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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Has Unison error on “File name too long”
I'm using Unison for backup/file replication.
Unison has a problem with long file names - it does not sync files with long names
Error:
Failed: Error in querying file information: File name too ...
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Banshee music file copy to Mac iPhone 4s ios5.1 not permanent
In Ubuntu 12.04, when I drag .mp3 files from Banshee 2.6 to my Mac-formatted iPhone 4s ios5.1:
Banshee says it's syncing with the phone, updating the media
database, and the file count on the ...
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Synchronize SSHFS mount with local filesystem
I've got a directory called "secure" that I mount on my laptop via sshfs whenever the server is in reach.
While this server is in reach I want to keep it in two-way sync with a directory called ...
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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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How to make Banshee/other players recognize a folder as a music player for seamless music synchronization?
I use Webupd8's Go-mtpfs to mount Nexus 4 on Ubuntu 12.10. It mounts the folder in home directory. I use Banshee to manage my music and playlists. Banshee can't recognize the mounted folder as a music ...
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Sync ubuntu and phone
Can you sync ubuntu and android phone, without having to install ubuntu on phone, even if I have to how much space will it take?
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how to sync email client between ubuntu and windows for seamless use of mails and archives
I am looking for an email client which offers seamless integration of (offline) mails when used from linux (ubuntu 12.04) and windows 7. Being a windows user till now, I have been using Outlook and ...
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Only local computer shows up in Software Centre sync
Both of my computers sync files successfully through Ubuntu One; but when I open the Software Centre and click File > Sync between computers, only the local machine shows up in the left hand panel. Am ...
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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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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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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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Can I make Ubuntu One sync only at certain times and only when there's an Internet connection available?
Is there anyway to have Ubuntu One sync in the morning and not at night? I keep seeing the program launch and sync when my notebook isn't plugged in and it seems to be draining the battery a lot.
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Ubuntu One- One file will not sync, others sync fine
To start, I have two computers I use Ubuntu One on right now. One is a laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 32bit and the other is a desktop with Windows 7 64bit.
I have many files in my Ubuntu One folder and ...
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Ubuntu one on 11.10 not syncing correctly
I noticed that several days ago my ubuntu-one is not syncing correctly.
I tried to restart the service with
u1sdtool --quit
u1sdtool --start
Also tryed with:
u1sdtool --quit
u1sdtool ...
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Advice for addressbook server - LDAP, SyncML, CardDAV, or something else
I'm looking for a solution to share a single address book across my Windows 7 laptop, Android phone and Ubuntu home server. The address book should be synced to the phone so it is available when ...
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Same home folders on 2 PC's using network
I have a server that is always running always connected to the network and I would like to install another computer that can sit in my study and either log in to this PC(not vnc) over the network or ...
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With opensync removed in 12.10, how to sync my Nokia E51's contacts?
I know that Ubuntu (and Debian, for that matter) stuggles with the opensync synchronisation framework for quite some time. Finally, for quantal (12.10), they decided to remove opensync altogether.
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How to do a near-full desktop experience sync?
I have two machines in two fairly distant locations that I do development on, depending on where I am. I currently use a git sync to keep the following dotfiles manually synced
.irssi .ssh/config ...
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Is there a way to sync my laptop's Ubuntu install with a jumpdrive Ubuntu install?
So I'm doing a fresh install of Ubuntu on my laptop right now. I also have a jumpdrive with Ubuntu installed on it with a persistent setup.
What I would like is to be able to plug the jumpdrive into ...
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“could not get node resource not found”
I accidentally stopped my android phone from syncing (online) Now I can't get it to sync again and I get the message "could not get node, resource not found"
How do I get my phone to happily sync ...
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How can I tell if the files on the cloud are current files (slow update?)
The Ubuntu One interface on Windows XP SP2, keeps showing "File Sync in progress" message. I haven't checked if there is always that message or if it vanishes after a long while.
I think a problem ...
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Ubuntu One mobile syncing options?
How can I sync to the phone some of the folders that are synced in the computer?
i.e. I've got a folder with documents that I do not want in the mobile, but I want to have it in another pc, and I ...
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UbuntuOne : folders and files synced, but do not appear
I've got exactly the same pb as this one :
My folders have been synced but I don't see any files
my chosen folder is synced, all the files are marked as "synced". Great.
in my web space, only ...
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Why does Ubuntu One give me a ROOTH_MISMATCH error?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu One was pre-installed. I've just registred as new user but nothing work.
While syncing I receive a message: Local and server roots are different (ROOTH_MISMATCH)
In ...
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Synchronize applications between computers automatically
The Ubuntu Software Center has "Sync applications from other computers" and "reinstall previous purchases" options. However, I don't think either of these functions can install or synchronize multiple ...
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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Offline files view - iPhone app for Ubuntu One Files
I downloaded the iPhone mobile app "Ubuntu One Files". I downloaded the files for offline view, but once I disconnect Wifi/3G network, the app does not show any files for offline view.
Is this the ...
