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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Syncing directorys between two Ubuntu 16.04 LTS servers across WAN VPN
I have an Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS server on the West coast. We just purchased another one for the East coast. We have a persistent VPN tunnel between the two sites.
What would be the best way to get two ...
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Need a solution for backups
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I'm done with a OwnCloud server running in Lubuntu 16.10, all working fine, but I would like to backup this server to an external hdd, mostly to prevent rasonware or file deleting.
My desire ...
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How can I sync a list of indivdual files?
Given that I normally use Unison, what's the best way to sync a list of individual files? Ideas I've had are:
Use rsync (Yuck! Pretty messy and complex compared to Unison.)
Create a subdirectory ...
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How to sync Google CalDAV with Evolution Calendar?
I'm trying to sync a google calendar with [email protected] to my evolution (3.22.3, last version) on my Ubuntu 16.10. If I add that as CalDAV with address "https://www.google.com/...
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How to auto-copy to removable device?
I've got data on my HDD that needs to be backed up. Lets say that it's everything in folder a. On a USB stick there's a copy of folder a, that should be updated automatically whenever the stick is ...
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Bring back sync status emblems on Dropbox folder
I recently changed the icon of my Dropbox folder to a custom one. Since I've done that, Dropbox no longer shows sync status emblems on the folder. Purging and installing Dropbox from scratch did not ...
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NTP Synchronization issue & it turned off automatically
Due to Time Synchronization Issue, We manually tried to sync the time by,
sudo ntpdate pool.ntp.org
It works. But instead of running this command everytime maually, I setup NTP by installing
sudo ...
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How can I keep recent messages in Thunderbird without deleting them from the server?
I've just started using Thunderbird instead of web mail because I'd like the ability to view and send emails offline.
I currently have it connected to Gmail using IMAP, but in order to sync I have to ...
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What practical options does Ubuntu have to make daily personal backups? [duplicate]
To protect my personal data against sudden hard drive failure, I basically began mirroring my internal drives to an external hard drive a while ago. I do this regularly with all of my data partitions, ...
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Possible to sync bookmarks between ubuntu touch browser and Firefox?
Is there any solution for syncing bookmarks between the Ubuntu touch default browser and a Firefox sync account or owncloud?
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Music transfer from Ubuntu 16.04 to iOS 10 iPhone 6+ [duplicate]
I installed libimobiledevice package and I can access the pictures of my iPhone using the files browser.
But my iPhone doesn't show up in Rhythmbox. Why is that? What could I do to transfer music ...
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Is syncing my cloud to SSD recommended? [closed]
I've just replaced my laptop's HDD to a Crosair SSD Force LE.
I want to setup my InSync client (Google Drive sync) to sync my files to it, but due to the constant writes, I was wondering if it's a ...
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Mutual syncronization of x folders
I am looking for a solution as to how I can synchronize an undefined amount of folders on my server. At the moment I have 3 folders, but it may increase in the future. Any of the folders can have ...
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hwclock and sysclock are different
My Ubuntu 14.04 system is out of sync when I compare date and hwclock.
Hwclock is simply 3 hours behind the system clock. As I live in GMT+3 time zone. Sample output:
$ date
Sat Nov 26 13:18:40 +...
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Sync settings/software on multiple machines
I have the following scenario which I'm trying to solve:
I use 3 Computers, all of them are running Xubuntu (same LTS version). Now I am looking for a way to keep them in sync in terms of:
- ...
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Is it possible to use EXT4 partition in windows 10? [closed]
This may seem like a noob question, most probably because it is.
I am currently on a dual-boot system with windows 10 and ubuntu 16.10.
I am syncing github sources to my hard disk on ubuntu(for ...
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Sync Ubuntu-touch Tasks with Nextcloud
I have managed to sync my Nextcloud contacts with ubuntu-touch using the following commands:
syncevolution --configure --keyring=no --template webdav
username='MY_USERNAME' password='MY_PASSWORD'
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When even ntpd doesn't sync time
I have already tried the top 2 of most-voted answers to How to force a clock update using ntp? but none has worked.
Using ntpdate doesn't show any logs, and exits just fine, while ntpd gives the ...
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Using webdav to selective sync Box on Ubuntu
Following various guides, I'm able to sync Box using WebDav. But my Box size is too large and I don't want to sync them all.
Is it possible to only sync certain folders using WebDav & Box?
Box's ...
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Dropbox hangs when trying to move sync folder
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with Cinnamon as desktop environment and Nemo as file manager.
Dropbox's default folder is ~/Dropbox. When I try to move the folder, by clicking the "Mover" (Move) button, ...
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Home directory on external drive
I have two (K)Ubuntu-computers in two different homes. I want them to share the user directory, however.
The optimum would be to have a local user profile on my hard drive and one on my external ...
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Wrong time on linux [duplicate]
I have two systems - Ubuntu and Windows, a each of them shows different time. I set "auto internet sync" on both, and it's not working properly. There is a 2h difference for some reason. So when I set ...
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ubuntuphone does not sync radicale calendar anymore since OTA-13
I've created a custom script to sync my radicale calendars with my phone that I launch manually in the terminal. It was working fine till the last system upgrade OTA-13. Now it fails with the ...
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How to set up OneDrive on Ubuntu 16.04LTS?
I tried the guides but a window never popped up prompting me to sign in, so I continued with the command 'onedrive-pref'. That did nothing, so now I have a OneDrive folder and a .onedrive folder.
I ...
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How can I automatically sync data in my PC folder with my android phone?
Suggest the best apps that can help me automatically sync between a folder in my Ubuntu PC and my Android phone.
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How to Sync OneDrive Business (Office 365) on Linux (Ubuntu)?
I tried the solution proposed by Sayed Metwaly (How to Sync OneDrive Business /Office 365 on Linux?) but I got the following error message:
=== Job === OneDrive_Sync: 'office365://xxxxxxxxx-my....
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Importing ics file in Ubuntu Phone
When I try to import ics calendar into my Ubuntu Touch phone using syncevolution, it fails. Any idea what is wrong here:
phablet@ubuntu-phablet:~/Downloads$ syncevolution --import Work.ics
backend=...
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Sync Desktop with online account?
I am using Ubuntu 16.04, Is there a way to keep my desktop synced with an online account (like Dropbox or google drive) so any file I create/edit on my desktop gets updated automatically to the online ...
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How to send files from Ubuntu 16.04 to iphone 4S?
I am having a iPhone 4s and a laptop with Ubuntu 16.04. I need to copy music, pptx, pdfs from my laptop to iPhone. I read many posts and answers but none of them help me. Even I tried to install ...
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Nexus 4 sync contacts
I am trying to sync my contacts between a Nexus 4 Ubuntu phone (15.04 OTA 12) and an Android phone. I can import a vcf file from the android, but end up with duplicate contacts and there seems to be ...
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Is there a way to sync music on my iphone?
I been trying to use Banshee to sync my Iphone 4 but it doesn't appear to work is there any other way to sync music to my iphone ?
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Ubuntu 16.04 software sync [closed]
In Ubuntu 15.04 LTS , Ubuntu Software Center had an option "Sync between computers.." to sync list of packages on my desktop with Ubuntu One account.
but in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu Software lacks ...
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rsync: Sync folders, but keep extra files in target
I'm getting started with rsync and tried to use it to keep two folders on local system synced. I have a source folder, whose content changes over time (some files get added, some changes and some ...
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iPod touch not syncing - ubuntu 16.04
After upgrading to ubuntu 16.04 I can no longer sync my iPod touch (MC008FD, 3rd generation, 32 GB - yes, I know it's an old model, but I really like that one) with Rhythmbox. The device is simply ...
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Calendar App with Colored Events from Google Calendar?
I use colors to categorize events in my Google Calendar. This is very handy in a browser and on my Android phone.
Alas, when viewing events from a Google calendar i Evolution, events are no longer ...
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Can I restrict file names to be valid on Windows?
I sync certain folders to Windows and to One Drive, and if I have a file with invalid characters like \/:*?@<>| or I have two files in the same folder with the name Cube.png and cube.png it ...
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Note application that uses IMAP protocol
I'm looking for an note app that uses IMAP protocol so I can sync the notes that I have created on my Google account using Apple Devices. I'm using Ubuntu Mate and Linux Mint. Thanks.
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Automatically sync Nautilus file bookmarks between laptop and desktop
I work on both a laptop and desktop, both running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. As part of my workflow, I keep a changing lineup of folders bookmarked in Nautilus for quick access.
What I would like to be able ...
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How do I sync multiple source folders with lsyncd?
I have the following lsyncd script which will sync across my www folder from a single server to multiple destinations:
settings {
logfile = "/var/log/lsyncd/lsyncd.log",
statusFile = "/...
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How to Sync OneDrive Business /Office 365 on Linux?
Microsoft OneDrive Business/Office 365 Pro offers 1 TB of cloud storage but unfortunately there has never been a method to sync it on Linux.
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Sync ubuntu settings between systems with shell script?
I am writing a simple shell script to automatically sync packages & their configuration between several systems. However, I couldn't find a way to sync system settings.
For example:
System ...
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How to install Unison 2.40 on Ubuntu 16.04 xenial (to resolve "Fatal error: Received unexpected header")
On my other computers I have unison version 2.40.102 (this is the latest version available), and on my desktop ubuntu 16.04 xenial I have unison version 2.48.3.
When trying to synchronize:
kayd@...
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ubuntu 16 iphone 5s sync
Hi I'm having issues while trying to sync iphone 5s with ubuntu 16. The thing is that ubuntu sees the iphone in the filesystem, but neither rhytmbox nor banshee can even see it. I tried to plug in ...
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How do I stop BitTorrent Sync (Resilio) service?
Gui in http://localhost:8888/gui/ can only Pause synchronizing.
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Sync between machines
If I would install Ubuntu on both my computers (laptop+desktop) would be possible to do the same sync of data (Firefox/Thunderbird/VariousDataFiles) through my usb hdd?
How should I do this? Sync the /...
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Sony Xperia Z1 Compatibility [duplicate]
I am a brand new Ubuntu User. Is a Xperia Z1 Compact Smartphone compatible to Ubuntu? I am using my Smartphone as MP3 Player and Camera and i want to sync it.
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Can't sync tomdroid and tomboy notes!
I am pretty sure there are a lot of thread regarding this and I read most of them, still I can't sync tom boy notes from my laptop to my tomdroid. I tried setting up a rainy server and when ever I try ...
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subtitle syncing with timings copy-paste?
I've got 2 subs in 2 different languages for a video.
One is synced, the other has all the right lines but wrong timing [NOT fixed nor progressive delay]: the easiest thing would be changing the ...
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How to synch time between ubuntu laptops in a local network
I'd like to synch time on all my laptops inside my local network which use a router but it has no access to public internet so I can't use remote time servers.
I would like to use a laptop to act ...
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Sync specific folder between two Ubuntu machines when connected to the same LAN
I have two Ubuntu machines, a laptop and a desktop.
What I wish to do is, to create a folder in both machines at paths 'path1' and 'path2'.
I want to set up sync between the two folders whenever they ...