But as i was playing around with the free version i found that I could create folder pairs and schedule syncs with my Google Drive all from the free version. It accomplished everything that i was looking for, all without even having to get Tasker involved. The result is an even better backup system for Tasker than i Had before. Before if i lost the phone i lost all the backups but this way even if i loose the phone i still have all my Tasker profiles ready to restore on my new phone. No Tasker integration but gives me an idea of what can be done. Tried 2 types of syncs to transfer stuff from my phone onto Dropbox. The simplest most direct method is to create a "folderpair" between a device folder and a DB folder and let them sync over wifi. This uploads the content directly to the cloud. Of course the 1st sync took a long long time as there were 300+ files to sync. I theorized that my device internet upload connection was slow so thot i try (2) below. (2) Device to Dropbox folder on my xp pc using windows sharing on wifi. Theoratically, transferring files to your pc over wifi (using windows sharing) should be way faster then uploading to the cloud thru your internet connection right? That was the idea behind this method as i wanted the files over to the desktop Dropbox folder on my pc quickly then let the desktop DB folder sync to the cloud using my always-on pc's internet connection at its own pace (saving battery and wifi connection time on my device).īut actual tests showed that the wifi transferring of files between device and windows using Foldersync was actually similar or slower then uploading to cloud direct. Tried it with Syncme Wireless and that seemed to be much faster at Windows file sharing transfer compared to Foldersync. I also tried 2 other free apps for DB that have tasker integration/plugin - Dropspace and Dropsync. Dropspace is only 1-way (device to cloud) and is good if u can live with this restriction. Dropsync (free) is 2-way but has got other limitations such as 5-mb file size limit so its useless. And the paid version costs about double that of Foldersync (which has a lot more services). If u want to sync between device and DB directly, Foldersync is good, although u'll have to get the paid version for tasker integration. If u transfer a large amount of files between your pc and device, then Foldersync is slow but at least it works with Tasker.A fast and flexible way to make backups and copy files between computersĭropSync is for web developers, photo professionals, scientists or anyone in need of a fast, automated and highly customizable way to repeatedly copy files from one place to another. Works with removable hard drives, between computers on a local network and even between your mac and a remote server over SSH. Setup a pair of folders and easily browse both sides even if one folder is on a remote server (via sftp). Then select items for include/exclude and click to perform an update in the desired direction. Previews show you exactly what will be changed and once you're satisfied that things are working, you can setup DropSync to automatically watch a source folder and update in the background. Under the hood DropSync uses the amazing rsync tool to perform its changes. Browsable history of syncing activity, including detailed logs of every change Custom filters let you include or exclude files based on patterns in filenames An sftp based browser that lets you see and select folders on remote computers Status bar only mode lets you monitor and initiate syncs without opening the main app Automated (one-way) syncing when a file changes in the source folder Easily include/exclude subfolders using the built-in browser This means that its about as fast and memory efficient as a syncing engine can get, and we've worked hard to ensure that DropSync itself will stay responsive even when huge syncs are happening in the background.
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