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I'm trying to sync save files for games but it won't cooperate.
I wanted to reset everything to solve some errors but I can't find a flatpak instructions for doing that.
Furthermore, I think it's worth pointing out that I couldn't find syncthing on flathub without some added things and currently I'm using the package "syncthingy"
I have a Win desktop, a steam deck, a Macbook all syncing files with a Android phone as a central device (master) that I never turn off, I prefer this "hub" architecture to make things simpler and more organize instead mesh architecture. I works fine but would be better if I have a lightweight 24/7 cloud VM linux running to host Syncthing as a central device, any suggestion of a free solution for that?
Hello, I have set up Syncthing on my iPhone, Windows computer and MacBook. Starting on the MacBook only works if I enter "sudo /Applications/Syncthing.app/Contents/MacOS/Syncthing" in the terminal. When using on the web interface, I get the message "Syncthing should not run as a privileged or system user. Please consider using a normal user account." - I just can't find a proper way to start the application. And I look forward to support.
I have a 256gb S22+ and a 32gb pixel which I use for photo uploads.
My setup is my S22 is set to send only to the pixel and the S22 has google photos backup disabled. Pixel is receive only and it has google photos back up enabled. It has worked perfectly the last few years. I periodically turn on the pixel, sync over. When the pixel runs out of space I do the free up space option on the pixel and it deleted the local storage on that device.
The cross road I'm about to hit is my S22 is running out of space. I tried to research this but had trouble finding an answer.
What I'm looking to do is the free up space on the Samsung.
Both phones reference the same google account and when I sync to the pixel and let the pixel upload, from the S22, the photos I just send over get the little backed up cloud check box icon on the photo. I see that symbol if I look at google photos on both phones.
Will free up space work the same and delete everything from the Samsung and not screw up photos already uploaded? Back up is off on the S22 but it knows when the pixel has done it's upload. Has anyone tried this?
I am trying to sync save data between windows gaming laptop and Steamdeck emulators (with save data pathways automatically created by EmuDeck). This seems to work great for emulators that save steamdeck data directly onto my Micro SD card (like duckstation using "/run/media/deck/MY SD CARD/Emulation/saves/duckstation/saves/" but it never seems to work on emulators that store the save data directly on my steam deck (like PPSSPP using "/home/deck/.var/app/org.ppsspp.PPSSPP/config/ppsspp/PSP/SAVEDATA/").
I get an error in syncthing about errors with mkdir and saying a folder already exists. Is this a permissions thing? Anything I can override in command prompt? I tried copying the .stfolder from windows over to the desired spot on steam deck but that didn't work.
Has anyone had success getting syncthing to work in these scenarios? Dolphin emulator is another one that saves to this home/deck/.var spot and it has same issue. Is it something about the period in front of var?
UPDATE: I found the solution on the SyncThing forum below. This worked for me perfectly and was very easy.
https://forum.syncthing.net/t/steamdeck-no-stfolder-when-creating-folders-with-in-var/20349
Had syncthing on old phone, with no issues, then got a new one, transferred the configs of syncthing and it will backup new photos but wont send old photos from syncthing to the new phone. Im new to syncthing, so any help is apprciated. Just to note, the server's backup of the phones DCIM is labeled as "MUM DCIM" (yes, this is for my mum, she got a new phone) witch points to DCIM on the phone. Any other setup im missing? Any help is appriciated!!
I'm using Syncthing to backup a folder full of movies from my TrueNAS server to a USB drive on a Raspberry Pi over a network. The movies folder is now bigger than the USB drive so the backup has obviously failed. I don't really want to split my movies into 2 folders just to satisfy my backups requirement as this will cause issues for all the apps that access them.
Instead, is it possible to somehow set up 2 sync's of the same Movies folder in Syncthing, one of which only looks at folders A to M, and the other to only look at folders N to Z? That way, I would be able to sync 1 set to USB drive A and the other set to USB drive B. Does this make sense?
I have a feeling the answer will be a resounding No, but, can anyone suggest a better way to achieve what I am after?
FYI, I don't want to span across multiple USB drives as I want each of them to be independently readable on my laptop if I ever need access to the files on them.
TIA
Looking for automating either of the following:
Only launch Syncthing once when I connect to a specific Wifi Network.
Once the sync is over, the app should not again run till the next day.
Rest of the time, Syncthing should not be running in the backgrund.
Is there any humble soul who can guide to make this happen?
(I saw few posts but those were very old and not relevant now)
Hello !
I've had some problems with some services and i'd like to better take care of my media on phones/tablet .
I am looking for a tool , to automate the following process :
Backup manually/auto from android phone/tablet folders ( camera/whatsapp/voice recordings/downloads etc ) to my personal pc , and then to 2-3 usb drives just to be safe .
I am curently trying syncthing fork and syncthing on pc ( with ignore deletes setup on my pc so as to not delete the files from my pc when deleted from phone/tablet ) but from what i saw i need another app to sync from pc to usb drives .
Is there one tool to rule them all and in the darkness bind them ? Thank you very much !
Hello. Does anyone have any experience setting this up on an RG cube? Seeing it's an android device, I'm expecting a lot of battery drainage. My goal is to have several devices connected to a pi host but most of the ones I have are Linux based systems, this would be the first android.
The screenshot shows how the CPU spikes coincide with outbound network traffic spikes. CPU activity and IOWAIT both spike heavily every few seconds. Running top from the console shows shfs and syncthing are the culprits of the spikes during these times.
I am using Syncthing to sync folders between my UnRAID server and a TrueNAS box used for backup. Among these folders is my music folder containing roughly 7TB of audio files, mostly FLAC.
At first I thought this was an issue with small files, since they read and write slowly, especially on spinning disks. but my photo and video folders are 5TB worth of files, most of which are smaller than these FLACs, and they send steadily at relatively fast speeds. I transferred a 26TB folder faster than the 7TB of music is taking, and with a lot less CPU usage. I have tinkered with every setting I can find related to I/O in Syncthing, and have even switched to a different Docker container (binhex and linuxserver images both have the identical problem, and only on this folder)
I pulled 100GB worth of the same folder to my Windows PC via SMB and it transferred over the network at disk speed.
Ideas? Thanks in advance for your input!
I know it says 0B/s but I have WIFI. Is there something I would need to do on my wifi to allow syncthing to work?
Follow up question, if I am on school wifi, am I out of luck? Thanks
edit for more clarity: I'm running syncthing on a windows 11 laptop and a steam deck (arch linux). I have the latest version on both and it was syncing fine as of yesterday.
--Edit: meant PHONE in title.
I want to add my girlfriend's phone to my Syncthing chain so she can have her photo's/videos backed up, but if she deletes them off her phone (to save space), it doesn't effect the Syncthing files that I have on my end.
Can Syncthing do this, and if so how would I go about doing this?
Mum got a new phone, all pictures on a syncthing server (in/at home) we imported the baack up files and it wont download here old photos. I'm new to sync thing, so any help would be appreciated!!
Hello, I installed syncthing on windows 10 and when I installed it it asked if I wanted it to start at startup windows, I put no.
I have changed my mind and want it to start with windows, but I cannot find the setting for this.
Any help anyone?
i did something a bit stupid and asking for help 😭
so a week ago i updated my samsung tablet from oneui5 to 6. but i was worried it could effect the files i sync between my tablet, phone (also samsung, still oneui5) and windows laptop. but i did the smart(?) thing: i paused syncing on my tablet and i copied the folder to somewhere else first so i wouldnt lose data.
but heres where the stupidity comes in. after updating, i forgot i paused the syncing, so when i saw the files were fine i thought the update to to oneui6 luckily has no effect on syncthing and moved on and forgot about this.
which comes to today. i was syncing some stuff from my laptop when i noticed my tablet was showing up as disconnected. i remembered i pasued the syncing but forgot why, so i stupidly unpaused it without duplicating/backup the folder first.
and then it gets more stupid. i saw the syncing was stuck at 99% for ages so i checked my tablet and there was a popup saying something like "override changes". ive been using syncthing for a few years so i was too confident to google what it meant and thought that it meant the newer files from my phone/laptop would override the older files on my tablet. so i clicked the button.
it turns out theres a glitch on newer android? where folders are set to "send only" with no way to change to "send and recieve" as i understand it? so after the update to oneui6 my tablet was send only and when i clicked the override it deleted all the new files on my other devices. i still have that backup i made a week ago, but that doesnt have the newer files i lost.
so my question is if there is any way to recover these files? im assuming not from what i googled but if there is a way please tell me 😭🙏 (i read that a fork of syncthing can solve this glitch so ive paused syncing on all my devices and ill set that up ASAP but obviously that isnt going to recover my files, just hopefully prevent this from happening again)
sorry for bad english. it is my first and only language, but as you can tell i am very stupid.
I download and file my music on my S23 Ultra, I then use Syncthing to mirror my phone.
Question relates to wanting to free up space on my phone (1tb) however keep the songs on my synology (16tb).
How do I delete the files on my phone however ensure they remain on my Synology
Many thanks!
How do they compare?
How can i change the data folder during the setup of the docker container on my qnap nas?
Now i think its in /var/syncthing and i cannot access that folder from the SMB shares that i share from my qnap.
Do i need to uninstall it again, and install it again?
I was trying some config options to start Syncthing automatically during boot of my Linux box. However, I set it up incorrectly.
Currently, Syncthing is starting up when I putty to that machine - otherwise, the web interface is offline. And simply connecting is enough - so I suspect it is starting automatically with user session, rather than with the system.
The thing is - I can't remember how I configured it exactly (as I was trying different options from different tutorials/howtos). Any guidance where I should look?
As the title states, I am seeing this Syncthing icon on my C Drive under Windows 11, but I did not install Syncthing, or the tray app, or anything to do with Syncthing, or anything else around the time it appeared. I have since had issues with games I play, hitching and freezing for 1-2 seconds at a time, which is what caused me to dig deeper and see if this is the cause. I only found out it was Syncthing related, by taking a screenshot of the icon on the C Drive folder, and doing a google image search.
I am not familiar with drive sharing, and while trying to figure out what this icon was doing on my C Drive, I noticed the C Drive was shared. So i unshared it through Advanced Sharing, and the icon disappeared. However, while doing a bit of research, it seems the C Drive is meant to be shared by default, and I am concerned this will affect other programs or the system itself, so I am trying to resolve the issue.
I checked to make sure Syncthing was not installed on my system, though I do not know for sure where to look. I have looked in the obvious locations, being in the Installed Apps, and in each of the Program Files, Program Files (x86), ProgramData, AppData/Local, AppData/Local/Programs, AppData/LocalLow, and AppData/Roaming folders.
Any insight into this issue would be greatly appreciated.
Edit: Imgur post of icon, as it was appearing huge in post: https://imgur.com/MeWA17X
Hi all,
Trying to test Möbius Sync to save my Ios PhotoRoll on my Synology NAS.
I have installed the Möbius Sync app on my Iphone but when I have to select a "remote location", it is asking me for a QR code that I have no clue where to find.
Actually I want the photos to be in sync with a dedicated folder available on my Syno NAS...
But don't know what to do on the NAS to get this nic QR Code popping up...
Any support would really help here !
I have a three system set up all running sync thing. All three are running Windows 11 and all running syncthing 1.28.0.
System A is the “main” one that the other two systems will sync through. System B and C can not see each other in sync thing.
The connection between system A and B works as intended no issues.
The problem I have is if syncthing restarts on system c ( reboot, killing syncthing, etc. ) system A gets a pop up asked if I want to connect system C to it again. Even though I can see the original system C connection but C now has a new device ID and icon. So naturally my connection breaks until I reconnect it. So why is System C constantly getting a new ID? Thanks!
Hey all! I'm trying to set up a way to sync my music library (about 5 GB) across three devices: my home server (debian), my computer(windows), and my Android phone. Here’s the thing—I don’t need real-time syncing, just periodic or manual updates would be fine. As I almost never update my music library.
I’ve been looking into **Rsync and Syncthing**, but I’m not sure which one is the best fit for my needs, especially on Android. Here’s what I’m considering:
- **Rsync** seems efficient for scheduled syncs and low on resources, but I’d need an Android-compatible way to run it (maybe Termux?).
- **Syncthing** could be simpler to manage across devices, especially with the option to set up non-real-time, periodic syncs. I’d set it to only sync a few times a day instead of constantly.
Has anyone tried a similar setup or have recommendations on which might be better? Are there any disadvantages if I pick anyone over the other? Also, if there are other tools or tips I should consider, I’d love to hear them!
Thanks in advance for the help 😊
I have just started using Syncthing.
I have 3 Windows machines all syncing to a Linux server which is running Syncthing in a docker container.
I am trying to get the Syncthing docker container running on a VPS that I have.
I can connect to to the VPS via SSH and also via Netbird, so I can locally access the Syncthing GUI via Netbird.
However, the local machine cannot connect to the VPS.
The logs at the VPS show that attempts to use a relay server are timing out.
I found a description of SSH Tunneling at https://docs.syncthing.net/v1.20.4/users/tunneling.html
Do I need to do this to get a connection from the local machine to the VPS?
I was hoping that it would just work via Netbird, like the GUI access does.