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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How reliable is Unison? Did it ever ruin your data? [closed]
I am interested in facts, when using unison ( http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/ ) ruined your data? I want to find out about its reliability.
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How to force Firefox to sync my bookmark just now?
A few minutes before I leave my desk, and I have add a lot of new bookmarks. How to force Firefox to sync my bookmark right now to my firefox account ?
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How to reset SkyDrive/OneDrive sync?
Is there a way to empty SkyDrive/OneDrive without deleting the files in the cloud.
I'm running Windows 8.1 and would like to revert all of the files to "online-only" mode except that the function ...
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How do I automatically synchronize Google Docs with Dropbox?
I would like to be able to edit one of my Google Docs on another computer, save it online (not download it to that computer and upload it to Dropbox), and then be able to go back to my home computer ...
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What is the best way to keep a folder synchronized with my USB drive?
I know there is a similar topic on syncing between computers, but I'm looking for an application to run on one computer that will sync a "document/file" folder with a folder on my secondary/external ...
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How do I keep files synchronized with Amazon Cloud Drive?
I want to begin using Amazon Cloud Drive unlimited, but there is no synchronization available. Using Cloud Drive Desktop there is only an upload. I do not want to keep uploading 1500 gigabytes ...
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Is there a simple way to synchronize Thunderbird across machines?
I love Firefox Sync. Is there a similar way to synchronise Thunderbird?
I want to synchronise account settings, filters and address books. I never download e-mails, so this isn't an issue. There is ...
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How to manage Chrome sync data? (Like delete something?)
I've got one problem with Chrome sync: I can't delete anything. It's like... merging everything from the past, to the latest minute. Everything.
If I delete the applications I've tried (like ...
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Firefox Integration with Chrome (Google Accounts)
Normally I use Chrome or Chromium to browse the web and I love that it keeps all my preferences, history, passwords, bookmarks, extensions and preferences synced across computers using my Google ...
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How do you sync tabs between computers with Mozilla Firefox Sync?
Mozilla says that with Firefox Sync if you are working on one computer with 5 tabs open you can then switch to another computer or device and Sync can or will update the second computer with those ...
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I get "An error occurred while Windows was synchronizing with [name of time server]." when trying to automatically synchronise PC time
Prompted by the answers to this question I decided to give the Windows built in time synchronisation another go.
However, no matter what time server I use I get this error:
"An error occurred while ...
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Google Shared Drive sync to my PC
I have the Google Backup & Sync installed and it syncs my personal Drive to my PC with no problem here. But I also have access to some Shared Drives which I also want to sync my PC so I can work ...
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How to set up a own Chrome sync server?
I'm trying to set up a sync server for Chromium/Chrome, but i'm totally failed. I also couldn't find a How-To (like this here for Firefox) for that.
I only found this question from '10 on superuser ...
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How to use unison's path option with multiple paths?
I want to sync the following locations using unison:
/home/user/Audiobooks with /shared/Audiobooks
/home/user/Music with /shared/Music
/home/user/Podcasts with /shared/Podcasts
What would the unison ...
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How to force OneDrive to synchronize?
I have a new clean installation of Windows 10.
After logging in using my Microsoft account, my OneDrive folder (ie the OneDrive folder in my Users folder) shows:
But right-clicking the OneDrive icon ...
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