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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
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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
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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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