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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Unbuntu 13.04: Synchronizing an iPhone's contacts and calendar without Ubuntu One
What is the best solution to synchronize the contacts and calendar of an iPhone with your local Ubuntu installation?
Note:
Thunderbird with its Lighning extension currently seems to be the best ...
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Box sync for ubuntu, as window, Mac OS X?
Is there any solution to have box sync for ubuntu, as window, Mac OS X?
https://www.box.com/settings/sync
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Ubuntu One not syncing fully
I have uploaded several folders of data to Ubuntu One from my desktop computer, over the last few weeks, and I can see that all the contents are there when I look at my account on the web. When I look ...
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How to go about Ubuntu One not properly syncing on non-ubuntu devices? Should we stop using it? [closed]
I think this question is at place because Ubuntu One is a central part of the ubuntu software ecosystem. Lately both myself and other users have experienced several critical bugs with Ubuntu One. To ...
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How can I get Rhythmbox to support 7th Gen iPod Nano?
I recently purchased a 7th Generation iPod Nano, and I try to get it to sync to Rhythmbox, but it only supports iPod Nano up to 6th Gen, and I don't know how to change that. I tried upgrading my ...
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Rhythembox and iPhone 5 syncing on 13.04
Rhythembox 2.98 sees my iPhone 5 64GiB iOS 6.1.4, I can view the information page and can set up a sync, however, when I right click and select sync. Rhythembox Crashes without any details! I know ...
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Ubuntu sync taking very long; perhaps not working at all
I have two laptops running 13.04
I've used Ubuntu sync for many years, and generally it seems fine, although I never really paid attention to how quickly the files were synced. Now is the first time ...
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Ubuntu One: can you shutdown your computer when syncing is in process?
I just installed ubuntu 12.04 on my other laptop. I logged into my ubuntu one account and it starts syncing files that I stored from my other laptop. However the files are too big and the syncing ...
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How to sync iPhone 4S/iPod (iOS6.1.3) on 13.04
I'd like to sync my music and transfer it to my iPhone in Ubuntu 13.04. Trouble is I've tried using Banshee, Rhythmbox, GTKPod and nothing happens. Banshee goes through the process of viewing/adding ...
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Are there sync(ing) programs available that can sync my newer files to the older files?
I have two identical linux distrbiutions installed ; one on the hard disk, and one on the usb.
I was wondering if there is a way of syncing the whole file system, copying the newer files to the old ...
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Backup ubuntu in cent os [closed]
Iam using a ubuntu system. I want to backup some specific files of my ubuntu system in another cent OS system. How can i able to schedule automatic backup ?. Is there any tool available ? Kindly tell ...
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How to keep your photos in sync with Flickr?
I have a ~/photos directory where I keep all my photos. I'd like it to be automatically sync'd to flickr (with their recent generous expansion...) -- all pictures in this directory automatically ...
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How to sync/upload lossless music to iOS/iPod devices using Ubuntu?
It's cool that it's easy to sync Ogg/Mp3/AAC music to the iPod/iPhone/iPad using Rhytmbox or Banshee, but I'm wondering that is it possible to upload lossless music somehow? As far as I know, none of ...
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Time sync between ubuntu and windows
Iam working as a linux admin. In our company we are using a ubuntu server with windows clients. The time in each clients are not same. Is it possible to sync time from ubuntu server with the windows ...
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Accidentally removed “Ubuntu One” folder
To keep it simply:
I've deleted "Ubuntu One" folder
Now I don't have it all over devices and now idea how bring it back so it will be sync again.
Data recovery isn't important, data was random. But ...
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Samba Share - Public Share using guest account
I have a functioning samba folder share using user security. I have setup the workgroup to be "workgroup" and all is working as expected.
I would like to sync my music folder between my PC and my ...
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U1 Music App on iPhone is not updated
I uploaded some albums to U1 for streaming. When I stop sharing an album it is still shown in the U1 Music app on my iPhone. Webbased the album is gone.
All the sync options are active on the iPhone. ...
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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 ...
