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There are plenty of articles and discussion on the security of Sync. The most recent article may be found here and please also search the forums for related discussions. Also, sync is designed to allow you to sync files between your devices. As there is no cloud-storage component, your files are not "put on the internet" anywhere! Are you referring to scheduling? ...or asking how often Sync accesses your files? If it's the latter, Sync will only transfer files when it detects changes in the folders it's monitoring. It will, however, rescan (index) the files it's monitoring upon application startup, and then at a regular recurring interval (by default, this is every 10 minutes, but it can be configured) If, however, you're referring to scheduling i.e. only syncing at certain times of the day, then Sync doesn't currently natively support this, but do consider adding your voice/vote to this thread in the Feature Request forum. In the meantime, the "workaround" would be to "Pause" sync, and only un-pause it when you actually want to Sync. Or, alternatively, if you're familiar with setting up Scheduled Tasks on your OS, you could setup a scheduled task to run Sync at certain times of the day, and kill it at other times. You can find information that's currently publicly available on Sync 2.0 here and here.

Sync Help Center: http://help.getsync.com/ Also... How Sync works: http://www.getsync.com/how-it-works Sync Technical Specs: http://www.getsync.com/tech-specs Sync Use Cases: http://www.getsync.com/use-cases Sync Community Forums: http://forum.bittorrent.com/forum/107-bittorrent-sync/

It sounds more like an OS issue, rather than a Sync specifc issue! What do other application windows open on your second monitor do when you detach it? Do they revert back to the first monitor, or do they stay on the second?

Did you also change the config_refresh_interval as well as the folder_rescan_interval settings? Both need to be longer than the sleep/suspend/hibernatre timeout you have set in Windows. For example, if your Windows is set to sleep after 30 mins of inactivity, config_refresh_interval and folder_rescan_interval need to be set >1800 Also, are all the folders you're syncing "in sync"? i.e. if Sync is still transferring data, your computer isn't "idle" as such

.SyncIgnore files and .SyncArchive folders should have been automatically migrated (to .sync/IgnoreList and .sync/Archive respectively) and removed upon upgrade to Sync 1.4. If all the devices you sync with are running 1.4, then yes, it should be safe to manually remove these obsolete remnants from previous versions of Sync.

You'd need to change/update the key on all other devices then, as leave yours as it is

Whilst the focus is on 2.0, there may still be a few more builds released in the Sync 1.4 stream - but this would likely only be to fix bugs or to ensure compatibility with 2.0, etc - don't be expecting any "new features" in any subsequent 1.4 builds. In relation to bug reports; the team would still want to hear from you if you're encountering an issue with 1.4, as it may be that the same issue also exists in 2.0, and so by reporting it now, the team can make 2.0 even more solid when it's release, and in the case that an issue is serious enough and can be readily fixed, release a further 1.4 build as appropriate. So in essence, yes the focus is very much on 2.0, but that doesn't mean that support isn't still available for 1.4 or that the team are "holding off" on addressing high priority/high impact bugs in 1.4

Yes - Click the folder's Options icon (3 dots) and select Preferences -> View Key -> Update Key, enter the new key and click "Update". Note: If your device is the only read/write key in your mesh of devices and you change it to a read only key, your devices will stop syncing

You'll need to specify/remove the password from your config file, and then make sure you run Sync with that config file

Yes - to a point, but it's not a "traditional backup". A "traditional backup" implies that files are transferred to a destination where they stay even if they are they deleted at source. A Read-Only sync isn't quite the same - if files are deleted from source, they are also deleted from destination - which is why I pointed you in the direction of the feature request for a "none-deleting node" There are a number of dedicated "backup" software titles available. As I say, Sync is primarily aimed at file synchronization, rather than file backup.

The clue is in the name of the software, it's BitTorrent SYNC, not BitTorrent BACKUP. However, consider adding your voice to this thread over in the Feature Request Forum, where users have requested traditional "backup"-style capabilities for Sync.

A couple of things to remember, firstly, the "Pre-Defined Host" settings essentially give Sync a "hint" at where other peers are located. Setting pre-defined hosts for a folder does not mean that Sync will use them "exclusively" to connect. Secondly, after entering/changing pre-defined hosts you may need to restart Sync for changes to take affect.

Did you turn off "Camera Backup" before trying to add your DCIM folder manually to Sync?

As RomanZ has indicated, they are aware of the issue: "we are working on it, will update when get some news" and "I don't have exact answer for you as we haven't found the root cause in 1.4 yet" It'll be ready when it's ready - if you've followed the "Sign Up" button in this blog post, you'll be on the list and be amongst the first to know once 2.0 becomes available for testing.

In short, no. Sync doesn't identify folders based on their IP address but rather based on their folder "key" (secret) If your IP address changes, you won't need to re-approve folders or re-sync them.

Whilst running Sync natively as a Windows Service isn't officially supported, you can start Sync with the /MINIMIZED command line switch to suppress IE

That blog post is over 18 months old, and Sync has evolved since then! Now, Sync will only listen on the loopback interface "0.0.0.0" by default. Attempting to connect on any other IP will fail. If you wish Sync to listen on a different IP address, i.e. 192.168.1.219, you will need to specify this in the config file

Yes, as RomanZ and myself both said, Sync isn't currently supported on Blackberry OS. Again, consider adding your voice to this thread instead.

Hi PinkBits1 and welcome to the forums! In relation to your various comments & questions... There is to be a "Pro" version (annual subscription model) to compliment the free version - see this blog post for more information. BitTorrent Sync isn't actually Open Source (there are plenty of other threads where that has already been discussed... at length!) Whilst you can't currently "limit" the size of files you sync, on the mobile Sync clients, you can turn off "auto-sync" and therefore enable "selective sync", in which you select which individual files you wish to sync to your phone without syncing the entire contents of a folder. (This isn't currently available on the desktop editions of Sync) You may also wish to add your vote/support/voice to this thread and this thread over in the Feature Requests forum as well

Yes - take the sync_trash_ttl part out of the webui section! i.e: {"storage_path" : "/Documents and Settings/user/Application Data/BitTorrent Sync","use_gui" : true,"webui" : { "listen" ; "127.0.0.1:8888", "login" : "*****", "password" : "*******" },"sync_trash_ttl" : 0}Also, the api_key section is for a developer API key - not for a folder's generated RW/RO key. If you don't have a developer API key, you can omit this line

Either, but it'll be simpler if you place it in the same directory as your BTSync.exe It's for the location where the databases are stored i.e. ("C:\Documents and Settings\"*********"\Application Data\BitTorrent Sync") "sync_trash_ttl" : 30, No, you can omit settings you don't explicitly wish to set Yes - which is which it's best to put your .conf file in the same directory as the executable. You could alternatively create a .bat file (in the same directory as the BTSync.exe) containing the following: START BTSync /config your_config_file.conf

What version of Sync are you running? And what version of XP are you running? SP1? SP2? SP3? x84/x64? Sync isn't supported on XP pre SP3 or on 64 bit versions of XP.

Yes - a maximum of 50 nodes can be connected to the same key in the current free/personal edition of Sync 1.4. Sync 2.0 will include support for far more simultaneous nodes: "we’ve already increased Sync’s scalability in our lab to 1000 devices" - For more information, please see this blog post Consider adding your voice/support to this thread in the Feature Requests forum

The latest ANDROID apk can be obtained here. However, correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't the Blackberry z30 run Blackberry 10 OS? Blackberry OS's aren't currently supported, however consider adding your voice/support to this thread in the Feature Requests forum.

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