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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Nextcloud sync without sharing git
I have a directory on my laptop that I wish to sync to a shared Nextcloud folder. (I am using Linux, and the latest version of Nextcloud). I do not wish to sync the .git folder inside my repository as ...
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How to open a local office file stored in Google Drive (docs, sheets etc.) directly?
I have Google Drive installed. I'd like to open local Office files inside Google Drive directly in Google Drive, that would save me an expensive subscription to Microsoft 365 Office suit. I don't want ...
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How to make OneNote for Windows 10 / Android auto sync more frequently
I'm using One Note in 2 devices:
OneNote for Windows 10 Version 16001.14326 on Windows 11 PC
Microsoft OneNote for Android on a Samsung Galaxy S9 Version 16.0.15726 (updated Nov 8, 2022)
In the ...
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Google Drive: How do I synchronize large files manually?
I am doing my video editing work in two separate computers. I am synchronizing the project files between two computers by using my Google Drive account.
My project directory consist of small and large ...
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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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Logged into Work Machine with Google Account - Can my employer see my Google Search History?
Hoping someone can help me here.
I logged into my Google Calendar on my work machine and absentmindedly turned sync on. Two days later, I noticed that my browsing history from my phone had showed up ...
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Sync a OneDrive (or Dropbox / Google Drive) folder between multiple users
In OneDrive, I have shared a folder that has a few hundred files and subfolders for a project. It contains a lot of large zip files (in total, about 8 GB of files) so would not be suitable for GitHub. ...
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Rclone Onedrive speed up sync
I am using rclone to sync my onedrive to my computer, however the time between me changing a file on another computer and it updating in rclone is a lot slower than normal. So i was wondering if there ...
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Can ffmpeg automaticaly align audio and video tracks
I have searched and found many similar questions, but not this one. I've experimented and can't come up with an answer.
I have a Standalone "Digital TV Converter Box". This receives ...
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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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Batch Script to Pause and Resume One Drive Sync?
Is there a batch script or other way to Pause or Resume OneDrive local sync? I have some folders that are synced on One Drive. But I do not want it to continuously sync. I would like to have a a ...
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How to download data from google account when you run out of space?
I run out of space on google (used 14.5GB of 15GB). This means like 9GB of photos and 5 GB of email attachments. I want to download everything and then clean the cloud. I realized google does not ...
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stop Sync between laptop and pc
I have a problem between my laptop and pc because the applications on the background are the same, idk how to turn this off even though I turned off the sync option in windows itself.
For example, if ...
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Configure two way sync fileserver with sharepoint online library
As the title says, i have an on premise file server & i want to move to cloud and be able to:
users will have access to files from sharepoint online or on prem file server
sync data between two, ...
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I lost all bookmark after login chrome on another computer
I have many bookmark on one computer and keep google accoutn login and sync.
on another computer, there is only one bookmark, and after I login with same accoutn and sync, all bookmark on computer 1 ...
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How to sync Thunderbird emails, folders, and contacts over two computers?
As far as I know, there is no native sync feature for the Mozilla Thunderbird email program. So what are some ways to achieve syncing emails, folder structure, and contacts between say a desktop ...
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How to do automatically transfer subtitles from one video to another ? (based on video stream)
I have the following :
a mkv file (let's call it A) with video, audio and subtitles correctly synchronized.
another mkv file (let's call it B) with video and audio also synchronized but without ...
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Sync on-premises Active Directory to Office 365
I'm trying to find the correct way to sync new Active Directory accounts on an on-premises server to Office 365 for existing 365 accounts without breaking things. My attempts so far appear to cause ...
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How can I access files on home computer which were made on work computer?
I am working on a group project on two computers (work computer and home computer). This group project has directory on github. Directory can be accessed by other group members. Directory is cloned on ...
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Link a Local Directory to a Git Initialized Directory so they Sync when Changes are Made to Either One
Sorry if the question seems ignorant, and sorry for the bad misleading title; I can't describe my problem in one sentence.
I run Arch Linux.
I have a Git repository with my dotfiles (configs). And all ...
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How to Sync My Windows Server time to user
We are using a Windows Server 2012 R2 in our Company, and we have active directory with 100+ users. but we are facing a issue, When our user restart their computers, their computers aren't syncing ...
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Best way to sync windows services between two servers?
I'm wanting to bring an older company server back in the deployment loop and was looking at the Robocopy cmd. So of course it can easily sync files and all that good stuff, but I'm wondering if ...
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Best way to sync files from Dropbox "Apps" folder to regular Dropbox folders
A Dropbox account with voluminous files also syncs/receives files through a third-party app integration, which files arrive within that app-integration's designated folder within Dropbox's "Apps&...
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is there a way to sort of sync the contents within 2 or more folders to another folder?
So, while I have found methods that could be used to sync one folder to another singular folder, I have no found a method that could be used to reliably sync the contents of multiple folders to a ...
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How do I get podcasts onto an iPod Nano in macOS Monterey?
I can download episodes in Apple Podcasts.
I can connect the iPod nano (4th gen, cable only, no internet) and use Finder to open sync settings. The manual podcasts selection shows the feeds, but none ...
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Search for files by synchronization status
I can search for file names, types, dates etc. How can I search for non-fully-synchronized (not synchronized to the cloud, not available locally, not always downloaded, each sorted) files in a huge ...
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On-device Google Drive for Desktop folder access between multiple users
Me and a couple of colleagues are using Google Drive for Desktop to keep a single folder synchronized between our desktops.
For context, we're using this client.
Our setup is slightly complicated, and ...
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How to sync OneDrive even when I'm signed-out from the computer?
I work on a server computer and have setup OneDrive. Sync is working fine.
The folder into which the files get synced is shared on the network.
When I sign-out from my computer, the OneDrive sync ...
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Is there a way to the Windows Calendar to update events when those are updated on Google Calendar?
My Google Account is added in Windows Mail and set to sync my calendar. Currently, when a Google Calendar event gets edited so that it starts half an hour earlier, the default calendar in Windows 11 ...
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Google Drive: is it possible to restore the way how the service worked in the past, using the folder instead of virtual partition?
I use Windows 10 X64 Pro and I pay the annual fee for the 2TB Google Drive service as a private.
Originally, Google Drive service worked using a simple folder on a local drive where put all the stuff ...
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