bandwidthcrisis

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[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I found a setting to switch the key functions, but it still doesn't help with the other differences. I just have to learn to mentally change gears when using a Mac.

Moving the cursor by words, for example, is ctrl-cursor on PC, but option-cursor on Mac. So switching Ctrl/Fn doesn't help with that.

Not to mention tapping on the screen to select something does not go well on the Mac...

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago (9 children)

The immediate regret will be when they discover that Ctrl isn't where they expect it to be, followed by the discovery that it doesn't get used for copy and paste anyway.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I'm a big.... proponent... of handheld rechargeable air blowers after getting one from Wolfbox.

I always felt like I was risking frostbite with the cans.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That sounds worth investigating, thanks! Amcrest needs an account for notifications afaik, but the Pro cameras can work just on a local network.

The app for them is awful. Then they made a new version that is awful in slightly different ways, so I'm interested in new options.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It mentions push notifications and emails, so I guess they must require an account, or can you configure them to use SMTP directly, as with the Amcrest Pro cameras?

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I tested some more and can't get it to work any more. I found a post saying it worked in 1.5.2 so maybe something broke in newer versions.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You need to enable Bluetooth as a method of connection in the app settings (and can turn off wifi and data there).

The phones can be in airplane mode but with Bluetooth turned back on (as you would to use earbuds).

I don't recall pairing the phones, but there is a "connect via Bluetooth" option on each chat that might be doing that automatically.

You link accounts to each other by scanning qr codes.

It does have a group chat but I haven't used it, so I don't know if that works with Bluetooth alone.

I just tried testing this with an old phone of mine, but can't get it to work right now (maybe because it has Graphene os?), but I have actually used it on flights in the past.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've used it to message someone while on a flight.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I have it add a backup suffix based on the date. It moves changed and deleted files to another directory adding the date to the filename.

It can also do hard-link copied so that you can have multiple full directory trees to avoid all that duplication.

No file deltas or compression, but it does mean that you can access the backups directly.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I'm referring to Amcrest Pro cameras, btw. They are the ones that let you configure them to be independent of their cloud service, write to a NAS, etc.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm just testing out thingino, but it's currently lacking features compared to amcrest.

There's no option to only save video when events trigger, so it fills the card quickly.

And I can't get the tinyCam app to access recorded files, so I have to use the web-based file browser.

But then Amcrest's apps (both old and new) have do many faults and glitchy behavior.

[–] bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Lots of features, but not simple and a big learning curve is you don't already is emacs.

I don't think that there's a way for it to do drag and drop, either, although it's emacs, so who knows?

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Best phone sync (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world
 

Edit: Thanks for all the suggestions. I'm going to try sticking with syncthing and try the fork of the UI and see if that keeps everything working.

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I want to sync files between my linux PC and Android phones (mostly for Obsidian notes).

Can anyone recommend a good real-time sync?

I've been trying syncthing, but despite turning off battery optimization for the app, it rarely sees the phone as connected. I don't want to have to remember to check syncthing every time I edit a note.

I use resilio for syncing between PCs but it looks like it has a high battery usage on the phone, as if it is frequently polling for changes.

I use FolderSync for occasional scheduled syncs (e.g. updating my MP3s from the server to my phone), but a scheduled sync either is frequent enough to affect battery or it risks sync conflicts.

Cloud services such as OneDrive, Dropbox and Google Drive don't show up as big battery drains, so I assume that they use change notifications from the OS instead.

Are there any real-time 2-way sync apps for phone that don't have big battery drain and are not for cloud providers?

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