I have installed dropbox python client for linux and I noticed the sync bandwidth is quite limited:
$ dropbox status
Syncing (252,088 files remaining, 18 days left)
Downloading 252,088 files (35.1 KB/sec, 18 days left)
Is there a way to make it faster?
Note: Yes I have a 100Mbit/s internet connexion...
Firstly, check if there is a 75% cap enabled, as mentioned here
If there isn't then it's probably your Internet, try switching to a different network source (from wireless to wired) or use a different Internet connection. I had the same issue before and it was solved by changing to a different Internet connection, yes I have 100Mbit/s too but it didn't help.
Alternatively
If you already have another synced up dropbox, just copy the files over to the new install of Dropbox, if you're just trying to get the initial sync done.
Also take a look at LAN Sync, a feature in Dropbox
This honestly isn't a SO question because is isn't really a programming question, a forum like Superuser.com might be better suited perhaps.
edit: saw that you already have a superuser account, my bad. :)
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I don't have a server to distribute a Safari extension I made or to deploy updates. Is there a free service I can use instead of putting it on a file sharing website and posting to reddit?
I ended up using Amazon S3.
Just upload the .plist file and link everything up to each other. For low traffic, you won't be charged anything. With a few hundreds of users, it doesn't cost me more than a few cents every month. Keep in mind that your users' browsers will query your .plist file every time they open, so the traffic may pile up that way.
I wrote a detailed tutorial here.
Can someone provide an example (or a link to one) illustrating how to sync system files (not database) between a local computer and a remote computer/server not on the same network?
Syncing files within the same pc and syncing files between pc's within the same network is straightforward and rather simple. I have those scenarios working nicely.
I need to sync files from "C:\FilesToSync" to a remote endpoint or an IP address. a WCF, HTTP, FTP, or TCP implementation is fine. Just need to learn how the sync needs to be set-up for any of those.
Thanks
this is a really good question. for 'remote' front-end developers / designers like me lol, kinda hard to choose a nicely recommended solution; in some places it's git (OS independent), in certain .NET projects, it's TortoiseSVN-VisualStudio; when i search online, tons and tons of dunno-what-to-choose like BitBucket, GitHub's Fork.
I also am looking for the right 'generic' soln for months now...
Example:
1. working on a soln on one pc, large heavy files, the xml and psd types for instance
2. uploading/synchronising with my remote hosting server for clients
3. backup server on another location, comparing/collaborating/synchronising
some ppl might say 'u know, different projects require different solns, don't cum up with that cr*p please, thanks;
in the end, I use Notepad++ for remote files and my localhost, and Google Drive only for small doc files; meanwhile, winning combo dinosaur-style soln for the laymen in this field ;) ...
usb and last'modified'date on MyComputer !
duh
I'm using a Samsung Wave 2 with Bada OS on it. I'm wondering if I can see / backup my saved passwords on Dolfin Browser. I can code if required.
It seems the l/p pairs are stored in \User\Br\SFB\FF.dat. I may be wrong though; it's just some hours ago that I've started examining the full file system content of Bada 1.x. Of course the file is fully encrypted.
I will quickly check out whether, after enabling TKFileExplorer on the phone itself (see the mini-tutorial at http://www.mortara.org/board/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=138#p417 for more info), you can access the full file system from inside Bada apps. To browse it from a PC, I recommend TkFileExplorer 2.4 (NOT 2.2, it didn't work with my 723) available at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12515691&postcount=20 .
Will report back soon on the sandbox restrictions of TKFileExplorer'ed phones - hope they behave like jailbroken iOS ones (read: no sandbox any more).
I made a small backup application that simply creates an archive out specified files and folders. Now I need an online service to backup that online. Which service can i use that can be integrated into my app ?
Options I considered:
dropbox is ideal, but they have all but abandoned the desktop.
skydrive has no api.
I couldn't find any free reliable backup service that uses ftp .
anything else ? it should provide 1-2 gb of free space and be reasonably reliable.
Thanks
My app is in C#, but can be ported to any other language as well..
In your case, Amaxon's S3 seems more fitting but that's not free.
Depending on your target audience, you can create a local archive and have that picked up by your regular backup solution. You might try Wuala,or SpiderOak. Expand Wuala by adding your own space. Spideroak is free up to 2GB (more if you invite friends), and also provides a good alternative to Dropbox (if you want to see how to migrate from dropbox to spideroak see my blogpost about that).
Try box.net, now known as box.com or simply Box
reference: http://developers.box.com/docs
I've done a far bit of research on this via Google and there seems to be quite a few ways of possibly doing this.
I'm looking to incrementally backup new and updated files in two directories on my Plesk run Centos 5.2 server: /backups and /var/www/vhosts (preferable only httdocs within each vhost)
Has anyone got some great feedback from using the various solutions - seems to be various Java, Perl and Ruby based solutions out there.
Many thanks,
Chris
I use http://s3tools.org/s3tools and the tool S3cmd in a cron job to upload all the stuff I want to back up. I know of people that use SVN and then just back that up.
Yes - the best solution I've found is Jungle Disk
https://www.jungledisk.com/
it's a snap to set up!