Questions tagged [synchronization]
The process of keeping multiple copies of a dataset, that may or may no reside in different locations, in coherence with one another.
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How to sync files from OneDrive to Dropbox?
The only way to sync photos on Lumia phone is via OneDrive, while I want to store them in Dropbox. The only plausible recipe on IFTTT is to sync Dropbox to OneDrive, not the other way around.
How to ...
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Can I keep Gmail “Other Contacts” functionality but prevent syncing (to e.g. MobileMe)?
When I reply to people, Google adds them to “other contacts” in Gmail.
Unfortunately, people in this “group” sync to e.g. MobileMe.
Is there any way to prevent this?
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Keep multiple sheets synchronised (both ways)
I need to have multiple Google Sheets be synced both ways.
For example: I have a "master" sheet that has all of my information. And then I have multiple "filtered" sheets. Each filtered sheet only ...
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I want to exclude certain local folders with Google Drive but I *keep* them on the computer
Using Google Drive on Windows (although I think the same question applies to OS/X) I want to exclude certain local folders but keep them on the computer. When I go to Drive preferences and deselect ...
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xmarks and iPhone Safari
Is it possible to sync my iPhone Safari's bookmarks with my xmarks profile?
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Does clearing one's Google Drive old photo files also remove photos in Google Photos?
Way back when Google Drive was synced with Google Photos - i.e. I've had my photos backed up to Drive with Google Backup & Sync, and they'd automatically show up in Google Photos. I need to free ...
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How can I tell the difference between photos that exist only online and those where the Google Photos-synced original is still on my phone?
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On my phone I have Google Photos configured to sync my photos to the cloud.
Periodically Google Photos prompts me to delete photos from my phone in order to free up space, and I choose the ...
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How to sync Google Contacts with Outlook 365 contacts?
Is it possible to sync Google Contacts with Outlook 365 contacts?
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Is it possible to sync Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac with Google Docs ?
Is it possible to sync Microsoft Word 2011 for Mac with Google Docs?
If so, how?
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Is it possible to integrate Google services and Mobile Me?
I'm an avid GMail user, but as someone that has several Macs and an iPhone, I've had my eye on the Mobile Me service for a while as it provides push syncing for mail, contacts, and calendar, as well ...
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Google Photos Backup Size
I am sure that you all know that Google offers the free backup of photos through their Google Photos App. I've since found out that the free backup, as Google advertises, with reduced photo quality ...
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How does Google Drive bi-directional synchronization work?
I have my Google Drive synchronized with my computer folder (Google Drive) on windows PC.
What happens if I delete one file in my online Google Drive interface in browser?
What happens if I delete ...
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Share editing on documents and folders on Onedrive
With Dropbox when I add a new document (.txt, .docx etc) to that folder, those documents will be synced to other participants in that shared folder.
Whenever that other participant changes that ...
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Synchronise Exchange Calendar and Google Calendar
I'm trying to synchronise an Exchange Calendar into a Google Calendar that I have set up through an account I just made. What I'm trying to accomplish is, on the back end of seeing my Google Calendar, ...
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How to push Yahoo Small Business email to Gmail
How can I setup a push synchronization between my Yahoo Small Business account and my Gmail account? I would like Gmail to update my Yahoo inbox in real-time.
I have the accounts set up, but Gmail is ...
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Sync task updates in a Google Site with Calendar
Is it possible, after modifying a task (mainly the date) in the tasks list in a Google Site, for the information to sync and update with a Google Calendar?
I have a task tracker in a Google Site and ...
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Sync Google Docs Action Items with Google Tasks
In Google Docs (as well as Sheets and Slides), one can assign an "action item" (e.g. some to-do) to another person by marking him/her in a comment (link).
Also, there is the "Google Tasks" feature ...
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Amazon Cloud Drive for photo backup - how does it handle edited photos?
I backed up all my photographs to my cloud drive and then found that there's no way to synchronise photos so they continue to stay updated. (Also read this thread). I know that you can drag a file ...
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For what reason might my local space consumption on Dropbox not match the server's? [closed]
I have three machines (1 Mac, 2 Linux) synchronized with Dropbox. On all the local machines, my Dropbox consumption shows around ~84G consumption:
me@macbook:~$ du -hs ~/Dropbox
84G /Users/me/...
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Bi-Directional Sync between Google Music and Banshee
Is there any way to sync Google Music, preferably including playlists, with Banshee on Ubtuntu 11.10?
The Google Music agent appears to download purchased and free music, but it seems to only be a ...
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How to download folders larger than 20GB on Dropbox without a Pro account
I have had a folder shared with me containing a few TB of files, about 1GB each.
With any other cloud storage service I could simply download the whole folder at once or use something like rclone to ...
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Is there any folder synchronization service? [closed]
I know you can synchronize folders using online storage services, but is there any of such sites that offer a synchronization tool? I would like to keep my folder identical to its cloud copy, in more ...
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Is there a tool to sync files from a PC to Amazon S3 or Azure Storage? [closed]
While I have used Dropbox, I was wondering if there was a tool to sync files to Amazon S3 to gain the resiliency and reliability (though there would be a cost implication).
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Which filename extensions are NOT safe to move outside of a syncing Google Drive folder? (because the corresponding Google Docs will be deleted)
When syncing Google Drive to your computer, the following SHORTCUT files will be synced, which link to the online web-based Google Docs documents...
.gdoc
.gslides
.gsheet
.gdraw
.gtable
.gform
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Can you speed up Dropbox by replacing large collections of files with disk images? [closed]
I (and lots of people where I work) use Dropbox and keep our work source directories in Dropbox. These directories contain close to 20k small files, and we'll typically have many of them hanging ...
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How to get LastPass Binary Chrome Extension to work across synced machines
Setup:
I use Chrome Sync regularly across two machines
I use LastPass as my password manager (it's already paid for this year so no alternatives suggestions, please)
The binary version allows you to ...
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To share current Google Calendar to another Gmail account?
I know how you can export your calendar but I do not know how you can synchronise your Google Calendar to another of your Gmail accounts.
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Portable Dropbox (FileSync)?
Is there a portable version of Dropbox that I can load on to a USB Key?
I need to sync my files between my home desktop, dormitory laptop and on occasion a computer in my university lab.
I need it ...
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Don't sync local copy to Dropbox
Dropbox has a nice feature "Selective Sync" that allows you to choose which of your folders on Dropbox's servers should be synced with you local computer.
I would like to do the opposite. I have ...
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What are Google Apps Accounts?
I want to purchase this backup plan for $3/m but when I go ahead for signup it says:
This application requires a Google
Apps account.
What does that mean? I'm a regular gmail user and I want to ...
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Howto sync offline sheet from Sheets app [closed]
I did some offline work on a google sheet file on my mobile using Sheets app. I actually did not realize that I am offline, as I never set this option, at least not on purpose.
After I connected to ...
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Google Backup&Sync and Photos - double quota hit?
I switched from using Google Drive+Photos Uploader to Google Backup&Sync.
I select my photos folder to sync, and also select to upload photos to Google Photos as well.
Now in Google Drive I have ...
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How to synchronise a folder from GitHub repository branch upon commit to a Dropbox directory?
I have a GitHub repository with multiple branches that I and others regularly commit to, but I'm only interested in the master branch here. Whenever this is committed to, I want to sync new and ...
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Restoring previous file versions through Google Drive
I have an InDesign file that I've been working on that is stored in my Google Drive folder. I am trying to restore it to a previous version.
However I see no option for it based on what I read online....
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Can I use Google Calendar's website to edit an Exchange calendar?
I want to be able to edit an Exchange calendar with the Google Calendar website, but so far I have only been able to view the Exchange calendar (by going to "Other Calendars" in the Google Calendar ...
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How to keep receiving emails with same address from places I cannot remember right now?
My college is using Gmail. The format of my address is [email protected]. There is no way I will remember everyone I gave this email to.
How can I keep receiving emails sent to this address?
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How to enable two way sync between two Gmail mails?
I have two Gmail accounts, one is personal, the other is business. I have enabled forwarding on the business one, so I get those mails to my personal email account. Sometimes I delete some e-mails ...
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Remove Chromium Sync Data from Google account
I want to sign in to a new installation of Chromium with a Google account, but I don't want any previously synced data to be downloaded to the browser. How can I delete this data from my Google ...
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outlook.com can't delete Gmail contact with synchro link deleted
I synced Gmail in outlook.com to use Gtalk one week ago.
My contacts are being synchronized with Gmails, I wanted to remove the synchronization link between my two accounts to clean my contacts on ...
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Backup Google Drive to Dropbox
I want to...
automatically perform a one way sync from Google Drive to Dropbox
convert the files to a format supported by LibreOffice or HTML during the synchronization. But any non proprietary and ...
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How to "ignore" syncing of specific photos with Google Photos?
I have Google Photos on my iOS device. It has successfully synced most of my photos, but there are about 120 old photos that for one reason or the other it cannot sync (it doesn't give me specifics, ...
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How to stop Google Photos from trying to process .svg files as images [closed]
I have some .svg files created in Inkscape.
I don't want or need them to be converted/compressed for storage on Google Photos; just to be backed up.
How can I stop the Can't add <x> files to ...
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How can I automatically sync deleted photos between my desktop and Google Photos?
Now that Google has decoupled Google Photos and Google Drive, Photos no longer syncs with my desktop Mac. Whereas before, deleting an image from the web app/Finder also removed that image from the ...
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Control/limit file versions for lage files in Nextcloud
For security reasons, I'm packing extra sensitive information in Veracrypt containers before uploading them to my Nextcloud. I see my Nextcloud growing, since a small change inside the container ...
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How to migrate big folder from one Google Drive to another
My GDrive account is too full: 172 GB. Since I cannot purchase 200 GB subscription (there are only 100 GB or 1TB). I decided to balance out some big folders to my second google account — all ...
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How to sync Last.fm loved tracks with Google Music liked
Google Music has a nice feature to automatically download the liked tracks. I have a long history of loved tracks in Last.fm and want to have them all in my devices. I'm also using MusicBee in my ...
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How can I remove a device from btsync?
In the BitTorrent Sync web interface, there's a GUI for managing folders and devices. However, I seem to have accidentally linked the same Nexus 5 twice. How can I remove (or unlink) one of these ...
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Can I sync a CalDav calendar with Google Calendar?
I have what I was hoping could be a shared family calendar set up on OwnCloud. I have no problem syncing it to Sunbird and my phone, but my spouse uses Google Calendar (ie. http://calendar.google.com) ...
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Can I import or sync Apple/iCloud's Reminders into Google Inbox reminders?
I'd like to try to switch from iCloud's Reminders to Google Inbox ones.
Can I automatically sync them?
If I can't, can I at least one-way import them?
My devices are a Mac running 10.10 and an ...
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Can I sync my Evernote bookmarks into a major browser's bookmarks bar?
Call me crazy, but I think the bookmark bar provides a good purpose. It's right there, and that's invaluable to UX — no second layer required.
But vanishingly few services care to integrate, it ...
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