Pairing your Fitbit and MyFitnessPal accounts ensures you can use the best of both platforms without much fuss. You’ll gain access to MyFitnessPal’s planning and dieting features informed by Fitbit’s health tracking smarts. While syncing Fitbit with MyFitnessPal is a relatively simple undertaking, you may have a few problems. Find a list of solutions to Fitbit and … [Read more...] about Fitbit not syncing with MyFitnessPal? Try these quick fixes.
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Here’s how WhatsApp’s multi-device syncing feature could work
More details of WhatsApp’s chat migration and sync feature have emerged. The details suggest that it’s a key cog in WhatsApp’s larger multi-device support. Last month, reports of WhatsApp‘s planned chat history migration feature between iOS and Android made the headlines. Now, details of how this process forms part of the chat app’s multi-device system may function have … [Read more...] about Here’s how WhatsApp’s multi-device syncing feature could work
Microsoft is killing cross-device syncing from the Timeline feature on Windows 10
Windows may be one of the most popular desktop platforms, but not every part of the OS sees as much popularity or use. A case in point is the Timeline feature on Windows 10 that was added in the April 2018 update to the OS. The feature aims to show you current and past activities across a time period on devices connected to the same Microsoft account, and is accessed through … [Read more...] about Microsoft is killing cross-device syncing from the Timeline feature on Windows 10
Microsoft Edge 91 will be the first to support syncing on Linux
It took Microsoft quite some time to release the first versions of its Chromium-based Edge web browser for Linux. One thing that was not implemented in the initial releases was support for syncing data. While data syncing was a work in progress for a long time on Windows and Mac OS as well, Linux users had to wait a bit longer still. Now, with Microsoft Edge 91 comes … [Read more...] about Microsoft Edge 91 will be the first to support syncing on Linux
Admins will soon be able to block the syncing of specific file types to OneDrive
Microsoft’s OneDrive will soon get another useful policy for Office 365 admins. The policy would allow admins to block the uploading of new files which have specific extensions or filenames, according to the Office 365 roadmap. The entry there notes: “This setting lets you enter keywords to prevent the OneDrive sync app (OneDrive.exe) from uploading certain files to … [Read more...] about Admins will soon be able to block the syncing of specific file types to OneDrive
Lyft For iPhone App Gets iOS Calendar, Google Calendar Syncing Feature; Uber Rival Climbs To 4th Spot In App Store Rankings
Lyft just updated its app to add a new calendar integration feature that makes it easy for users to keep track of their destinations. The feature supports Apple’s native iOS Calendar and its third-party alternative, Google Calendar. Thus, users will be able to view their upcoming event locations just by syncing their iPhone with these calendars. Early this week, Lyft announced … [Read more...] about Lyft For iPhone App Gets iOS Calendar, Google Calendar Syncing Feature; Uber Rival Climbs To 4th Spot In App Store Rankings
How to Make Sure iCloud Is Backing Up, Syncing Your Data
Most of us have been in the situation where we had to get a new iOS device, and all our photos, notes, and contacts went *poof,* never to be seen again. If you've felt that pain—or want to avoid it—iCloud is your friend. Apple's cloud storage services, including iCloud Drive, back up valuable information, documents, and images wirelessly to the internet. Once the information … [Read more...] about How to Make Sure iCloud Is Backing Up, Syncing Your Data
Syncthing: Open Source P2P File Syncing Tool
Usually, we have a cloud sync solution like MEGA or Dropbox to have a backup of our files on the cloud while making it easier to share it. But, what do you do if you want to sync your files across multiple devices without storing them on the cloud? That is where Syncthing comes to the rescue. Syncthing: An open source tool to synchronize files across … [Read more...] about Syncthing: Open Source P2P File Syncing Tool