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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Sync left pane in Windows 7 Explorer with the opened folder
When using the explorer in vista (and xp) if I drill into a folder in right pane of explorer, the folder view stays synchronised. However in Windows-7 I cannot see a simple way of forcing it to do the ...
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Multiple Profiles in Chrome all Synced with one Google Account
I essentially want to have different environments set up such as a profile for general browsing with personal bookmarks, a work profile, and one profile for every clients websites I work on.
The ...
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How to stop Windows 10 from syncing keyboard layouts
I have two laptops, each with its own keyboard layout (AZERTY and QWERTY). Both laptops run Windows 10 and are authorized to sync settings back to my Microsoft account.
The problem is that my ...
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Sync Two MySQL Databases
What is a good way to sync two MySQL databases?
I would like to sync the data in my production website's database to my local development database. Right now, I am just using the PHPMyAdmin ...
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How do I keep Chrome bookmarks in sync across accounts?
I use a couple of gmail accounts with Chrome: One for work and one for private use. Unfortunately, all my bookmarks in the bookmarks toolbar are tied to one of the accounts, so when I switch to ...
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Password manager for multiple computers? [closed]
Is there a password manager that I can use on multiple computers, to remember all the passwords I use on the sites I visit?
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Sync OneTab tabs on Chrome across different PC's
I'm using the OneTab extension for Chrome on all of my PC's and I'm looking for a solution/workaround to sync all the tabs automatically across my computers. OneTab doesn't provide any sync capability ...
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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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Is it possible to open all Chrome windows and tabs from another computer?
I have about 10 windows of Chrome open with a total of about 80 tabs. I'm going to buy a new computer, and I want to open all the windows with the same tabs on the new computer. Is it possible to do ...
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Replacing Dropbox with: Amazon S3 + SSL + GPG/TrueCrypt + Mounting on OSX ?? [closed]
So, right now we're using Dropbox to share various data files around between approximately 10 Mac OS X systems.
However, we already have an S3 account and everyone on the lowest Dropbox plan of $10/...
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How to disable time sync with Windows 7 as host OS in VirtualBox?
I have a 64 bit Windows 7 with VirtualBox running the same 64 bit Windows 7 as a guest OS.
When I set a specific date and time, it will always revert to the host OS’s date and time on startup. How ...
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How to sync GreaseMonkey scripts between computers?
I have some great greasemonkey scripts for FireFox and would ideally have a way to sync them between computers. To some degree, it would even be nice to be able to deploy the scripts to PC's across a ...
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How to prevent a folder from being synced on OneDrive?
I recently downloaded a very large amount of images for a Machine Learning project. OneDrive is going a little bit crazy about it and I would like it to "ignore" the folder. Ideally, the ...
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Using Task Scheduler to Run a Task Before Shutdown
As of writing, the only options available are to "Begin the task":
On a schedule
At logon
At startup
On idle
On an event
At task modification/creation
On connect to user session
On disconnect from ...
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Replace audio + sync + save all to a new video file – VLC
I have a video with audio. I have an .mp3 file of the same video but in another language. I need to do two things.
Replace the built-in audio with the new audio.
Because the new audio is not exactly ...
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