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  Sync PC Directory to Android? "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-11-10 14:46 +0000
    Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2016-11-10 14:53 +0000
    Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 16:08 +0100
      Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-11-10 15:39 +0000
        Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 16:52 +0100
          Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-11-10 17:27 +0000
            Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Bob <Bob@the.builder> - 2016-11-10 11:36 -0600
            Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 19:08 +0100
    Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? AL <l45236747@invalid.com> - 2016-11-10 10:24 -0700
    Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Bob <Bob@the.builder> - 2016-11-10 11:27 -0600
    Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Bob Martin <bob.martin@excite.com> - 2016-11-10 18:31 +0000
    Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Chris Green <cl@isbd.net> - 2016-11-10 19:24 +0000
      Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2016-11-10 21:29 +0100
    Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-11-13 08:36 +0000
      Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-11-14 09:28 +0000
        Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-11-14 09:41 +0000
          Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-11-14 10:21 +0000
        Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-11-21 23:55 +0000
          Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-11-22 08:44 +0000
            Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-11-22 17:49 +0000
            Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-11-22 21:35 +0100
            Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-11-23 08:37 +0000
            Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Nigel Wade <nmw@local.domain> - 2016-11-23 09:31 +0000
              Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Daniel James <daniel@me.invalid> - 2016-11-23 12:37 +0000
      Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net> - 2016-11-15 00:39 -0500
      Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Piet <www.godfatherof.nl/@opt-in.invalid> - 2016-11-15 09:41 +0100
        Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 08:57 +0000
          Re: Sync PC Directory to Android? Chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2016-11-15 17:45 +0000

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#35769 — Sync PC Directory to Android?

Can anybody recommend any apps to sync a directory on my PC to an Android 
device using WiFi please?

There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the 
documents on a PC then I want to sync them TO my Lenovo Tab 2 so I can 
read them in meetings.

Many thanks.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
Tell me what you need, and I'll tell you how to get along without it.

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#35770

In article <xn0kdbwes2g2idc006@news.individual.net>,
Jeff Gaines <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Can anybody recommend any apps to sync a directory on my PC to an Android 
> device using WiFi please?
> 
> There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the 
> documents on a PC then I want to sync them TO my Lenovo Tab 2 so I can 
> read them in meetings.

I use Dropbox for that sort of thing. Google Drive would work too.

Cheers
Tony
-- 
Tony Mountifield
Work: tony@softins.co.uk - http://www.softins.co.uk
Play: tony@mountifield.org - http://tony.mountifield.org

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#35771

On 11/10/2016 03:46 PM, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
> Can anybody recommend any apps to sync a directory on my PC to an
> Android device using WiFi please?
>
> There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the
> documents on a PC then I want to sync them TO my Lenovo Tab 2 so I can
> read them in meetings.
>
> Many thanks.
>
Do you mean locally or remotely ?

For remote sync would be probably good some remote control SW
like TeamViewer or MyPhoneExplorer

Locally, i.e. within LAN behind Wifi router,
I use routinely SyncMe wireless ( on personal wifi ),
requiring you to define as permit acces to a share folder
for data exchange. Not sure if applicable in corporate envioronment.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bv.wifisync&hl=en

You should be able also to use Bluetooth.

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#35772

On 10/11/2016 in message <o022fr$rm4$1@dont-email.me> Poutnik wrote:

>Locally, i.e. within LAN behind Wifi router,
>I use routinely SyncMe wireless ( on personal wifi ),
>requiring you to define as permit acces to a share folder
>for data exchange. Not sure if applicable in corporate envioronment.

Many thanks Poutnik. I tried that but it only seems to work from the 
Android to the PC, I want something to go in the other direction.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
Indecision is the key to flexibility

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#35774

On 11/10/2016 04:39 PM, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 10/11/2016 in message <o022fr$rm4$1@dont-email.me> Poutnik wrote:
>
>> Locally, i.e. within LAN behind Wifi router,
>> I use routinely SyncMe wireless ( on personal wifi ),
>> requiring you to define as permit acces to a share folder
>> for data exchange. Not sure if applicable in corporate envioronment.
>
> Many thanks Poutnik. I tried that but it only seems to work from the
> Android to the PC, I want something to go in the other direction.
>
It work forward, backward or both ways, depending how you set it.
You can define several syncing profiles, and each of set to set
to the syncing mode of your choice.

Typically, I use it to refresh the GPS vector maps and navigation data 
from PC to Android.

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#35778

On 10/11/2016 in message <o0252d$5ap$1@dont-email.me> Poutnik wrote:

>It work forward, backward or both ways, depending how you set it.
>You can define several syncing profiles, and each of set to set
>to the syncing mode of your choice.

Right, thank you!

I now have it set up to sync from PC to Android which is excellent. I 
can't get it to write to a specific directory on the SD card but I'm 
getting used to that with Android.

It's doing what I want, thanks for helping me persevere.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
All things being equal, fat people use more soap

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#35781

On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 17:27:08 +0000, Jeff Gaines wrote:

> On 10/11/2016 in message <o0252d$5ap$1@dont-email.me> Poutnik wrote:
> 
>>It work forward, backward or both ways, depending how you set it.
>>You can define several syncing profiles, and each of set to set to the
>>syncing mode of your choice.
> 
> Right, thank you!
> 
> I now have it set up to sync from PC to Android which is excellent. I
> can't get it to write to a specific directory on the SD card but I'm
> getting used to that with Android.
> 
> It's doing what I want, thanks for helping me persevere.

Once they are on the phone you can then move them wherever you want using 
file manager app.

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#35783

On 11/10/2016 06:27 PM, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 10/11/2016 in message <o0252d$5ap$1@dont-email.me> Poutnik wrote:
>
>> It work forward, backward or both ways, depending how you set it.
>> You can define several syncing profiles, and each of set to set
>> to the syncing mode of your choice.
>
> Right, thank you!
>
> I now have it set up to sync from PC to Android which is excellent. I
> can't get it to write to a specific directory on the SD card but I'm
> getting used to that with Android.
>
> It's doing what I want, thanks for helping me persevere.
>
It can do that, unless there the SD write access restriction in A4.4+.
The internal storage can be away to go,
or following the Android version specific advices.

As I am a lucky owner of A4.3, I have no such a problem.

You are welcome.

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#35777

On 11/10/2016 7:46 AM, Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
> Can anybody recommend any apps to sync a directory on my PC to an
> Android device using WiFi please?
>
> There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the
> documents on a PC then I want to sync them TO my Lenovo Tab 2 so I can
> read them in meetings.

I also have a Lenovo Tab 2. My Google Drive app syncs and mirrors the 
Google Drive folder on my PC. I can open the docs directly from the app.

Another convoluted way I once used was to save the docs as attachments 
in a Gmail draft. Then open the draft attachments in my Gmail Android app.

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#35779

On Thu, 10 Nov 2016 14:46:41 +0000, Jeff Gaines wrote:

> Can anybody recommend any apps to sync a directory on my PC to an
> Android device using WiFi please?

Do you mean a proper continuous sync or just to copy files across from 
the PC to the phone?

If its the latter then you can bluetooth from pc to phone (assuming PC 
has bluetooth) or just connect phone to pc by hardwire and it will then 
appear as a directory on your PC file browser and you can then copy into 
that.

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#35785

in 35970 20161110 144641 "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>Can anybody recommend any apps to sync a directory on my PC to an Android
>device using WiFi please?
>
>There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the
>documents on a PC then I want to sync them TO my Lenovo Tab 2 so I can
>read them in meetings.

See if AirDroid does what you want.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&hl=en_GB

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#35793

Jeff Gaines <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> Can anybody recommend any apps to sync a directory on my PC to an Android 
> device using WiFi please?
> 
> There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the 

'sync' doesn't have a direction, it means to update files to the
latest version in *both* directions.


> documents on a PC then I want to sync them TO my Lenovo Tab 2 so I can 
> read them in meetings.
> 
You simply want to copy files from your PC to your tablet.

-- 
Chris Green
·

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#35803

Dne 10/11/2016 v 20:24 Chris Green napsal(a):
> Jeff Gaines <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Can anybody recommend any apps to sync a directory on my PC to an Android 
>> device using WiFi please?
>>
>> There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the 
> 
> 'sync' doesn't have a direction, it means to update files to the
> latest version in *both* directions.

It depends.

In the narrower sense you are right.

In the wider sense,
being synced can mean several different things.

intelligent syncing SW can work in several modes, like this:

Copying new/newer files desktop to Android.
Copying new/newer files Android to desktop.
Both - this you mean by syncing in narrower sense.
Mirroring desktop to Android.
Mirroring Android to desktop.


-- 
Poutnik ( The Pilgrim, Der Wanderer )
Knowledge makes great men humble, but small men arrogant.

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#35871

On 10/11/2016 in message <xn0kdbwes2g2idc006@news.individual.net> Jeff 
Gaines wrote:

>There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the 
>documents on a PC then I want to sync them TO my Lenovo Tab 2 so I can 
>read them in meetings.

Just to  thank everybody for their responses :-)

SyncMe wireless first recommended by Poutnik worked fine once I got my 
head round it, and it works over WiFi so no cables to plug in. However, 
once I was in the meeting I needed to switch between the agenda, last 
meeting minutes and various notes/submissions. This is just not possible 
on an Android device and I found it very frustrating. I have a Toshiba 
Windows tablet and a Lenovo laptop. I think I will use one of those at the 
next meeting!

-- 
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
I can please only one person per day. Today is not your day.
Tomorrow, isn't looking good either.

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#35905

On 13/11/16 08:36, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 10/11/2016 in message <xn0kdbwes2g2idc006@news.individual.net> Jeff Gaines wrote:
>
>> There are many that work in the other direction but I work on the documents on a PC then I want to sync them TO my Lenovo Tab 2 so I can read them in meetings.
>
> Just to  thank everybody for their responses :-)
>
> SyncMe wireless first recommended by Poutnik worked fine once I got my head round it, and it works over WiFi so no cables to plug in. However, once I was in the meeting I needed to switch between the agenda, last meeting minutes and various notes/submissions. This is just not possible on an Android device

You can replace the "Android" with iOS or Windows mobile. It's just a limitation of the one-app-at-a-time mobile device limitation. You should be able to switch between apps relatively quickly using the recent apps button, but not have multiple apps. visible at the same time. I agree, though, it severely limits usability.

> and I found it very frustrating. I have a Toshiba Windows tablet and a Lenovo laptop. I think I will use one of those at the next meeting!
>

and, had Microsoft got their way with the Metro interface, your laptop would have been just as frustrating and annoying as your tablet.

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#35906

On 14/11/2016 in message <e8tee3F93huU2@mid.individual.net> Nigel Wade 
wrote:

>and, had Microsoft got their way with the Metro interface, your laptop 
>would have been just as frustrating and annoying as your tablet.

Indeed, a frightening thought. I guess they don't seek the views of real 
customers before doing these things.

-- 
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his 
life.
(Jeremy Thorpe, 1962)

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#35907

On 14/11/16 09:41, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> On 14/11/2016 in message <e8tee3F93huU2@mid.individual.net> Nigel Wade wrote:
>
>> and, had Microsoft got their way with the Metro interface, your laptop would have been just as frustrating and annoying as your tablet.
>
> Indeed, a frightening thought. I guess they don't seek the views of real customers before doing these things.
>

Microsoft listen to customers? What heresy are you speaking?

I bought a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 for portability. It came with Windows 8, very soon updated to 8.1 and now 10.
The original Windows 8 was a royal PITA for the exact same reason you find with Android. Many applications, and most importantly system applications like control panel, were full screen only. They market it as a business device and laptop alternative, but in reality it was a device with a high-resolution monitor, controlled by a mouse/keyboard, but designed to behave like a glorified phone with a fat-fingered touch screen.

Someone needed to provide MS with a dictionary, with "arse" and "elbow" clearly highlighted.

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#36126

In article <e8tee3F93huU2@mid.individual.net>, Nigel Wade wrote:
> You should be able to switch between apps relatively quickly
> using the recent apps button ...

The limiting aspect of Android is that you can only have a single 
instance of any given app open at a time, so you can't switch quickly 
between two documents in the same app.

Some apps (e.g the browser) explicitly support multiple simultaneous 
open documents ... but even with those it's slower to switch from 
another app and then to select the required document (if that's what's 
required) than it might be to switch to one of several instances of the 
app each with a single open document.

> ... but not have multiple apps. visible at the same time.

You can split the screen between two apps in some versions of Android, 
and even have floating windows. This may require some cooperation from 
the apps themselves so not all apps may be able to do it.

-- 
Cheers,
 Daniel.
 

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#36142

On 21/11/2016 in message <VA.00000c03.0107595e@me.invalid> Daniel James 
wrote:

>The limiting aspect of Android is that you can only have a single
>instance of any given app open at a time, so you can't switch quickly
>between two documents in the same app.

Indeed, very frustrating.

The irony is I have a Toshiba WT310 tablet running Windows 8.1, nice bit 
of kit with i% CPU, 4 GB RAM and one of those MMC things for storage.

Took it to the next meeting and all the documents I needed sat in the task 
bar so I could call them up as and when. I went to check an email and 
found that the Mail app doesn't store mail locally, just down-loads it 
when you read it!

Back to the laptop.....

-- 
Jeff Gaines Wiltshire UK
All those who believe in psychokinesis raise my hand.

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#36157

In article <xn0kdshojj8ehh901a@news.individual.net>, Jeff Gaines wrote:
> The irony is I have a Toshiba WT310 tablet running Windows 8.1,
> nice bit of kit with i% CPU, 4 GB RAM and one of those MMC things
> for storage.
> 
> Took it to the next meeting and all the documents I needed sat in
> the task bar so I could call them up as and when. I went to check
> an email and found that the Mail app doesn't store mail locally,
> just down-loads it when you read it!

Other mail clients are available -- you could run something like 
Thunderbird, but whether it'd be usable on a touch-screen device with no 
keyboard I don't know.

The reason the "Mail app" doesn't store mail locally is probably because 
it is written to be used on a tablet with "one of those MMC things for 
storage" ... i.e. very limited storage space (compared with a "proper 
computer"). It may me possible to configure it to keep a local mail 
cache, though.

-- 
Cheers,
 Daniel.
 

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