• Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    5 days ago

    Syncthing or Resilio Sync for regular, instant, no-fuss between devices you control.

    I use Syncthing-Fork in my phone (has more flexible sybc conditions) to keep specific folders in sync.

    I use Resilio Sync on my file server just for the Selective Sync feature, which enables me to easily grab any file from the server from anywhere.

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      5 days ago

      +1 Syncthing-fork Started using it a few months ago to sync notes between desktop and phone. Since it’s just a synced directory ive also used it to copy other files back and forth quickly

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      4 days ago

      Quick but not instant. Did bite me yesterday when my password database didn’t update on my mobile before i left home.

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        3 days ago

        Technically no, not instant, but very close if you setup a sync job to be more sensitive.

        The desktop client (Linux/Windows) has a lot more flexibility with scanning. Not much you can set in the Android client, even with ST-Fork.

        For anything I absolutely need to be on my phone, I permit it to sync over cell, like a password DB. Plus that’s tiny. Like any photos I take sync instantly - it’s worth the data cost from a backup perspective. But local backups by Neodroid only sync on WiFi and when charging.

        Fortunately ST-Fork lets you set this in the individual folders.