Questions tagged [sync]

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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Dropbox is not syncing anymore after upgrade to Kubuntu 20.04

I upgraded from Kubuntu 18.04 to 20.04. Now the Dropbox icon keeps switching between "network folder" and "box with circular arrows" as if a lot were going up and down, but ...
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How to transfer opened pages in filrefox?

I have recently been forced to reinstall Ubuntu due to my ssd card problem. I had opened several pages in firefox and I want to know how it is possible to transfer those pages to newly installed ...
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Sync iPod Shuffle 5th gen. with Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 20.04

My OS is Ubuntu 20.04 and I would like to sync my iPod Shuffle 5th gen. with Rhythmbox or other suitable program. Can you please advise? Rhythmbox does recognize iPod however when it prompts me to ...
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vdirsyncer sync error

Have started to get this error. I'm syncing between calendar on server (one.com) and client Kubuntu 20.04 The problem is always with a public holiday item. Syncing khal_sync/calendar error: Unknown ...
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Slow write speeds when writing onto USB flash drives

I am running Ubuntu 20.04 on an old Dell Optiplex 760 box and the transfer speeds while copying files to USB flash drives are quite slower than what they should be, furthermore, at the end of the ...
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Music sync from Ubuntu 20.04 to Iphone (RhythmBox won't Recognize Iphone)

New linux user using Ubuntu 20.04 (from windows 10). Trying to sync to and from my iphone and after doing some research and trying several options I have installed the required repositories (...
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Alternative to Keepass (too often conflicts)

Up to now I use Keepass and sync it via Nextcloud. But I get this too often: Translation of the error message: server version downloaded, local copy renamed and not uploaded There is a conflict. ...
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Chrome Sync Now Impossible with i386

Am I right thinking that there is no workaround to enable Chrome to Sync on an i386 machine? Access to the API has been withdrawn from Chromium, and no earlier i386 version of Chrome will have access ...
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PDF/eBook reader with horizontal scrolling feature instead of vertical

So far all the readers I experienced scroll pages vertically, while fitting horizontally A4 pages' width. Are there softwares out there able to: "swipe left" pages fit vertically both A4 ...
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How to find out which NTP (Network Time Protocol) is configured on Linux-ubuntu

I'm working on ubuntu where i want see which NTP is used as default, ex. chrony! and if its even configured for the purpose of correct time synchronisation in a cluster of another app. So How can i ...
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Isolated NTP Server for use in switchgear testing

I need to set up an NTP server to test the NTP functionality of some power meters (PXM2000), gateways (PXG900), and MOXAS in a switchgear application. For my application I do not care about precise ...
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How to get rsync to synchronize only new blocks for blockchain

Every time I run rsync to backup a blockchain, it starts from the beginning and tries to sync the whole thing, every time, even though there may only be a few blocks worth of data that is new. The ...
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Sync Chromium with a Google account does not work any more … solutions?

Since around today, March 10, 2021 and recent update to 89.0.4389.82 Chromium stopped syncing to Google accounts. As is turns out, this is due to some changes made by Google. What can we as users do? ...
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Thunderbird 78.7 - How to sync Google contacts and calendar

I have seen countless messages about this question (though none specifically for Ubuntu) and lots of references to TBsync and Caldav (which I don't know what is), and I have tried adding TBsync and ...
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Backups utility started requesting password again while syncing and not sure if sync is completing or not

Ubuntu 18.4 Bit of a fuzzy post here. About a week ago I set up the backups Utility that ships with Ubuntu with my cloud provider. Everything was going fine, I set it to daily and each day the utility ...
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Auto copy files to phone upon connecting though mtp

I want to create some setup that will auto copy files (specifically videos) to my phone from a specific workstation directory, upon establishing an mtp connection. How can I achieve the above? I know ...
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fresh ubuntu server 20.04 system clock cant synchronize

I'm trying to set System clock synchronized to yes. I constantly see "Timed out waiting for reply from [endpoint:123]" even after a hand full of different endoints. scanlon@ogserver:~$ ...
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Properly sync gnome-calendar and the drop-down calendar to a (non-)Google online calendar

I have recently installed Ubuntu 20.04 and so far I'm really liking it. Earlier today I tried to sync my calendar to the gnome-calendar that ships with the OS. I have linked my Google account in the ...
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Is there any way to sync installed software between two devices? [duplicate]

The software center in Ubuntu 12.04 had an option to sync software between computers with Ubuntu One (see this link). Is there any way to achieve this in Ubuntu 20.04?
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Cannot log in to Firefox account due to "NetworkError"

Noticed that my Sync hasn't been working for many days. I logged out and noticed that I cannot log in to Firefox account/sync on my Ubuntu 18.04 machine. It doesn't even ask my password, just aborts ...
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Real Time File Sync - Mirroring Locally

I need to sync a number of files in one folder to other folder on the same machine (no sub folders involved). I have tried hard linking i.e. ln dir1 dir2 but it is not sync'ing/replicating. ...
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Using onedrive folder for both windows and ubuntu partitions

My partition scheme includes a Windows 10 partition, an Ubuntu 20.04 partition and a shared partition for files I want to use in both operating systems. Since my organisation uses microsoft onedrive, ...
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Does a mounted external NTFS drive (USB) need to be manually synced?

To be clear, the terminology of "synced" that I'm using here might be incorrect. I'm talking about the flushing through of the [write] cache. I am dding a local drive image to a file on my ...
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Synchronising Ubuntu 20.04 across multiple machines

I'm aware that this is not the first time this is asked but I have not been able to find an answer that was younger than 5 years and still up to date. Currently, I have Ubuntu 20.04 on my Desktop at ...
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How do I sync my desktop Simplenote with that on my mobile phone?

I have Simplenote on my android phone. I have installed Simplenote on my Ubuntu 20.04 pc (from 'Ubuntu Software'). Now, how do I sync the Simplenote on my pc with that on my mobile (Android phone / ...
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How to synchronize Google calendar with Ubuntu 20.04 calendar?

I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 and added my Google account at the very beginning. Now I'm trying to see Google calendar events in the app "Calendar". From the description in the app it looks ...
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How to make rsync delete files in the destination folder that has been deleted in the source with shell glob?

I'm trying to collect files periodically from multiple sources into a single file dest. To save copies I tried using rsync but I have a bit of a trouble. Let's say I want to copy some files from ...
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How to get Sycthing GUI and register if missed it

I am a new Ubuntu user so I'm little bit lost. I installed Syncthing by following these steps: https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-and-use-syncthing-on-ubuntu-18-04/ I still only manages to ...
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20.04 LTS OneDrive Issues Linking account

I was able to get my OneDrive working about two weeks ago on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS OS. I was messing around and messed my OS up. So I decided to wipe and start fresh. When I was trying to set my laptop up ...
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Using unison for sync, can't get backups working

I'm using unison to sync a directory on my laptop with a directory on a network share. The sync is working, but I'd like unison to make backup copies, and I can't get that to work. This is the command ...
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Pause Dropbox after sync

Is is possible to automatically pause dropbox after sync? I am thinking, every time I start my computer, dropbox is also starting. But, is it possible to get Dropbox to pause or close directly after ...
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Firefox 78.0.2 snap saved logins (about:logins) empty

After the latest snap refresh of Firefox 78.0.2 the about:logins page is empty. The saved logins file still exists (logins.json) and I can save new entries. When I select the Firefox Menu > Logins ...
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Boost Note won't sync with GNOME Online Accounts

I'm trying to sync my notes on Boostnote with Google Drive automatically using GNOME Online Accounts. I've connected my Drive folder, but when I create a storage location in that folder, Boostnote ...
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Evolution Calendar sometimes has error 403 with my Google Calendar?

So this problem never appeared before this started happening like 1 week ago. Sometimes I get an Error 403 when syncing to the Google Calendar and Google tasks, but this only happens with the Ubuntu ...
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Why is Nautilus so slow in copying files to Google Drive?

I was trying to copy a directory from a local drive to Google Drive using Nautilus. But Nautilus is showing that it needs 596,523 hours. Also, there no apparent progress in copying. When I used Google ...
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Alternative of Total Commander's function Synchronize directories for Synology NAS Samba and NTFS external HDD

Is there an application that has Total Commander's function "Synchronize directories" and that is 100% working and reliable on Synology NAS samba network share? I am using it on Windows ...
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rsync changes directory name

I just discovered rsync to sync my important files to an external storage. I used this command: rsync -zavh /path/to/mylocaldirectory/ root:10.10.10.10/path/to/myexternalstorage So far everything ...
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How do I solve Internet Time Sync Not Happening?

Searched through some places and did a lot of stuff. I have tried Unable to start ntpd.service, How do I set time and date from the Internet? and also tried chrony. I saw more places, as far as I ...
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How can I sync Endeavour/GNOME ToDo and Google Tasks lists?

Ubuntu 20.04, working with the default to-do list app, GNOME Endeavour (formerly known as GNOME ToDo). I've deleted lists on Google Tasks app, but yet they remain in GNOME ToDo). Any remedy?
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Snap Chromium browser and profile problems

After updating from Ubuntu 18.04 to 20.04 my chromium lost it's profile. After some googling, i found that in 20.04 uses snap version of chromium. I copied my profile from ~/.config/chromium/Profile 1 ...
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How to write to ipod from Ubuntu 18.04

I recently sent my ipod (5th Generation ipod with video) for a new battery and an SSD to replace the hard drive. The repair shop tested it and said it worked, it came back containing a single song ...
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Dropbox on external drive - sync afresh every time?

I hope this isn't a silly question for which I'm missing an obvious answer... So: because of the lockdown, my wife and I need to both work on the same desktop (Ubuntu 18.04) and we use dropbox to ...
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WinSCP for Linux

I've always used WinSCP for Windows to keep my directories up to date with the sync option. This is a really useful feature that most FTP clients lack. Now I started programming on Ubuntu and, since ...
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Can I install Unison for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS?

I have two machines running Ubuntu. One runs Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and the other one runs Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. I want to use unison to sync files between them. I've installed unison on both of them the ...
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synchronize clocks on multiple 1804 linux mini computers without internet

I have a mobile platform that contains more than 1 ubuntu 1804 linux computer on it. All of these computers are connected to a router hosting a local ethernet network. All of the computers need to set ...
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rsync re-syncing files each time

I'm trying to sync the Music folder from my computer with lubuntu 19.10 to my Pixel 2's Music folder via USB. I'm able to mount the device using jmtpfs to a Folder called "Celular". Then what I want ...
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Automatically scan USB drives for a folder and copy the contents to a specific directory

I am having a bit of trouble with scripting. I am setting up an HTPC for someone and I want things to be as plug and play as possible. I want to hand them a USB drive, have them plug it in and have ...
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KeePass and Ubuntu 2020 Setup (with Chrome, Firefox)?

I spent about a day and a half working through all the various and mostly out of date KeePass option for Ubuntu (Kubuntu). I want to share what I've found and ask for other answers regarding the many ...
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Can you sync an iphone/ipad while running Ubuntu from "try me" on usb?

I am running Ubuntu 18.04 through the "try me" function off a USB key I have made all the relevant settings but when I connect my Iphone 7 or Ipad 1 I can't sync through rhythm box. I am able to see ...
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How to share Tomboy-ng notes between two users on Ubuntu

I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on SSD. Additionally, I have a second HDD. I created two users. User1 as admin User2 I would like to install tomboy-ng for both users. I downloaded tomboy-ng_0.27-0_amd64....
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