What’s the best way to sync a folder from my windows pc to my android phone in 2023?

  • counselwolf@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    New to Syncthing and have been using it to sync between my 2 android devices. Is it possible to sync the same folder to a PC as well?

    • Matth78@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      As far as I know there is no limit on the number of devices you can sync. So yes it is possible to sync a folder on multiple devices and not only 2.

    • slazer2au@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I can confirm this is possible. In the past I had a folder synced between my android phone, android tablet, and windows PC.

      The only issue is you need a full mesh sync unless I set something up wrong.

      • TwinTurbo@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        You don’t need every device to be able to talk to every device. As long as devices don’t become isolated, changes are eventually propagated to all copies, even if not all in one step.

        • fulano@lemmy.eco.br
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          1 year ago

          And having a central node as an introducer makes all devices connect to each other effortlessly.

    • Paradox@lemdro.idM
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      1 year ago

      You can do multi-way sync, and many things sharing the same sync folder. Can make conflicts a bit painful to sort out though