the time server. I have tried:
ps aux | grep ntp
but there is ...
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Good one-way sync program for Windows? [closed]
I need a program that can do one-way synchronization of directories in Windows. The only feature I absolutely need is the ability to exclude certain files and/or folders from the sync (wildcard ...
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Dropbox to sync *nix home folders
I'm using a Linux machine at work, and started using at home in a VM for some home development.
I have a vimrc and a bashrc with some configuration, that are useful for both machines.
What is the ...
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FFMPEG audio out of sync when transcoding (demuxing) from DV
I've been stuck with this problem for months. I have over 50 DV tapes (from and old Sony camcorder) to be converted to a more modern, usable format (most likely H264). I've started off with pulling ...