Questions tagged [data-synchronization]
The process of getting the same data on different devices and copying changes from the device you make the change on onto all the others
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How to sync iPhone Voice Memos to the Mac via USB without using iCloud?
I have no interest in iCloud for syncing sizeable data like Voice Memos. It is quickest for me to just connect my iPhone to my Mac via the USB cable and do my syncing that way.
Many changes have ...
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Podcast syncing via iCloud: Mark episodes as played/watched
I use iCloud to sync my podcast subscriptions across multiple devices (Macs, iPhone, Apple TV), and generally, it works: All my feeds and stations appear on all the devices. Also, the play position ...
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Always keep a local copy of some folders in the iCloud synced files
I keep almost everything synced with my iCloud drive. It removes from local storage the things I rarely use and I love the feature, however, there are a few folders which I would like to keep synced ...
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Contact sync woes with Google
I'm struggling to come up with a rational scheme for managing sync between my mac laptop, my iphone, and google. My corporate center is google apps, so I need to start with contacts from there. ...
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Q: How to configure Contacts.app with Google Contacts so that labels show up as contact groups?
I'm trying to get the Contacts app on MacOS Big Sur to display my Google contacts correctly. I have the account configured and the contacts themselves show up, but the Google contact tags (what Google ...
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How to solve Safari bookmarks syncing via iCloud problems
I have a 2018 MacBook Air running the latest non-beta Catalina (10.15.3 as of this writing).
For as long as I can remember, I have used Safari’s bookmark syncing via iCloud, and it has worked very ...
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mac os photos does not sync with icloud / Restoring from icloud stuck / afraid that deletion of photos on mac does not affect icloud
I try to get my overlarge photos library under control (currently ~220 GB on my SSD).
I am running Catalina 10.15.2 on a 2014 Macbook Pro.
Therefore I deleted a lot of videos and photos. Mainly ...
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App or method to automatically sync photos to webdav server (FileRun)
I'm looking for a way to automatically sync my photos to a self hosted webdav instance (in particular a FileRun instance, which is dav compatible).
I'd ideally not have to do anything, other than take ...
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iCloud Drive is always uploading and using resources
My device is MacBook Pro 15" (mid 2017), macOS 10.14.3 with iCloud storage optimisation turned on and Desktop and Documents folders stored in iCloud.
Recently I noticed bird and cloudd processes ...
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How to sync iPhone X that has never been synced before with iTunes without losing any of the data?
How do I access iPhone backups on my iPhone when I connect it to iTunes, when the only options are:
continue from backup, which is a backup of an iPhone I am still using, or
start as new iPhone?
I ...
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SafariBookmarksSyncAgent going nuts - filling hard drive space with log messages
How to turn off SafariBookmarksSyncAgent forever?
I have noticed my MacBooks pro hdd suddenly showing out of free space notifications (I have a bit more than 30Gb of free space) and after a while ...
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Syncing iPhone doesn't complete due to missing folder
Since recently my iPhone syncing to iTunes plays up with a dialog box saying
Attempting to copy to the disk "Macintosh HD" failed. The required folder cannot be found.
When I select the "OK" ...
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Combine data of two or more iPhones
I have multiples iOS devices - a 64 GB iPhone 6 Plus, a 128 GB iPhone 6 and a 128 iPhone 6 Plus.
I want to combine all the data on all these phones into a single iPhone.
By data, i mean Photos, Mail, ...
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How to restore my Mac Safari bookmarks and history after iCloud sync?
I have various Safari bookmarks on my iPhone. I got a new Mac laptop, and when I enabled iCloud on the Mac, all the bookmarks and history from my iPhone were copied over to my Mac. I did NOT want that....
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How does Google Photos work with Apple Photos?
I have my photos in Apple Photos (both on iOS and my Mac), synced with iCloud, and I'd like to keep things that way, but I'd also like to have all my photos available in Google Photos at the same time,...
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Can't enable iCloud Desktop Documents Sync in Sierra
Every time I try to enable iCloud Desktop and Documents Sync it spins the spinner for a while and it looks like the setting is enabled, but as soon as I reopen settings it is deselected.
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Is there a good solution for syncing photos between the Photos app and Amazon Cloud Drive?
Amazon Cloud Drive offers great pricing: Unlimited storage for $50 a year. Bundled with Amazon Cloud Drive (and with Amazon Prime) is a service that lets you make online photo albums, etc., which can ...
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Permanent fix to Prevent iPhone Voice memos being duplicated on every iTunes Sync
This is the only thread that came up:
Why is iTunes duplicating my Voice Memos?
It's out of date and does not provide a solution, hack or workaround if one exists
Neither does it say that this is ...
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Manually Sync iCloud Drive on OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Is it possible to manually update the iCloud Drive folder on OS X?
Sometimes the folder does not update for ~10-20 minutes after establishing a good internet connection, so I'm hoping that there is a ...
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Is it possible to sync iCloud contacts with Thunderbird's address book?
I would like to keep my iCloud addresses in sync with my Thunderbird address book. Is there a way to do this directly?
Currently I sync both with my Gmail contacts, but the results are not very ...
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Sync notes with Mac and iPhone
I have recently upgraded to Mountain Lion. I like the Notes application but my notes do not sync with iCloud. The Notes checkbox is checked under System Preferences as is my Calendar and Contacts.
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Setting up 2 MacOS partitions to use and back up the same shared Document partition
my question is similar to another question, but I need a different aspect of it that is not asked and answered there.
So I would like to access and backup my Documents folder from different MacOS ...
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iCloud Drive sync stuck
I ran into the exact same problem like some other people here. After clean-installing Monterey to my two machines yesterday (MacPro 6.1 and a MacBook Pro 15" Late 2015) my iCloud Drive got stuck ...
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Safari iCloud tab sync leaves a "phantom tab"
Mac (13.1) Safari tab sync popup accurately reflects the tabs on my iPhone (iOS 16.2) BUT always displays (brings back) the same phantom tab I visited a few months ago and haven't revisited. No amount ...
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Choose what to sync before turning on iCloud
I want to only sync reminders and notes with iCloud. But when I turn it on, every possible option is enabled already by default. And syncing starts immediately, because the device must be online to ...
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How to “sync” a laptop to an external hard drive if the hard drive is larger than the laptop drive?
I have what should be a really simple question but Google Search is failing me.
I have a lot of data (TBs) on Dropbox. My laptop hard drive has only 500 GB. For the last few years, I’ve been using the ...
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How to remove "ghost audiobooks" from Finder to iPhone synchronization list
Every time I sync my audiobooks via Finder with my iPhone I get a warning about some files missing. It's caused by 2 audiobooks which doesn't even exist anymore (probably had them in the past but not ...
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I am syncing my MacBook Pro OS 11.6 with my iPad 15.0.2. Music completes, but then it states "Reading Photos Library"
It has now been reading the photo library for 5 full days. I have only just 7,000 photos on the Mac. I have no photos on the iPad, because I deliberately cleaned up the iPad in the hope that after ...
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How to connect Ios15 device to macos Catalina after a failed software update
Last night i tried to connect my Iphone 13 pro(running iOS 15.0.0), to my macbook pro running MacOS Catalina(10.15.7). Realized I needed to do a update in order to connect the 2 devices. When the ...
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iCloud refusing to sync
I am currently struggling to get my MacBook Pro to sync my Documents & Data.
Here's what I tried:
Completely wiping my MacBook
Removing the CloudDocs folder
Restarting my Mac many times
Changing ...
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How do I prevent truncation of my Mac browser history and sync history between devices?
Recently something strange happened with my Safari browsing history. Suddenly one morning com.Apple.Safari.History started burning CPU and a zero-byte ClearHistoryInProgress file appeared in ~/Library/...
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How access files from macOS that are stored locally in the Files App on a iPadOS or iOS device
How can i access files from macOS (v10.14, v10.15.beta) that are stored locally on a iOS or iPadOS device via the File app and that are not uploaded to iCloud or other Cloud services and are not ...
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Use OneDrive and iCloud Drive to back up the same source
I have OneDrive on my Mac because I want to have full interaction and integration with Office 365. The downside to this is that anything backed up into OneDrive will not back up into iCloud.
Is there ...
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Does iOS 9 Notes no longer sync with more recent versions of iOS/Mac OS
I have an old iPad running iOS 9.3.5 (the latest version that the hardware will support). I also use an iPhone (iOS 12.2) an iMac (High Sierra) and a MacBook Pro (also High Sierra).
Notes sync ...
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Why does iTunes stick on "Waiting for sync to start" when using WiFi sync?
Sometimes I get "Looking for iPhone" and then a silent failure. Sometimes it finds the iPhone and sticks on "Waiting for sync to start" long enough (more than 10 minutes) that I forget and/or try to ...
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Smart playlist (iTunes) doesn't completely sync to iPhone
I recently noticed that somehow, a smart playlist of mine which contains 700+ titles doesn't show all of them on my iPhone 7. I tried to delete it on both my mac and my iPhone, but it doesn't seem to ...
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Selective download iCloud Drive on iOS
I updated my iCloud Storage to 200GB and I planned to put all my important files from my macbook pro into the iCloud. Unfortunately there is no such thing as the selective sync feature in Dropbox.
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How to synchronize threads in Messages on Mac and iPhone?
I actually receive iMessages on a Mac and an iPhone, and I could say that they are correctly synchronized on reception.
Now from time to time, as everybody I have a huge volume of old iMessages
to ...
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IPad won't sync
I have iOS 9.3.4 and sync to windows 10. iTunes will no longer recognize my iPad or iPhone. I plug in the cord, the iPad dings and charges but does not show up as a device in iTunes. I have ...
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iTunes synching of played podcast episodes between OS X and Windows 7
I've got iTunes (always latest version so currently 12.2) installed on both, my Mac at home and my work PC running Windows 7.
Having both iTunes apps synched to the same account was always a great to ...
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How to sync new songs from a new laptop using iTunes v11.04?
I had an older laptop (Windows 7) with which i used to synchronize my songs on to iPod Nano using the iTunes v10.0. But recently I have shifted to a newer laptop with (Windows8.1)
I have the setting ...
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Only First Track Played on iPhone gets updated to iTunes Playlist
I've searched and found issues similar to mine, but not exact.
I've got an iPhone 5 running iOS 7.1.
I've got two Macs:
Work: Macbook Pro running 10.9.2 with iTunes 11.1.5
Home: iMac also running 10....
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How to sync 2 hard drives without being connected to them at the same time?
Set-up:
1 external hard drive at work
1 external hard drive at home
Macbook that travels between work and home
Hard drive contains iTunes Music Library that I like to have synced between home and ...
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iPhone 4s and iCloud only partially syncing
I'm having trouble syncing -- my iCloud and iPhone 4s (running iOS 5.1.1) only partially sync with one another. I.e., new entries sync, as do changes to contacts that appear in both. BUT… I have ...
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iTunes won't sync MP4s to iPod
I have iTunes 11.0.2.
For the first time ever I have downloaded some MP4s from YouTube - the ones that say share with anyone and everyone if you can, so I thought I would.
I was able to upload or ...
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Network folder sync tool with intuitive subfolder selection?
I have 100GB+ of data (photos, music etc) on a network share, but due to the small disk size (128GB SSD) on my Macbook Pro, I'd like to have a local copy of a small selection of it, and easily manage ...
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iPhone 4S intermittently disconnects/reconnects when plugged into computer, but not into wall
This is a really bizarre problem. I'm using a MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion and an iPhone 4S, both with the latest updates. I'm using the bundled Apple cord. When I plug it into the wall charger, ...
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iCloud seems to delete Notes taken on my Mac when offline
I have just set up the Notes.app on my MBP (Running OSX 10.8.2) to link up with my iCloud account so that I could begin working with synchronised notes.
I make a lot of notes while I am out and about ...
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Podcast Apps Syncing Account
As you know, Apple's own podcast app started syncing podcast subscriptions and their metadata through the air. But it seems that the app automatically uses the Apple account designated for store ...
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Is it possible to sync my Gmail contacts with my Google Apps account?
I have had a Gmail account for as many years as they've been available, but recently I've moved to use my own domain name with Google Apps. So now I have a Gmail account and a Google Apps account.
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