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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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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NTP synchronization
I am using chrony as the NTP.
Timedatectl shows that my NTP is not synchronized.
With "chronyc tracking", it shows not synchronized.
With "chronyc sources -v", it shows the sources not reachable.
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Dropbox won't sync on Ubuntu 18.04
I have tried every solution I can find by googling, so I'm resorting to posting a question. If this has been solved, please point me to the solution because I can't find it.
I am running Ubuntu 18.04 ...
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Syncing Onedrive personal and work accounts Simultaneously
I have a personal and work account in Onedrive. I have successfully run my personal account using the Onedrive free client but couldn't run multiple accounts. I tried several methods but to no success....
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Bidirectional Syncing with Android using Unison and MTP
I'm currently trying to sync bidirectionally some folders of my PC (Ubuntu 18.04) with my Smartphone (Fairphone 3, Android 9) via MTP using Unison. I thought that this should be pretty easy, but it ...
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Can Microsoft OneNote be executed on Ubuntu?
I don't have an Ubuntu machine available now and this question is not very much on a problem to solve but is kind of a follow up to a question I have asked on Software Recommendations SE by which I ...
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Syncing folders shared by others in Onedrive Business
I've tried to sync a folder shared with me for a while and using different software, but it is just not working.
Onedrived
I don't have the output anymore, but it gave me segmentation faults when ...
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How to create a personal failover laptop?
This question sounds a tad vague but I'll lay it out rather clearly with some requirements:
Each laptop should contain the same files in the home folder.
User accounts should be identical.
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How to synchronize subtitles with Subtitle Composer?
I know how to do that with Gnome Subtitles:
opening the subtitle and the video
pausing video when the proper subtitle line is selected
adding a sync point at the beginning and at the end
This ...
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iTunes to synchronize ipod shuffle
I am a beginner of ubuntu 18.04 and I would like to synchronize music from my pc to my iPod shuffle
Is there an alternative to iTunes via wine to transfer music-files pc to the ipod?
I tested the ...
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Syncing Evolution without needing gmail?
I'm using Ubuntu and want to reduce my Google & Microsoft footprint.
Use Evolution for email, contacts and calendar. Contacts and calendar being synced to laptop and android phone via gmail.
How ...
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How to automatically sync files between local folder and Dropbox folder?
I'm trying to set up a sort of DIY cloud-saves system for a game on Ubuntu so that I could share saves for a game between 2 systems, using Dropbox. The intended result is for the saves to ...
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Ubuntu Server - Synchronize Dropbox with no logged user
Intalled dropbox from https://www.dropbox.com/en/install-linux and downloaded the Python script.
Then configured my account and it works ok.
My goal is to have dropbox uploading new files created on ...
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How to check programmatically if systemd-timesyncd has synced successfully
Is it possible to programmatically know if systemd-timesyncd;
Can access to the NTP servers?
Has synced the system time with the server?
The reason is I have an application depends on precise time ...
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OneDrive selective sync top level files
Is there a way to setup selective OneDrive sync to include files at the root of my OneDrive? My sync_list file looks like this (but root files are not copied down):
FolderA
FolderB
FolderC
I've ...
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Thunderbird Lightning - Google Calendar : Synchronization issues
Ubuntu 18.04.2 - 64bit,
Thunderbird 60.9.0,
Lightning calendar 6.2.9,
Provider for Google Calendar 4.4.2,
When adding a event in calendar using Google it appears in Lightning after hitting the ...
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Is there an alternative to the "sync" option of mount when mounting an external USB HDD?
I have an Ubuntu 18.04 laptop that I connect to a docking hub with an external usb hard drive also attached to the hub. If I mount my external usb hard drive with sync then I get transfer speeds of ...
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Get ntp offset between local machine and ntp-server
Using Ubuntu 18.04.3 I am unable to get information about the NTP offset using timedatectl timesync-status as I get a Unknown operation timesync-status prompt.
Checking the service state with ...
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Why is Lubuntu 18 not writing to my iPod over Rhythmbox any more?
I used Rhythmbox for years to manage my music for my iPod classic. It stopped working with Lubuntu 18 (like lots of other stuff is different now). The iPod appears in Rhythmbox and data is readable ...
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New files on Android shows 0 bytes in mounted folder
I have an Android device semi-permanently attached to a ubuntu computer. The Android device is semi-permanently taking videos.
New video files show up about every 2 minutes in the mounted folder, ...
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Sync icon in every file or folder after uninstall overgrive
I need to know how to find the script or directive which add a "sync" icon in every file and folder I synced with overgrive. After I uninstalled overgrive, the icons remain.
I want to delete that ...
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Google Chrome does not sync passwords
I have a problem with syncing passwords with Google Chrome.
Whenever I save a password in Chrome, it just saves it locally. If I have previously saved the password on Google password manager in the ...
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Onedrive authrization link not opening from Ubuntu 19.04 terminal
After installing Onedrive and running it it showed me the authorization link which opens in browser, when I click on the link nothing happens. It doesn't take me anywhere and when I copy the link into ...
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sudo ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd not working on cron job
I have used this command directly with the command line and it working fine.
sudo ~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd
But when I set it to run each minute with cronjob nothing happens.
my crontab file
# m h ...
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GNOME To Do doesn't sync with Google calendar anymore
I've been using the GNOME To Do app on Ubuntu for a while now on several machines, and it worked without much effort.
However, recently I noticed that changes are not synced anymore. If I make a ...
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Is using a Google Drive client together with a sync tool a good or bad idea?
I have an employer-provided Google Drive account with almost 1 TB of data on. Basically everything I work on is on the Google Drive. It functions as a sort of live backup. Also, I'm running Ubuntu.
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How to continuously sync a folder between two Ubuntu servers?
I have two servers which are going to host two instances of a load-balanced app. Users can upload photos to /photos folder on either of the servers.
So the question is how to sync the two servers so ...
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Root protected synced directories
I recently synced a directory on my file system with my OneDrive account, using onedrived. The program itself functions correctly, but when the files are delivered to my pc I can't access the files or ...
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What is the best way to synch One Drive business folder to Ubuntu 18.04?
I am looking for a way to sync my One Drive (business) onto my computer with the OS Ubuntu 18.04. I have seen a few unofficial packages like onedrive-D that do not support the business version and ...
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Accessing other computers synced through Google Drive from Ubuntu 18.04
I have a Ubuntu desktop and a Macbook Air. I use the Google Drive mac app (Backup and Sync) to sync everything on my laptop. I can access it from my phone, I can access it from a browser etc.
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Live backup solutions for Ubuntu? Preferably to Google Drive? [duplicate]
In my company, we use Windows. All work (all!) is done in Google Drive, since Google made a synchronization tool for Windows called Google Drive Backup and Sync. Everything is saved there, all the ...
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Need syncing cloud storage that works across Linux, Windows, some Android
Until recently, I used Dropbox as my cloud storage, which worked awesome across Windows, Android, and Ubuntu, where I saved all my research and could access pretty much anywhere. But now Dropbox for ...
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Is there a genealogy program on Ubuntu that will **synchronize** with Ancestry.com?
I know there are a number of genealogy programs / options, I am looking to see if anyone has had any success / pointers into something that can synchronize with Ancestry... either FTM2017 or ...
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incremental backup of a single file
what I want to do is backing up a single text style file in a incremental way. the file is very big (>5gb) and changes daily in a way, that extra information is added to the end of the file. I want to ...
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Ipod Classic 160g not showing music after sync with Rythmbox running Ubuntu 18.04
I have an Ipod classic, running Ubuntu 18.04. I have formatted the Ipod, synced it in Rythmbox and can see the playlist and can play the playlist in Rythmbox, but when unplugging it, there is no music ...
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systemd-timesyncd service is running in idle and doesn't synchronize time
I'm trying to synchronize time on my Intel NUC that is running Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS with an NTP server that is running on a Windows PC.
I already checked that the NTP server is running correctly.
It ...
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Linux installed on USB disk, can data be lost during shutdown?
I was observing the use of the sync command and I have read that this command makes sure that anything in memory is written to disk.
As I was thinking of installing Ubuntu on a removable disk (USB) I ...
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Unison - how to make it sync automatically (bidirectional)
I have a folder music on my HDD and folder Music in external HDD. I want these 2 folders to be synced (ie if I add/remove/edit something in one folder, the changes immediately reflects in another).
I ...
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Where is the dropox icon hiding?
Dropbox is running, and syncing, but it is complaining that I need to move the sync location. I set up a suitable folder but I have to get my little mouse arrow on the tray icon to tell dropbox where ...
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Note taking software with Android sync
I am looking for some notetaking software that has a tree structure in the management of notes and folders. That is, I look for a software that can create multiple notes within a database file. Where ...
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Google Account in Online Accounts is blank from the start in Ubuntu 18.10
Blank Google Window-ImageI've read threads about how after people type in their email and password, if they have 2 step verification, have a blank window when getting to the verification window. ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 time stops syncing timedatectl fails to query server, but timesyncd is active
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See updates below.
I'm hoping I can get some assistance working through an issue I've been having on my Ubuntu server. I'm running the desktop version of 16.04 as a server and ...
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error time desync with timedatectl
On server 18.04 I am having repeated sync errors detected by the small script and displayed here what is causing me big problems with some applications who has any idea of what can cause them? Thanks ...
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Firefox not syncing properly on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
I just installed Ubuntu 18.04 this morning.
I usually set my browser up when I'm on a new Operating System. So I open Firefox version 62.0.3 and sign in successfully. However, only my ad-blocker and ...
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Google calendar reminders not imported in thunderbird
I have thunderbird with the lightning and the google calendar extension. It works almost perfect, which means that the tasks and events are imported correctly, the calendars synchronizes properly and ...
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Kernel Panic - Not Syncing : Attempted to Kill init?
After I removed my RAM, I got the following error:
Kernel Panic - Not Syncing : Attempted to Kill init !
So I checked it a lot of times and it's working, but my Windows can't login and shows me a ...
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Ubuntu active directory like login
In a configuration of various users and machines is it possible to sync or do something similar to windows domain accounts where every user can login on every machine with the same domain login? ...
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Equivalent of `/etc/init/` folder for non admin users?
We have a cluster where I run some simulations. I want automatically sync the results between multiple computers so I decided to use syncthing.
I'm trying to follow this tutorial setting up syncthing ...
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Is there a way to sync only some certain folders from OneDrive?
I tried this guide https://medium.com/@glmdev/onedrive-sync-for-linux-ubuntu-2bcbf6777ee4
, installed onedrived and it worked fine.
But it seems like onedrived can only sync the whole OneDrive root ...
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