Questions about syncing with various protocols and services, as well as between devices: Examples include Ubuntu One, Contacts/Calendar/Mail syncing, and Dropbox for software, and between devices, syncing between Android and iOS are prime examples.
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how to make Ubuntu One app synchronize outwards only (only remote be updated) (one directional)?
Is there some way to make Ubuntu One synchronize only outwardly (from local to remote only)?
So, when I make a change on my local file, it be updated remotely on Ubuntu One. But if the file is ...
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Incomplete syncing in ubuntu 12.04
I just added a laptop to my device list in Ubuntu one. The problem is that it has synced incompletely : all folders are here but some are incomplete and some are empty! When I launch ubuntu one app it ...
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Does encrypting the hard drive affect file sync with programs like Dropbox, Ubuntu One, Spider Oak, Insync, and others?
For the last few months I've been having a lot of problems syncing with two computers that I reinstalled and encrypted the drives. It is happening with all the programs I mention in the subject. Can ...
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iPod 4G iOs 6.1.3 Ubuntu 12.04 sync?
I already installed Ubuntu 12.04 dualboot on my brandnew Vaio Windows 8 and it doesn't boot any more to windows, so I have a vaio laptop with ubuntu, a thing I can accept but it is impossible to sync ...
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Using my wifi netgear for syncing my file system
I have a desktop , a laptop and a tab. I have a wired internet connection which is routed through netgear for wifi connection to my laptop and android tablet. Is it possible to sync my files of a ...
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cant stop a folder syncing in Ubuntu one
It's from an old computer, when I go into my files and click stop syncing nothing happens
Possible bug?
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Peer To Peer (P2P) Sync and Share Ubuntu
I want to Share files across my network and on remote sites, So i am looking for p2p Sync/sharing application. Just like Ubuntu One & Drop box , but it does not have p2p protocol.I want p2p ...
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How to transfer music to a Windows Phone device?
I recently bought a Nokia 620. Ubuntu 13.04 does recongize it and is able to mount it. Music files transferred through the file explorer don't show up at all in my phones media player. Trying to do it ...
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Where do I find the Insync log file?
When contacting the customer service of Insync they ask to send the logs where do I find them in Ubuntu?
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firefox about:sync-log gives error.sync.failed
I've reset my firefox sync password, but log errors persist when trying to sync:
1368328240529 Sync.ErrorHandler DEBUG Flushing file log.
1368328240531 Sync.Service DEBUG Exception: ...
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How to manage music ipod touch 4g ios6 ubuntu 13.04
I am using ubuntu 13.04 and my ipod has has ios6, and its 4g. I have already tried libimobiledevice and also tried it with gtkp which says "Error initialising iPod: Unsupported checksum type". I ...
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Monitor No Sync, Can't boot into recovery mode
I installed a graphics card that was given to me but when I booted up the resolution was wrong so I changed it to one that fitted my tv. I was having trouble with the graphics card so I shutdown and ...
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Dual boot- updating a folder from home partition in Dropbox or Ubuntuone?
I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 13.04 and Windows 8 in perfect harmony. I have installed in windows an application so that I can mount the home (ext4) partition in windows. I am using Windows 8 ...
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Syncing Laptop and Desktop files over college wifi?
Are there any tools that can efficiently do so while not compromising the security of my files?
Will using such a tool place a burden on the college's WiFi network and slow down the network speed or ...
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Could not download content from storage [closed]
I reinstalled Ubuntu on my laptop from scratch to the latest version raring rail 13.04. But now Ubuntu One does not sync all the files in the cloud to my local machine. It says they are all in synch ...
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How to make Ubuntu One work w/ Windows 7 and custom ProfileDir?
I have the following problem:
System resides on drive C:
User data resides on drive A: - it's a partition of a fixed, built-in hdd.
Users directory is on drive A: and it is rewritten in the Registry ...
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Simplest sync option to mirror local directory with USB on plug-in
I have a simple USB thumbdrive, which functions as drive for my cars stereo. I'd like to use either a tool or something scriptable to achieve the following:
When the drive is plugged in, it is ...
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How to run BitTorrent Sync?
I am in Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) 64bit and downloaded the btsync executable from http://labs.bittorrent.com/experiments/sync/ but running it doesn't seem to have any effect. Double-clicking the ...
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UbuntuOne & W7, no sync
I am trying to have a folder shared between a 12.04 computer and a W7. I would like to sync a previous W7 folder to the others. When I setup the sync, the folder is loaded to U1 and then to 12.04. ...
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How can I change the default location of Ubuntu One folder in Ubuntu? [duplicate]
I am having difficulty in relocating the Ubuntu One folder. I have an SSD+HDD setup and I want to move this folder to the hard disk drive so that will save some write times for my SSD.
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How do I sync home folders to Ubuntu One in Ubuntu?
I want to create a system where my documents, pictures and videos folder automatically sync to Ubuntu One. Adding these folders to Ubuntu One directly is not possible and my setup is an SSD+HDD where ...
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Backing up NAS to NAS
I am pretty new to Ubuntu. I have yet to really use it's full functionality (ie command lines). I'm using an older laptop to set it up to run as a media server using Plex. I was hoping to use it to ...
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Sync network-drive (Windows Home Server 2011)
I'm running a WHS 2011 NAS in my network and I'd like to auto-sync several folders (e.g. music) every once in a while. To do so, I used to use "Create Synconicity" on Windows.
On Ubuntu 12.10 I'm ...
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iPhone 4s + Rhythmbox = Fail (12.10, ios 6.1.3) [duplicate]
(This is emphatically not a double of this: How to sync songs in Rhythmbox with an iPod. I've tried everything there.)
Can't seem to control how to add music to an iPhone. It will either:
Try to ...
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Auto uploading/syncing with box.com
I have a Minecraft server on a Ubuntu server machine and I'd like to backup it to Box.com or mega.co.nz maybe once a month or something and I don't want to download it to my comp and then upload it ...
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Change incorrect proxy in dropbox
I use my laptop in multiple networks. I am in my seconds network currently. I need to change my proxy settings in dropbox to make a connection and sync. However, because Dropbox is unable to connect, ...
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Is it possible to recuperate a file overwritten by Ubuntu One?
I had an .odt file which was synced via Ubuntu One. I made changes on the file on my Ubuntu Computer. To check whether the file was synced I opened it on my Windows computer. It was not synced, but ...
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Cloud backup service to sync Linux-PowerPC, iOS Android and Windows
So I built Dropbox from source only to find that the proprietary deamon does not exist for PowerPC.
Then I found this site
http://mwillis.co.uk/projects/sugarsync-linux-client/
Which will get a kind ...
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How to exclude files from being synced by U1 syncdaemon?
I am exploring ways to use U1 as a backup tool (indeed, it isn't, but I signed up thinking it was, so now I'm trying to make the best of it :-)) One way I'm contemplating is excluding backup files ...
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Syncing pictures from Android to Ubuntu One duplicates pictures forever [closed]
I'm running Jelly Bean on Android 4.1.2 on a Samsung S3 (GT-I9100) and the Ubuntu One app to sync my photos to the cloud and to my own home server. The problem is that some of my photos get copied ...
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Get music on iPod Touch iOS 6.1.3
I just got my sister to use Ubuntu, but now I have a really big problem, I promised her that syncing music would work with only drag and drop with Rhythmbox, because that is how I do with my iPod Nano ...
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Chrome tab syncing across devices not working
I've found this guide to sync Chrome tabs across devices and I enabled sync on both devices. Nothings happening though when I enabled tab sync on my PC and Notebook. How do I open the tabs from one ...
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What is the recommended client program to use with open-xchange 6?
I'm currently looking for a PIM that is working well with open-xchange 6. Thunderbird/Lightning with oxconnector seems not to be able to sync calendar entries from the server to the client. It works ...
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iPhone music sync (iOS 6.1.2), is it possible yet?
Is it yet possible to synchronize music?
I know about questions like these:
Is it possible yet to synchronise music to an iPhone running iOS 5/6?
iPhone 4 iOS 6 sync with Ubuntu 12.04
Is it ...
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Sync ubuntu - youtube or media
Does anyone know of a way to:
sync youtube videos across ubuntu machines.
sync media (movies/music) across ubuntu machines.
Ideally, I would like my laptop to stay in sync with my lounge media pc ...
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Is it there a way to sync an old Palm Tungsten e2 with Evolution in Ubuntu 12.04
This and this questions are for older distributions and won't succeed in 12.04, in the other hand: this question's accepted answer refers to a sync for JPilot which is not my need.
I would appreciate ...
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How to delete files from Ubuntu One?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and I'm having a Ubuntu One account. I synchronize a photo folder with it. Synchronizing is OK and my photo of that folder is in that cloud. The thing is now I want to delete ...
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Syncing problems for way too long… :-(
(Sorry for my english... I'll try to be as accurate and good as I can be.)
I'm using 2 laptops, one for work (an old IBM mounted with Windows 7) and one at home (a Toshiba with Windows Vista). On ...
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Shared-with-me not syncing on one machine
I have two machines: laptop & desktop. I have accepted a shared folder from another account.
The shared folder shows up on the web interface;
The shared folder shows up on the desktop machine ...
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sync korganizer with google calendar
You know that calendar that pops up when you click on the time in the panel?
I like it but I tend to keep all my events in google calendar. korganizer version is 4.4.11
Is there a way that I can get ...
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How to get Rhythmbox to sync album cover art to Android?
I have Rhythmbox syncing quite well with my Android phone. It automatically transcodes from FLAC to M4a and keeps the correct directory structure and track file names. So far so good.
However, the ...
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Cloud reset issue
I'm trying to delete my Document files on the cloud so I can start over with sync. I'm not getting anywhere with my attempts to delete from my Ubuntu laptop or from my Android phone. What should I ...
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Synced files vanishing
I have been using U1 to sync my Documents folder across my desktop and laptop (both Ubuntu, both syncing to ~/Documents). However, edited files are disappearing. For a sample file foo.lyx:
Create ...
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UbuntuOne to external drive automatically
So my desktop only has a 40gb HDD so I have a 320gb usb external drive always attached. I want to have Ubuntu One Sync to my external instead of the internal. I have 67gb of data on my UbuntuOne, more ...
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Google calender Evolution sync no longer working
One of my favorite Unity features is when you click the date-time indicator it tells you upcoming events in your calender. I have evolution set up to sync with my Google Calender. I recently changed ...
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sync failure with Unison
I have set up my harddrive with three logical drives: /,/home and /media/backup. My intent was to store all my documents on the /home drive (folder) and to backup this drive to the /media/backup ...
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What is the default ubuntu 12.10 firewall? [duplicate]
I have been trying to get ubuntu one to work (i.e. sync my files), but it keeps saying that it is "getting information" and "please wait". I only have 338MB used on my Ubuntu, so it shouldn't take ...
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How do I add a folder to sync.?
I've just recently installed U1 on Ubuntu 12.04LTS and I've chosen 4 folders to synchronise with U1. The system itself add another 2 = Ubuntu One and Thunderbird Attachments.
But I want to add a few ...
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Gnote / Tomboy WebDAV connecting error
If I want to sync my notes with WebDAV server, I get the following error messages in Gnote and Tomboy:
This synchronization addin is not supported on your computer. Please make sure you have FUSE ...
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Azure alternative for ubuntu
The end user can store his/her Windows configurations to Azure, thus in case he formatted his PC Windows will restore the old configurations from the cloud. Is there any solution alternative for ...
