Tag: sync
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How to give Littlebird access to your iCloud Calendar
Littlebird, like many other apps, can sync with a Google calendar but not with iCloud. This is a shame. But I’m loving Littlebird and I wanted to give it access to my calendar. There were a few ways I tried to solve this. I’ll take you through them in case you’re having the same issue!
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How to sync your iPad without using your iCloud data
If you are on a free iCloud plan, you may be looking to save space. I found that my iPad backup took 2 GB of iCloud space that I didn’t want to waste. Thankfully it’s possible to back up your iPad directly to your laptop without using iCloud. You can do it directly in the…
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Integrating Google Drive into OSX
The normal way to access your Google drive is to go into your browser, login to Google, then browse the files. Thus is a bit clunky. Thanks to a macOS app from Google, you can incorporate Google drive directly into the Finder to make it easy to access. Here’s how.
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Dropbox Update 2022
Some changes in the latest release of dropbox have created a lot of noise in the forums. The summary is that Apple have made some changes in their macOS that gives less flexibility to how Dropbox can operate, and Dropbox have made changes accordingly.
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How to edit the name of a WhatsApp contact in OSX
You can’t directly edit the details of a contact in the WhatsApp application. You need to make any changes in your ‘Contacts’ app on OSX and Whatsapp automatically syncs any changes that are made. But sometimes it takes a while to sync across. To speed it up you can change the contact details on your…
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Can’t transfer photos from an iPhone to your Macbook wirelessly!
I have an iPhone 13 and a new model 14inch m1 MacBook Pro. I’d love to copy the photo’s from my iPhone to my MacBook Pro. I can’t find a way to do it easily. The only option seems to be using a lightning to USB cable, but even then the processes painfully slow. There…
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Why your USB-C cable may not work to connect your MacBooks together.
When I unboxed my new MacBook Pro I booted it up and followed the prompts to connect my old MacBook Air to transfer my old files across. For some reason it did not recognise my old MacBook Air. I used the USB-C cable that came with my new MacBook Pro to connect the two computers…
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Help my iCloud is full!
I just received this email form Apple telling me that my iCloud is full.
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How to add Google Keep to OSX to sync your notes across your phones.
Google Keep is Google’s equivalent of Apple Notes, but a bit better. It’s a place to keep snippets and other stuff. Now that our family has moved to Android phones we need a simple way that we can synchronise notes across Android and Apple devices. Google Keep seems to be the best solution. There is…
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Notational Velocity sync is broken!
Notational Velocity is my favourite note taking app for little bits of information you’d like to save anywhere then be able to recall later. Notational Velocity sync broke in October 2018 when the sync engine they relied on (Simplenote) changed the domain of their notes server. Over at GitHub there’s been a fix, but it…
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How to sync information between your Macintosh computers, iPads and iPhones.
If you have an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch you’ll want the latest information that you have available on each one as well as on your laptop, work and home computer. Â There are a number of ways to synchronise them, but here’s my suggestions as to the best solutions. I’ve choosen the best solution for…
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How to sync an Android Phone with OS X.
I’ve been trying out the world of Android Phones recently with a Google Pixel phone. Overall I have been surprised at how simple and effortless it has been to use my Google pixel phone alongside my Macintosh OS X. I was expecting it to be a lot harder to synchronise the Google phone to my…
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Apple File Sharing – How to easily access files on other computers in your home or workplace.
Apple file sharing is by far the easiest way to share files if you have 2 computers on the same network. For example we have a MacBook in our family room and I have a Mac Mini in my study. Sometimes I find myself wanting to access files from the other computer. With Apple file…
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What are the main differences between “Google Drive” and “Dropbox”
Wondering what’s the difference between Dropbox and Google Drive See also: What are the differences between ‘Google Backup and Sync’ and ‘Dropbox’ How to install Google Drive on OS X What is the difference between ‘Google file stream’ and ‘Google backup and sync’?
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What is the difference between Google file stream and Google backup and sync?
‘Google File Stream’ and ‘Google Backup and Sync’ are quite different even though they are both released by Google. Google describes the differences as one being for ‘Personal’ use and one for ‘Business’. That’s not a bad summary. They do different things and it’s important to understand the difference before you start using them. Google file…
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What are the differences between “Google Backup and Sync” and “Dropbox”
Google Backup and Sync is very similar to Dropbox but there are some small differences. Google backup and sync has some extra options. Desktop Folder Syncing Google Backup and Sync also has the option to make a backup of your ‘Desktop Folder’ and sync it. Dropbox cannot sync your desktop folder. Sharing files on the…
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How to install Google Drive on OS X
You can mount a ‘Google Drive’ onto you Mac, it’s a neat cloud based storage solution from Google. The Google Drive sits on your desktop. It looks like a regular hard drive and the contents of the folder are automatically available to anyone else who has access to the same Google Drive. Google Drive is…
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Syncing your desktop folder with other computers.
This may well be my most exciting OS X discovery of the year. Let me know if you find it helpful. You can use ‘Google Backup and Sync’ to sync your OS X desktop folder to the cloud, and then, with a little trick, access that desktop folder from your ‘Google Drive’ other computers, so…
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How to install Google File Stream and Google Teams
Many businesses have a G-Suite account, Google give them to non for profit organisations for free. A G-suite account includes 30GB of Google Drive space free to each user. It also has a clever permission system where certain folders can be shared with members of teams. So you can set up various teams, put people…
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iPhone “cannot be synced because there is not enough free space to hold all of the selected items”
I just went to sync my iPhone and I was given this message. This ‘lack of space’ is not a lack of space in your computer, the ‘lack of space’ is on the iPhone. This is somewhat of a bug. I think it is because iTunes is wanting to do some updates to the iPhone…
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How to sync your Apple Contacts with Google contacts
I just wanted to make a quick note that it’s 3 years since I wrote this article and this is still the best sync utility for OSX and Google contacts. It’s available from the Appel store. It synchronises your Apple Contacts (from iCloud) with your Google contacts. This means that any contacts or groups you…
