Android @lemdro.id Spendies @lemmy.world 12mo ago

Best Way to Sync a Folder to my Phone from PC

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

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Syncthing. Easy to use, easy to understand.
- 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?
  
  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.
  
  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.
  
  You can do multi-way sync, and many things sharing the same sync folder. Can make conflicts a bit painful to sort out though
- ^ I've used Syncthing for years, works like a charm.
- Literally just set it up today for Obsidian, works like a charm.
- Thanks! I got SyncThing setup and it's doing exactly what I was hoping for.
I've used Syncthing to sync stuff between my phone, tablet and computer.
Syncthing.
I use Resilio Sync, its been a great tool for me.
- Same. The free version is sufficient. I use it to transfer the full resolution photos and videos from the phone to two computers. Syncthing is also good.
As others have said it would havetio be SyncThing. I'm sure other solutions exist but it's remarkably easy.
I use Autosync (Android devices --> Google Drive) and Google Drive's desktop app. Works perfectly for me.

You can set it up for a single folder if you like (I keep about 5 folders synced).
I am trying to do this with my nextcloud, any idea? (For my phone to download automarically the new version of a file)
- Eigentlich sollte das Funktionieren, wenn du im three-dot Menü den punkt synchronisieren anwählst 👍
  
  The comment being in German but the language being set to English made me laugh
  
  whaaaaat?
FolderSync on phone to Google drive, Dropbox and then have the cloud software on desktop.
I don't do Windows, but I happily sync directories between my Android phones and my Linux PCs (especially a cloud server I lease) with rsync over ssh within Termux.

If you can set up an rsync server on Windows that should work. Besides actually implementing robust and efficient sync, rsync is also smart about platform differences.

For the specific case of Windows to Android, I've heard of people scripting up tools to shove all the contents of a directory over adb push.

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