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Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer

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Andy Burns wrote:
> I had an issue with DNS resolution, the tablet now completes the test 
> connection to SMB, I've tried to add a sync pair from an SMB folder to 
> emulated SD card, but it's not copied anything ...

Never heard of FolderSync Pro... 

Hence, I have a basic question about "FolderSync Pro", which is what does
it do that the presumably free versions of similar packages do not have?

Dunno what FolderSync Pro even does, so I looked it up:
 a. Sync folders automatically
 b. Connect to SMB shares
 c. Run in the background reliably
Is that what it does?

Apparently the open-source Syncthing does most of that, but not with SMB.
There's "AutoSync for SMB" but it's similar tiered free/cost pricing.
Cx File Explorer has fre SMB but not auto sync.
There's rsync over Termu via a mounted SMB share, but that's technical.
There's also Tasker-like automation possible (using Automate perhaps).
MacroDroid + a dual-pane file manager can be cobbled together also.

But Round Sync is a FOSS frontend for clone and it ties well to SMB.
Supposedly.

If I wanted to set this up, here's what I'd try if I invested in it.
 a. RoundSync apparently runs entirely on the phone
 b. We apparently input Windows PC's SMB credentials
 c. We apparently then choose our local and remote folders
 d. And we then set up the sync automation, apparently

Apparently RoundSync supports scheduled sync tasks and can run in the
background. Because it uses the rclone engine, it handles multiple
protocols if that is a concern..  Of course, being FOSS, it's free, no ads,
and supposedly it handles SMB natively.

Personally, I use RoundSync as a file manager (I have many as I test such
things, as you know), but I generally can't use SMB automation because my
Windows desktops don't have passwords.

But I wonder, from the others out there, why use FolderSync when RoundSync
seems to do the same thing?
-- 
On Usenet, we can discuss various ways we've implemented to do things.

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FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-20 09:56 +0200
  Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-20 11:25 +0100
    Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-20 12:39 +0200
      Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-20 11:49 +0100
        Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-20 13:13 +0200
          Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-20 12:29 +0100
            Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-21 05:25 -0100
              Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-21 09:17 +0200
                Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-21 16:03 -0100
                Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-22 22:17 +0200
              Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2026-06-21 09:42 +0100
              Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-06-22 12:27 +0300
                Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Maria Sophia <mariasophia@comprehension.com> - 2026-06-22 23:44 +0700
                Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-22 22:23 +0200
  Re: FolderSync Pro can not connect to SMB any longer Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2026-06-20 12:28 +0200

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