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File Synchronization refers to reflecting changes from a set of files to the same set of files in another location. Synchronization can also be applied to contacts, music, or other data.

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I am running unison version 2.53.2 (ocaml 4.13.1) on each of two systems. One is Raspbian (Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)) and the other is Ubuntu (Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS). It may be important to note ...
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My organisation uses a OneDrive where we sync the folders we work out of to our local computer. Multiple people work out of the same parent folder with sub-folders for different projects. It's ...
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I’m researching to see whether or not it’s possible to have two Excel tabs sync automatically and have the data ordered differently on both tabs. Tab 1 is a mass casualty call list where all of our ...
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I’ve been using Apple Notes for shared notes at work because it syncs easily across Macs, iPhones, and iPads. However, I’m running into limitations: Once a note is shared, anyone in the company can ...
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After the recent Dropbox-for-Windows CloudFiles update, my system force-migrated without warning and started converting many of my fully-local files to cloud-only. This caused ~10GB of local files to ...
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I start a sync run with Thunderbird on my IMAP account (at GMX) in order for all mails to be available on my local network share. To this end I compact all folders toggle "Keep messages in all ...
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There are several answers to this question but none seem to reflect my problem. I have recently installed Thunderbird on a new Laptop, I have copied the profile and I can see everything on the new ...
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On macOS, if I have a 10GB file and create a copy, APFS uses cloning so the total disk space used is still only ~10GB. If I then use rsync -a to sync this directory to another APFS-formatted external ...
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I use Unison to sync files between my SSD (exFAT volume) and my Linux machine, but it does not work when I modify the files in my SSD when mounted to my MacBook. Here is my profile: path = Desktop ...
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I’m facing a recurring issue with my outlook. Every 7 to 10 days, Outlook suddenly deletes the previously synchronized emails from my inbox and starts syncing the entire mailbox again from scratch. I'...
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I have a copy of my old iTunes data, including the itdb, xml, and itl files. I have existing playlists and files that contain the music. I would like to transfer all of that data with no loss onto the ...
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I have a series of videos with the audio going at the wrong speed and not starting in the correct place. I have identified the times of audioA and videoA and audioB and videoB. I think I understand ...
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I was trying to troubleshoot a program, which ended with me breaking it in a way so that it is unable to start at all. The program is dependent on being synchronized with microsoft teams. However it ...
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Does Telegram take contacts from other apps on the device? Because I recently received a notification stating that a person I know has just joined telegram. This person is not stored in my phone ...
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Finally. I think I understand how symlinks might be used to exclude folders from backup. But is my situation an exception? I'm using Google Drive (B&S) to backup My Documents by default. I have ...
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