You have officially created a desktop cloud for your mobile device. Your shared folder will immediately begin syncing. When prompted, tap Restart to restart the appįigure D Adding a folder to be shared with the Elementary OS desktop.īack on the desktop interface, you should see a prompt to accept the incoming share.Tap to enable the desktop the folder is to be shared with ( Figure D).Give the shared folder a name (Folder ID).Let’s ignore that and add a folder from the mobile device, that will then be sync’d with the desktop. Out of the box, the desktop will list an unshared folder called Default. The final step is to set up the shared folders. Click Allow and the device will be added.įigure C You’ve officially added the mobile device to the desktop. You should see a new entry listed asking you to click Allow, Ignore, or Later ( Figure C). Tap the Save button in the top right cornerįigure B Adding the desktop to the mobile device. Once the scanner populates the Device ID field, give the Device a name.When prompted, line up the Q Code in the scanner.In the Add Device window ( Figure B), tap the Q code button in the Device ID line.Go to the desktop interface (your web browser pointed to ).Don’t worry, the developers have made it so easy to add a device that you don’t even need to type that ID. Each device has an associated ID that is 56 characters long. The first thing you must do is add the desktop to the mobile device. Tap the launcher to open the Syncthing app. You should now see a launcher for Syncthing on your home screen or your App Drawer. If the permissions listing is acceptable, tap Accept.Locate and tap the entry by Felix Ableitner.Open up the Google Play Store on your device.Here’s how you install the app on an Android device: Mobile app installīefore you install the app, know that (for it to sync with your desktop) you must be connected to the same network as your desktop. This will open up your default browser and present the Syncthing main desktop interface ( Figure A).īefore you do anything on the desktop, let’s install Syncthing on the mobile device. Start up the Synthing server with the command syncthing. Install Syncthing with the command sudo apt-get install syncthing.Update apt with the command sudo apt-get update.Add the Synthing repository with the command sudo echo “deb syncthing release” | sudo tee /etc/apt//syncthing.list.Add the necessary PGP key with the command sudo curl -s | sudo apt-key add –.Install curl (if necessary) with the command sudo apt-get install curl.To install the desktop app on Elementary OS (the same steps apply to most Ubuntu derivatives), follow these steps: Desktop app installįirst I’ll outline the installation of the desktop app. The instructions for other platforms will be quite similar (the variances being primarily in the installation of the apps). I will be demonstrating on an Elementary OS Freya desktop and a Verizon-branded Nexus 6. I want to walk you through the process of installing Syncthing. It’s incredibly easy to use and does a remarkable job of keeping specific data in sync between your mobile device and desktop. Syncthing works on just about every platform and allows you to sync a folders on a mobile device (or multiple devices) to a desktop (or laptop). How? Let me have the pleasure of introducing you to a little app called Syncthing. When you come across such data, what do you do? However, you may have found some pieces of the data puzzle you don’t want stored on the likes of Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive, Dropbox, etc. Most likely you take advantage of one cloud or another to keep your data stored in the global ether. If you're looking for an easy way to sync files from your mobile device to your desktop, Jack Wallen shows you how with Syncthing. Let Syncthing turn your desktop into a local cloud for your mobile device
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