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How to synchronize Applications and Files between two Macs
I have an OSX 10.6 laptop and an OSX 10.6 desktop on the same network.
I just want them to have the exact same files and applications at all times.
Any ideas of how to keep EVERYTHING in sync except ...
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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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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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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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iPhone not syncing with iTunes
In iTunes under apps tab, it list all the apps which I have in my iTunes account. When I click on the Install button of the app, button name gets changed to will install & also on the right side ...
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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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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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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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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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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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Accessing a Time Capsule manually via terminal using iCloud credentials
I'm assuming that the task noted above should be possible, as the task doesn't seem like it should be far different from accessing a Mac computer via SSH or through Go -> Connect to Server on OSX. The ...
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Can I sync my Microsoft Account with my Mac?
I know it's possible to access my Microsoft Account data (contacts and calendar) using ActiveSync. However, OS X does not support ActiveSync, only Exchange. I was wondering if there is a way to sync ...
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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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