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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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OneDrive on MacOS: file not available despite "always keep on this device" activated
Onedrive-finder screenshot
I have marked the "03_education" folder as "Always keep on this device" (this can be seen by the white tick on grey background). However, it seems that ...
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How to get unison to back up an entire file system starting at /?
I'm using unison 2.52.1 both on my linux machine (Ubuntu version 20.04) and my Mac (MacOS version 11.7).
I want to use unison to back up my entire linux filesystem (excluding a few specific ...
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how to make Google Drive put files in old directory (~/Google Drive/) instead of new directory (~/Google Drive/My Drive/)
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I am using Google Drive for Desktop on two Mac laptops. Both are running "Catalina" (MacOS 10.15). I would like to be able to sync between them and have the filepaths be the same ...
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Switch on /off photo sync between Mac and Iphone
I am using Photos on Mac. Strangely, whenever I take a photo on my iPhone, I can also see the photo in the Photos app on the Mac. I guess there is some sync going on there. But, I looked into the ...
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How do I share a project and files across macOS and PC?
I use Camtasia for video editing. I keep the recorded video files on Google Drive. Google Drive syncs the files across both computers without any issue. However, the files end up in different paths ...
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How do I synchronise two folders in real-time in macOS?
im using macOS Catalina, and I want to sync two folders in real-time. One is on my Desktop for me to see and use (auto-sharing between all my os devices via iCloud), and at the same time, the other ...
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In Apple iCloud terminology, what are "graveyard", "tombstone", "quarantine", and "namespace"?
My Mac (MacOS Catalina 10.15 Beta) fails to download files from iCloud. Tried rm -rf everything related to iCloud, reboot, but it still gets stuck in the middle of download.
Since brute force does ...
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Google drive file stream, unable to `ls` or `find` some directories once synced
I've just synched a large (~50gb?) google drive to my local OSX 10.14.5 (Mojave), using Google Drive File Stream v.32.
I am attempting to get a list of all of the files that were synced with
find /...
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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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Mac OS Outlook Adress Book Sync
I have a couple of Mac OS X High Sierra clients with microsoft outlook installed. We are using an on-premise exchange 2016 server and I am encountering some problems with the address book of said ...
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How do I keep two external drives synced in two ways?
I'm running MacOS High Sierra and just got a new 3TB external USB hard drive. On this drive, I have set up one 500GB encrypted MacOS Extended volume. I also have another 500GB portable external hard ...
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Turn off text replacement on macOS
I use text replacement and my iPhone and these are syncing to my Mac via iCloud. But I don't want to use them on my Mac because I use TextExpander. How can I prevent the text replacement on my Mac but ...
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OneDrive doesn't sync new files
OneDrive appears to be running on all my machines (2 PC, 1 Mac) as new files added to each will appear in the OneDrive web view. However, those new files do not ever become accessible on the other ...
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Can't access AppleId for weeks, sometimes returns to normal
I'm having a super annoying problem with access to my AppleID and connected services like iCloud and therefore all kind of sync jobs for iMessage, Notes and more.
I'm under the impression that it is ...
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File sync between work and home, Windows and Mac, when cloud storage is restricted
What is a reliable and convenient way to keep all work related files accessible at a Windows PC at work (no admin rights) and a Mac laptop at home (full admin rights), when access to cloud storage is ...
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Deleting hard-linked directory on macOS?
I have a directory on my macOS that I hard-linked to my Google Drive folder, using
gln -d "path to directory" "path to Google Drive folder"
If I try to remove the directory from my Google Drive ...
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Unison with macOS and times set to true (times = true)
I am using Unison for a 2-way sync between a MacBook Pro (macOS Sierra) and an external drive (Firewire). I am using the GUI version, Unison 2.48.
In the profile .prf I add times = true, however, ...
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How to sync large directory (30gb) between Android and OSX devices?
So, my laptop is a Mac, and my phone is an Android. I want to sync my music directory between the two. The sync can either be multi-directional, or in a single direction from computer to phone.
I ...
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rsync: how to perform safe 2-way sync local<->remote webdav?
I have two directories:
/Volumes/webdav/ — mounted remote WebDAV disk
~/files — local copy
I'd like to perform 2-way sync (manual) between them. What I'm doing:
$ rsync --exclude='.gitconfig' --...
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2-way WebDAV sync app for macOS
I need to sync local folder with remote WebDAV server in both directions. Like Dropbox, but for WebDAV. I know about DAVBox. Thought it mostly works, it's written in Java, requires more RAM than ...
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Fix Dropbox sync remotely
I'm having intermittent trouble getting Dropbox to sync on a remote machine. I don't know what the cause is, but it will sync fine for months then stop. I'm trying to debug this over SSH on OSX (...
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Dropbox is trying to sync more than is in the folder? Mac OSX
Dropbox v3.18.1
OSX 10.10.5 (Yosemite)
I have 2.54 GB in my Dropbox folder on my Mac.
but my DropBox app keeps syncing for some reason (over 3 GB) and it's out of space :(
This is really really ...
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Sharing icons missing from all online sites - MAC after Google sync
I accidentally synced my Mac with Google, lost all bookmarks, etc., but the most puzzling thing is that there are now NO "share" icons on ANY online sites I visit. None.
I used to see FB, Twitter, ...
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Syncronize Lotus Notes Calendar to Google Calendar on an Apple Mac (OSX)
My company using Lotus Notes for calendar end mail just implemented the policy to use MacBooks for work. This is great in general, the only thing I am missing is a tool to sync my Lotus Notes (LN) ...
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Synchronize large OSX "package files" across Internet
I use Parallels to run a VM on two different Macs. I would love to have a nightly sync process that updates the virtual machine files (which are packages I believe on OSX) without having to copy the ...
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Replicate data across folders on-the-fly automatically in Mac OS X 10.10.4 (Yosemite)
Long time Mac User running OS10.10.4.
I'm looking for the best method to replciate data across separate folders on-the-fly.
That is to say, I want to copy data to Folder A then have it ...
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Can you work with files in a Dropbox folder when Dropbox isn't running?
I'm working on a large video project that involves some shared Dropbox folders. Because the folders are too big to fit on my internal hard drive, I created a separate user account on my Mac and ...
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Synchronize two folders over sftp?
I have a cloned git repository in a directory and a sftp server, I want the server to be in sync with my repository.
I've been trying multiple Atom/Sublime Text plugins with no luck, they only upload ...
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Auto-resolving conflict with unison
I've set up a custom automated sync between 2 folders (in OSX) with unison with the following line:
unison folder1 folder2 -batch -debug update+
Which worked fine until I encountered:
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EAS sync in OS X?
I am using an email provider (Zoho currently, but the problem seems to apply to multiple provider) that only supports EAS (Exchange ActiveSync) for proper sync (IMAP supports mail only, no contacts ...
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How to get Syncthing working in macOS?
I want to install a sync service between phone (Android) and laptop (macOS/OS X). I’m not a big fan of Dropbox, so I’ve tried Resilio (aka: BTSync). That worked for me until recently, but with the ...
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Share iCal calendar with Google Calendar
Here's a concrete problem:
I use Google Calendar and my coworker uses iCal. We need to be able to read (not write to) each others events.
I can share my different Google calendars with him by ...
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why does dropbox keep syncing when nothing is changing?
I've got a particularly large file (about 500MB) that frequently changes, one one of the machines that sync together isn't fast enough at times to keep up - it doesn't finish synching before another (...
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Synology and Dropbox
I'm planning to buy a Synology NAS to use as an always-on media server. I currently have all my photos and music in my Dropbox folder on two Macs, and would like to simply mirror them onto the NAS as ...
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Dropbox asks me for password and resync on DropBox start
Everytime I start the Dropbox app (version 2.10.41) on Mac OS X (version 10.9.5) it asks me to log in and after login it starts to sync and tells me that my computer is linked successfully.
This ...
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Rsync: Mirror only certain directories based on presence of dotfile
I have a large amount of files on a server and I have a partial mirror of these files on my Mac (i.e. only some folders exist in the mirror). I would like to have a sync from the Mac to server using ...
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Any apps that auto sync local to remote on save for mac?
Does Panic's Transmit has this feature? For example you set it to watch a particular folder, and any file changes in that folder gets uploaded to the remote automatically?
They were highly ...
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Mac Dropbox client not syncing; weird menubar behaviour
Old hackintosh with 10.6.3 on it. Everything used to work just fine, but about 2 weeks ago I noticed it wasn't syncing.
I've tried removing/reinstalling, rebooting, fixing permissions, wiping out ...
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Why does WebDAV fail from inside home network
On my OSX server there is a folder that is configured in the Server App to be accessible via WebDAV. This folder is used to sync OmniFocus. On my router, I have set up a dynamic dns. When I am outside ...
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With mobile account enabled, is it safe to delete files from a computer that used to be used by someone else
I'm not very proficient with Macs and I'm not sure how the file syncing works across the network. Here's the scenario: I'm using a computer Bill Jole used to use. I noticed the hard drive is full and ...
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Dropbox-Like File Sync without a central server [closed]
I'm looking for a way to sync the secondary drives on my two Macs across the internet. I have consistent VPN connectivity between the two macs, and I can access them as if they are sitting right next ...
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Synchronize files between 2 folders on computer and external drive
I bought an external drive and want to use it partially for store, partially as back up. What I would like to see is that some folder (named.. let's say "Sync") is always the same on my Mac and on the ...
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Picasa Syncing with Dropbox via different PC/MAC
Gd day everybody,
following challenge:
I have a ton of pictures on my computer (Mac 10.9.2) and I am using Picasa. All good working on a single computer, however
I have another 3 Macs on which I would ...
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What is the protocol for email notes?
What is the protocol for email notes?
I have an email account associated with my domain and web server. When I added this email to "internet accounts" within my macbook preferences, it had an option ...
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How to stop sync file when using dropbox(not pause and resume, I want to quit)
I am trying to upload an file to dropbox, but it takes over 8hrs.
So I want to quit and place my file back.
However, I can see only 'resume' and 'pause', no 'quit':<
I already tried shutdown ...
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How to sync email account settings between mail app on Mavericks, and iOS 7?
Prior to Mavericks, when one synced an iOS device using iTunes, the email account settings for all email accounts configured in OSX would be "synced" with the iOS device.
Unfortunately, in Mavericks, ...
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iTunes: How to have the same library on two external harddisks?
I have my iTunes library on an external hard disk at home. I'd like to listen to my music also at work. For this I have another external hard disk at work.
Is there a way to have the same iTunes ...
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backup/sync service for use with mac, iOS, android and QNAP
I am looking for a "cloud" backup service that also offers synchronisation of files. I need to be able to select which folders to sync to each device, and how. Also it would be great with archived ...
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can I lock the internet account settings on mac osx
On my office mac, I am using my personal gmail account to keep my contacts.
The computer is occasionally used by colleagues, so I do not want to sync my emails or notes. They are personal.
Even when ...
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