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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How to sync / update a folder and down-scale / down-sample files on-the-fly? [closed]
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I would like to sync / update all files and folders from a source folder to a target folder with the following additional requirements:
apply a script on certain file types at target when files ...
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Cannot sign into Chrome browser
Just did a clean installation of Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on my new ASUS TUF A15 laptop. I am simply unable to sign into the Chrome browser or sync bookmarks, etc. Very annoying. the directions state to click ...
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Ubuntu laptop not getting complaint with Intune portal
I've encountered an issue with some Ubuntu laptops. These laptops have automatically stopped syncing with Intune (company portal). This seems to be related to a known issue between Microsoft and ...
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Evolution/Gnome Calendar sync manually with enabled power safe mode
I would like to sync my CalDAV calender using Evolution/Gnome calendar. The problem is, I usually have the power safe mode enabled, so downloading of data is disabled even if I manually try to sync ...
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Date is not correct in Ubuntu 20.04 (Chrony is not synchronised)
Now I find the time of date is not correct:
root@hobot:~# date
Wed 01 Apr 2020 06:04:21 PM UTC
I tried to check the status of chronyd. It is ok and it has some available source. But chronyd doesn't ...
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Ideal OneDrive client for syncing save data/small files, without fully downloading everything
I'm looking to sync game saves from yuzu (as well as other stuff like ssh configs etc.) between multiple OSes/Devices using OneDrive.
Namely I would need to sync Windows, Ubuntu, as well as Steam OS (...
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Dropbox stopped syncing automatically
I am using Dropbox to sync my files on Ubuntu 20.04.6. Everything was working fine until about a week or so: my files are not synced anymore. If I pause syncing using the system icon at the top of the ...
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How to sync epub reading progress in Foliate ebook reader across different computers?
I use Foliate ebook reader to read epubs. My books are stored in the same directory structure across different computers (including same partition mount point). I want to sync my reading progress. How ...
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Using phpize without installing php-dev
I am developing a PHP application that uses the Sync extension.
On the development server, I installed Sync through PECL, with the command sudo pecl install sync. When I tried to bring the application ...
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Syncing Audio and Video Streams with FFmpeg to Resolve Timestamp Differences
I've encountered an issue with a video file where the audio and visual streams are out of sync. After some research, I've learned that this might be due to timestamp differences between the two ...
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How to sync PDF reading progress between several computers?
I have several computers where my books and documents are stored in identical file structure. I sync these books with Dropbox (at most the parent folder where Dropbox is located is different, but I ...
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WebDav desktop sync tool similar to the OwnCloud / NextCloud desktop sync app?
I have been searching like crazy and can't find anything that works automatically and bi-directionally. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I am able to reach my WebDav server using the the dolphin ...
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Note taking app with Rich Text Editor (RTE) and cloud sync
I am recently migrated to Linux systems. While I get most of software alternatives I miss OneNote and Evernote kind of note taking apps. I found many open source apps but none of them having rich text ...
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Can I install chromium on windows and transfer bookmarks in my chromium to google chrome or FireFox?
I had Ubuntu 20.04 on a laptop and had some bookmarks on chromium. Now I want to know how can I get those bookmarks on a windows laptop? I have google chrome and also FireFox on my windows laptop, but ...
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Can I add a cloud service to Ubuntu Online Accounts?
Ubuntu offers connection and synchronisation to a very limited set of online cloud services, such as Google, Next cloud and a few others. My question is, can a new service be added to this predefined ...
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How to sync To Do app in Ubuntu Laptop and Desktop?
How to sync To Do app in Ubuntu 22.04 Laptop and Desktop?
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How to get absolute system time in tcpdump output from interface in monitor mode?
I'm using Ubuntu 22.10 with a wireless interface (Netgear AXE3000, driver mt7921u) in monitor mode, capturing packets with tcpdump (since airodump-ng does not capture the radiotap header).
I start the ...
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Sync Software and Config files across multiple Machines
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I currently use both a desktop and a laptop which both require WSL to be run on them.
Often times I install something at school and have to manually redo it at home.
Optimally I could also ...
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System clock not synchronized but NTP service is active
I am unable to get a "yes" for "System clock synchronized" on my VPS (Ubuntu 22.04). The NTP service is active. I already tried sudo timedatectl set-ntp on but this only activates ...
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How to keep two folders synched?
I have a dual boot system (Windows + Ubuntu), I would like to keep two folders synchronized from the two different partitions. I searched and found that It can be made using rsync or robocopy, but I ...
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keep two folders synced between two partitions on the same PC - Dual Boot (Windows, Linux)
So I have a dual boot system, Windows 10 and Linux (Ubuntu).
I need a solution to keep some folders completely synced between the two partitions.
I normally use Syncthing to keep files synced between ...
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Time sync problem after running Windows after exiting from Ubuntu [duplicate]
After using Ubuntu 22.10 and I restart the PC I run windows 10. The time shown is different from the current time. Hence every time I come to Windows from Ubuntu I have to manually change the time. ...
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Backup and synchronizinf Gdrive
Since I am a control freak, I like to have a copy of my professional google drive (I don't keep any confidential file on it) on on my desktop and laptop that I update daily using FreeFileSync. I also ...
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OneDrive service keeps stopping on Ubuntu on Raspberry Pi
I have installed a OneDrive client onedrive v2.4.22-1+np1 (https://github.com/abraunegg/onedrive) on an Ubuntu server (Ubuntu 22.04.1) which is running on a Raspberry Pi 4.
After installation I have ...
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How to make Thunderbird mail sync in background without opening the app
How can I make thundermail sync E-mail in the background and notify of new e-mails as they arrive? Applications like Evolution have a background service that allows it to sync email even when the app ...
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How to fix onedrive regularly stopping to download files
I have installed the onedrive package in my Ubuntu Server 20.04 environment. Now I want to do an initial download of all my OneDrive files (almost 1 TB) using
onedrive --synchronize --download-only -v ...
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How to save folder state so that I can monitor changes in it
I have a folder with 5000 ~10mb files, I need something that would save something like list of all files and preferably their hashes so that it can track file changes/renames, and then later compare ...
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Ubuntu LTS Desktop - How can I configure complete synchronisation between two desktop computers. Applications, Settings, Files and folders?
I need to set a realtime synchronisation between 2 or 3 Ubuntu LTS Desktops.
All applications, all files and folders, all setting, all changes in a real time. And if somebody, makes changes of one of ...
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Backup of ubuntu 22.04 LTS to onedrive
I have a query regarding the setup of the backup of my Ubuntu on OneDrive. Is there any way to backup Ubuntu to OneDrive automatically at regular intervals?
When I opened the backup app from the ...
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No time synchronization on Ubuntu 20.04
the time-synchronization does not work on my Ubuntu 20.04 (it always shows a time two hours ahead of the actual time). I have tried to follow the hints here and here but without success.
I have ...
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I manually changed the time in the GUI. Now, my system clock is not synchronized. How can I fix this?
As the title says, my system clock is not synchronized. This is problematic since I need to update my software, and I continue to receive errors such as "Release file ... is not valid yet." ...
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Use the same path for windows and ubuntu google drive?
So I just set up Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my XPS 9500 next to Windows. Everything working fine. Next, I tried to access the Google Drive files on my Windows partition, which also works fine. Of course, ...
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Synchronization issues with Google Accounts and Gnome Online Accounts
I'm currently GNOME 42.1 Ubuntu 22.04. I added Google account via the "Gnome Online Accounts". I can access GDrive but Calendars Contacts and Mail aren't synchronized. What can I do to make ...
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Chrome and Chrome Beta crash when synced - Segmentation fault (core dumped)
After I turn profile sync on, Chrome crashes a few seconds after being started. Happens on Chrome - Version 102.0.5005.61 (Official Build) (64-bit), and Chrome Beta - Version 103.0.5060.24 (Official ...
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How can I sync Passwords and keys data between two Ubuntu PCs?
I have an office and a personal PC, and I want to sync my "passwords and key" data between these two PCs.
Right now, I am using MEGAsync to sync ~/.gnupg & ~/.local/share/keyrings but it'...
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Nautilus keeps crashing in 22.04
I recently updated to Ubuntu 22.04.
Also I use a software called PowerFolder Sync and Share to synchronize some folders between my computers (I'm not sure whether this is related to the problem).
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How to install MEGAsync client on ubuntu 22.04
is there a way to install the current MEGAsync desktop client on ubuntu 22.04?
they offer megasync-xUbuntu_18.04_amd64.deb as the most recent version.
when i try to install it i get:
$ sudo dpkg -i ...
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How to sync pdf highlights between iphone and linux?
Currently, I'm using Okular for highlighting PDFs, but it doesn't have a feature for syncing between different devices. I tried to download adobe and it seems that the only available version is the ...
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Does Evolution+OpenSync have Calendar+Contacts+Notes and cloudless sync with iPhone+Android?
I've been a solid Windows laptop person since I bought my first computer 2 decades ago. I would like to move to Ubuntu, since Windows is getting slower and slower despite laptops getting more ...
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How to keep synchronized in real time two Ubuntu installations?
I'm looking for the better tool /method / technique that can help me to keep synchronized in real time two Ubuntu installations. I want that every change I make to one of them will be immediately ...
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How to configure onedrive to sync Business shared folders
I'm quite new to Linux, and have been trying this client to sync OneDrive files. It initially works for personal files, but not for shared folders. I believe I need to configure this functionality as ...
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How can I change the Dropbox folder location using only the command line/remote access?
I have Dropbox installed on a remote machine which I can only access via command line. The Dropbox folder installs by default to ~/, which is on a low-capacity SSD that holds my OS and programs. I ...
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bypassing the unison GUI
I use unison on a number of machines, all running ubuntu 20.04. For some baffling reason, one morning two of these machines starting opening a GUI whenever I did a file transfer. The other ...
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Two way synch from Desktop to (ReadyNas) network drive
I am trying to make my documents folder synchronise with my ReadyNas network drive.
Currently, I am already synchronising my Windows Laptop's Documents folder with the network drive on my ReadyNas via ...
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gNote Ignoring Directory Sync After Fresh Reinstallation of Ubuntu
According to the good folks over at gnome, the default and only version of gnote available for Ubuntu 20.04 is gnote 3.36.0. And it is too old for them to provide support for, therefore the ubuntu ...
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Nextcloud : Changes In Synchronized Folders Not Being Tracked Reliably
I use nextcloud-desktop (version 3.3.6) from ppa:nextcloud-devs/client repositories on Ubuntu 20.04.
Every time I start the software, the notification about “Changes In Synchronized Folders Not Being ...
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How to know that the chrony works well to synchronize timestamps on two computers?
I used the chrony to synchronize timestamps on two computers.
The robot's computer is a master and the workstation's computer is a client.
All I did, I follow the question's answer here after ...
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Is there a way to speed up the uploading/downloading of many small files using onedrive-abraunegg?
I recently switched to Linux from Windows and I've been having issues synchronizing my OneDrive. Although the onedrive-abraunegg program is really cool and I'm really happy using it, it has a small ...
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command to retrieve which processes are launched at boot time in linux
I am working on a sync server. I'd like to retrieve which processes are launched at boot time. I have tried systemctl list-unit-files --type=service
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Ubuntu 20.04 with Gnote sync with Rainy or Grauphel Nextcloud app
After the Tomboy Ubuntu application was discontinued there is Gnote as replacement. But it lacks the api synchronization service (yet?) which was present in 18.04 Tomboy. This I used with the ...
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