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How to safely consolidate duplicate folders on Google Drive and then delete the emptied ones, syncing the kept ones?
I was reinstalling my system, and I carelessly copied folders to the folder I use for Google Drive and started syncing at the same time.
That resulted in my files being split between duplicate ...
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Linux headless and mega.nz sync
I have a server with Ubuntu 14.04 and I need to sync (real-time sync, not push-pull via cronjob) with a mega.nz account. Right now my solution was to install Mate and megasync gui app, but I want ...
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How do I change the Dropbox (for Business) location on a headless Linux server
Im trying to adjust the path Dropbox syncs to on a headless installation. I use a Synology, so there`s no way to connect a monitor.
By default Dropbox syncs all data in /root/Dropbox (Company_name). ...
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How to keep two local hard drives in sync on Linux?
I have an old hard drive and basically clone it to a new hard drive using Grsync or Timeshift. Because the older hard drive is likelier to fail, I'd like to use the newer one as my in-use hard drive ...
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Is it possible to sync directory between two computers without direct connection through small intermediate storage device?
I would like to one way synchronise big directory between two machines without direct connection. Either using some cloud storage (without computing power) connected to both machines or an ...
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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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How to add a remote folder using command line in Resilio Sync?
I have a folder that's currently shared by another machine running Resilio Sync (formerly Bittorrent Sync). How do I grant a new machine access to this share using the config file? I don't want to use ...
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How do I ignore folders and its subdirectories in Unison sync
I use Unison to sync website projects across my machines, in one of my machines I would like to avoid sycning (both ways)some folders contained with in the folders I watch:
/vendor
/node_modules
/...
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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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Linux Debian - Sync 2 machines
I migrated recently from Windows to Linux Mint (LMDE to be precise, but I don't think the exact distro will matter). I am hooked to it, and have my own configuration and shortcuts, and highly ...
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File system contents sometimes not synced in some bash terminals
I've sometimes noticed this behavior on one machine (Ubuntu using Mate terminal).
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I have 2 terminals open on the same path. I do a 'ls' on both but the output is incorrect in one of them, some ...
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Edge for Business stuck on "setting up sync" when using on Linux enviroment in ChromeOS
I'm using Edge for Business inside Linux environment installed on ChromeOS on my Acer Chromebook 315.
I've logged into my AAD Microsoft account by linking Edge to profile. The profile on AAD server ...
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filesystem on Linux for SD card for Dropbox sync
I have a super small drive on my ultraportable lenovo 100s. I want to sync several gb of stuff from my dropbox onto it, so I have equipped it with a western digital purple sd card.
I plan to use that ...
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Microsoft edge not syncing in linux
My edge doesnt sync passwords on linux. I keyed in Edge://sync-internals and got an error for passwords only, the rest are green.
This is on debian linux
this is the error:
Error: DataTypeManagerImpl@...
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How to sync two looping videos with mplayer and upd?
I am trying to sync two instances of mplayer with -upd-master and -udp-slave, and notice that the slave staggers for about a second when the master begins the loop anew.
I am running debian 7.1 with ...
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