mll Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 Hello there, I've been using BT Sync on my former laptop with quite a lot of folders. I want to move their settings to my new laptop, knowing that the data itself is already copied to exactly the same folder locations. What is the safe way of doing this ? My biggest fear is that the folder contents get screwed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatMarko Posted November 29, 2014 Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 I've been using BT Sync on my former laptop with quite a lot of folders. I want to move their settings to my new laptop ... What is the safe way of doing this ? Assuming you've already copied all the folders across that you were syncing, then: 1) Install Sync on your new laptop 2) With Sync not running on either laptop, copy the %appdata%/Roaming/BitTorrent Sync folder across from your old laptop to the same location on your new laptop (replacing the folder with the same name that already exists at that location) 3) Start Sync on your new laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted November 29, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2014 It worked seamlessly. Thank you ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mll Posted November 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 30, 2014 Well, actually, it introduces a problem. The new and the former PC (wich I still intend to use) both have the same name and fingerprint (as per Preferences > General dialog box). And I suspect this to create some kind of problems with other computers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanZ Posted December 1, 2014 Report Share Posted December 1, 2014 @mll That's right. The copy @GreatMarko advised will work fine only if you are moving from old PC to a new one. It won't work if you _clone_ Sync as it clones PeerID and identity. While identity clone is not going to cause big trouble, non-unique PeerID is going to. The most simple way to force Sync to re-create it is delete settings.dat and settings.dat.old file. Though, it will reset all your peer global settings as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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