Syncing macbook and network drive

ok here it goes, I have a macbook, i also have a dell desktop. i take a large volume of photos and have a large amount already. My macbook hd isn't big enough to hold everything I want as well as all my photos. So I have an external hd. now, i use my macbook and pc for photos, and i'd like all my photos on my external hd and on my pc, but i don't want to have to copy them from my camera on to my mac then onto my pc. so i'm looking for a way of syncing my external hd with a shared folder on the pc. i'm happy to always copy photos from my camera onto the external hd via my mac, but would like a way of automatically syncing this hd (obviously while still connected to my mac) with the networked windows folder.. (thought of automator??)... having it copy any new files from the folder on the pc to the external hd would be a massive bonus..
any suggestions please??!!
hope i've made sense.
alex

found solution
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Here is the log fine with error code:
Error code: 0x0000000000000000
Interval Since Last Panic Report: 5 sec
Panics Since Last Report:          1
Anonymous UUID:                    3C5AA43F-D876-4F9D-A831-D8043218C6E0
Tue Aug 16 14:54:46 2011
panic(cpu 0 caller 0xffffff80002d1208): Kernel trap at 0xffffff7f815c6b54, type 14=page fault, registers:
CR0: 0x000000008001003b, CR2: 0x0000000000000005, CR3: 0x0000000000100000, CR4: 0x0000000000040660
RAX: 0x0000000000000000, RBX: 0xffffff8000000000, RCX: 0x0000000001000000, RDX: 0xffffff8013ae9200
RSP: 0xffffff80de173ea0, RBP: 0xffffff80de173ed0, RSI: 0x0000000000000000, RDI: 0xffffff8013ae9200
R8: 0x0000000000000001, R9: 0x0000000000000000, R10: 0x0000000000000000, R11: 0x0000000000000000
R12: 0x0000000000000000, R13: 0xffffff8016207008, R14: 0xffffff8015a228f8, R15: 0x0000000000000000
RFL: 0x0000000000010246, RIP: 0xffffff7f815c6b54, CS: 0x0000000000000008, SS: 0x0000000000000010
Error code: 0x0000000000000000
Backtrace (CPU 0), Frame : Return Address
0xffffff80de173b40 : 0xffffff8000204d15
0xffffff80de173c40 : 0xffffff80002d1208
0xffffff80de173d90 : 0xffffff80002e3f4a
0xffffff80de173da0 : 0xffffff7f815c6b54
0xffffff80de173ed0 : 0xffffff80002524fe
0xffffff80de173f00 : 0xffffff8000478c7f
0xffffff80de173f40 : 0xffffff7f8159b158
0xffffff80de173fa0 : 0xffffff80002c8527
      Kernel Extensions in backtrace (with dependencies):
         com.thursby.kext.cifs(5.1)@0xffffff7f815ae000->0xffffff7f815cffff
            dependency: com.thursby.kext.NetBIOS(5.1)@0xffffff7f8158b000
         com.thursby.kext.NetBIOS(5.1)@0xffffff7f8158b000->0xffffff7f815adfff
BSD process name corresponding to current thread: kernel_task
Mac OS version:
10K549
Kernel version:
Darwin Kernel Version 10.8.0: Tue Jun 7 16:32:41 PDT 2011; root:xnu-1504.15.3~1/RELEASE_X86_64
System model name: iMac12,1 (Mac-942B5BF58194151B)
System uptime in nanoseconds: 105374280984
unloaded kexts:
(none)
loaded kexts:
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com.apple.iokit.IOUSBUserClient             4.2.4
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com.apple.iokit.IOSMBusFamily                1.1
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Memory Module: global_name
AirPort: spairport_wireless_card_type_airport_extreme (0x168C, 0x9A), Atheros 9380: 4.0.35.3
Bluetooth: Version 2.4.5f3, 2 service, 19 devices, 1 incoming serial ports
Network Service: Ethernet, Ethernet, en0
Network Service: AirPort, AirPort, en1
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Serial ATA Device: OPTIARC DVD RW AD-5690H
USB Device: Hub, 0x0424 (SMSC), 0x2514, 0xfd100000 / 2
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How can I download the data to Application Server and Network Drive

Hi Experts
I am having problem with download the data to Application Server and Network Drive in back ground. its working in foregorund but not in back ground.please suggest me . Thanks for advance.
Thanks & Regards
Raghava

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it_fihrst_out-its internal table
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this may be happening because i run itunes so soon after booting that the computer hasn't had the chance to find the network drive yet. and that's fine. but if i re-select the source of photos to the same network drive, itunes insists that it is a different library than on my iphone and wants to sync all the photos from scratch.
is there a way to indicate that this is the same source and not a new source?

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When I tried to sync Apple TV to the My Pictures folder, iTunes would think for a few seconds and then give me the little exclaimation mark inside the triangle instead of the synching icon, and would go no further.
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mikewm wrote:
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What is the point of having a feedback system when it all gets ignored!
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For how long will you go on ignoring us like this???
I have been a passionate defender of Nokia since 2001 till literally 5mins ago when after downloading the new OVI suite, a simple task like syncing contacts crashes OVI time and time again.
I can't select a network drive to sync to, all my support posts for the N8 have so far been ignored!!
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I love Nokia as a company as they're full of ideas and potential but the software guys will spell doom for you! If something so simple like syncing contacts can be missed and the software is allowed to be released to the public with that very obvious bug!! Can't you just have it so things JUST WORK?!?!
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I am so **bleep** with the whole company right now I'm on the brink of just throwing it all away and saying goodbye to Nokia for ever!
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I have a MacBook and a 1TB G Drive which holds all of my photographs and iTunes library (none of which is on my MacBook, since I ran out of space long ago), and where I have backed up my Documents folder by simply copying and pasting.
I bought another 1TB G Drive to use as a back up, but I have no idea what I'm doing. The first time I backed anything up I just copied and pasted again, from both the first drive and my MacBook, which is ridiculous and took hours and is pathetic.
I want to set up Time Machine so all of my applications and settings are backed up, in addition to my files which are in two separate places right now. I'm not sure how to set up the second drive to take care of both.
After looking at the FAQs at the top of this forum, I'm afraid that any partitions I set up may re-format the drives and thus wipe out everything I have. Any advice on how to set this up without losing my data would be appreciated. Thank you!

1980qt50 wrote:
I have a MacBook and a 1TB G Drive which holds all of my photographs and iTunes library (none of which is on my MacBook, since I ran out of space long ago), and where I have backed up my Documents folder by simply copying and pasting.
I bought another 1TB G Drive to use as a back up
That may not be large enough. It varies greatly depending on how you use your Mac, but Time Machine usually requires 2-3 times the space of the data it's backing-up. So add-up the space used on your MacBook's internal HD and the amount used on the other drive. If that's less than 500 GB, you'll probably be fine. If it's between 500 GB and about 750 GB, it might work, at least for a while.
I want to set up Time Machine so all of my applications and settings are backed up, in addition to my files which are in two separate places right now. I'm not sure how to set up the second drive to take care of both.
Most likely, piece of cake.
After looking at the FAQs at the top of this forum, I'm afraid that any partitions I set up may re-format the drives and thus wipe out everything I have.
No, Time Machine won't wipe out your data.
First check the Format of the media drive. You can do that via +Get Info+ in the Finder. In the General area of the Info panel it will show Format. If it's any variation of +Mac OS Extended,+ then Time Machine can back it up. If not, your best bet will be to switch drives -- format the new one for your Mac, copy the data to it, then erase and reformat the old one to be used for your backups. Post back for instructions if you need to do that.
You should erase and format the Time Machine drive with a single partition, per #5 in the FAQ.
When you're ready to start Time Machine, click the Options button in Time Machine > Preferences. See if the media drive is listed in the exclusions box; if it is, select it and click the minus sign. Then Time Machine will back it up.
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Hi folks, I hope someone can assist. I have a Mac Mini 2011 running 10.8.5. All has been well. Suddenly, when I plugged in an external flash drive (USB), nothing showed up in Finder. Things I have done:
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Confirmed that the Hidden flag in terminal is not set.
Note: I can see the drives in Disk Utility, but the partitions/volumes are gray and will not be mounted.
Note: Network drives and internal drives appear and work as expected
Note: My network Time Machine also appears and performs as expected.
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Also, I loged out and switched to another user account on the same machine (that I use solely for the purpose of troubleshooting), and it was similarly affected.
Thanks in advance!
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Copy the selected text to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C.
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☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Terminal in the icon grid.
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Sync Macbook and iMac

I recently purchased a new 27" iMac. I want to be able to keep my photos and music in-sync with both my new iMac and my Macbook. For example, when I am on-the-go, I want to be able to open my Macbook and if I have downloaded a new song back home from my iMac; I want it to be available on my Macbook. I know I can enable Library Sharing via iPhoto or iTunes, but that only works with both computers on and running. I want something like MobileMe, where if one thing changes, it changes it on every device. However, I have gigabytes upon gigabytes of photos and music, therefore MobileMe or DropBox aren't useful to me. Please help me. I have read in some threads about using FireWire and such, but am illiterate when it comes to how to set this up.
Thanks,
Jeremiah House
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I do exactly the same thing. But it's not as easy as one would think. I like to keep my MacBook exactly like my iMac right down to the desktop.
Music - If you use iTunes you need to turn on the home share option and let them sync when they see each other. This is automatic and built into iTunes. If you do not use iTunes, then syncing of your music should be no problem with ChronoSync.
Files other then in Mail - I use ChronoSync. I have it set to sync everything I want to keep on both machines automatically. The moment each computer sees the other they sync. Usually very quickly unless I have change, added, removed a lot of files.
Mail - You need to use an IMAP system to keep all mail synced as copying the files from computer to another will not put them back into mail. Like iTunes it has it's own database engine that everything has to go through.
Contacts, Calendar, notes, widgets, dock items, keychains, mail rules, bookmarks, and preferences - If you use MobileMe to sync then do not sync any other way. It will cause havoc... If you do not use MobileMe, then there are settings in ChronoSync to sync those too.

Sync MacBook and G4

I'm trying to achieve the simple process of syncing a macbook and a G4 both with the latest and greatest of everything. I have a usb bluetooth dongle for the G4 and was planning on just using iSync. Now thast I actually READ something, it looks liek this is no longer possible without .MAC. Is this true? I'm looking to sync all that I can, but most importantly the address book and iCal.
I suppose I could sync to my phone then take the phoen in the other room and sync the other machine. Since I've typed this much before I thought of that I'm going to post this anywya and see if anyone can tell me if it's possible to just isync the two machines directly.
Thanks!

thanks, I'll definitely give it a shot.
I just plugged in a generic, off brand USB Bluetooth dongle to my G4 (which could be the problem - but that aside) and it works, bluetooth is there and on...BUT.....
when I try and pair my Motorola E-815 it shows me the key to enter but while it is still "gathering" information, the screen then says "this phone has no features avilable to use" or something similar to that. Then if I try to pair it again, it won't recongnize it, unless I power the phone off and back on (the phone, not just bluetooth on the phone) yet it doesn't show up in my devices list.
Any thoughts on what this coule be? Everythign worked fine rigth out of the box on the MacBook.
FWIW - The dongle is supposed to be V2.0 but I think it is V1.2. Any way to tell in the info on my computer?
thanks a ton!

Bridge and network drive

I am planing to set up a Drobo network drive and three mac work stations with PSCC and BRCC.
Can Bridge run as a network application?
In other words if the source files live in the network drive, when computer A makes a Br collection,
do computers B and C see the same Br collection?
When computer B labels a files do computers A and C see the same label?
When computer C makes a PSCC edit do computer B and C see the updated image preview?

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Interaction of Bridge and Network drive?

Hi All:
I just put a 1T byte network attached drive in my system and moved all my
photos and rebuilt cache for Bridge on that drive. I did this so I could
access my files from my main computer or laptop on my wireless network. All
seem to work as it should except that since I did this Bridge is crashing
often. There seems to be no pattern. Sometime with in seconds of opening it
will popup a message that it has a problem and needs to close. Other times
I will be in CS3 editing with Bridge idle in the background and it will do
the same thing. Is this a known problem, or am I seeing something new? Ive
not had a big problem with crashes before. It did crash but not very often.
Now its doing every time I use it. Im running XP on both computers with
2gigs of memory in each. The drivers are up to date on both computers. The
network drive is WD world book. This cant be that strange of a thing to do
so Bridge should be able to handle it.
John Passaneau

In most cases I am doing nothing in Bridge when it crashes. More that half
the time Im in Photoshop editing and Bridge is in the background idle and
it goes by by. One thing I notice, when I restart Bridge it comes up in the
folder or task that was were I was the time before it crashed. That is if I
was in directory A, then went to B and while I was in B it cashed. When it
restarts it will be in A, not B like it normally would. As for the drive
speed when I'm on the laptop it's a wireless connection. On the desk top
it's a hard wired connection to the router of about 6' or 2m you choose.
This is a local network and I'm the only user. I can notice the speed
difference when I load or save photos as there is no way a network drive is
as fast as a local drive in a computer.
But then I'm only using the network drive to store files and Bridges cache.
Photoshop and Bridges scratch disk are on local disks in the respective
computers. The desk top scratch disk is on a separate high speed disk which
is shared only with windows scratch file. These are both older computers
but they fast enough to run Photoshop well. My thought is there is some
interaction between the World Book network drive and Bridge but figuring
out what to do about it is going to be tough. A network drive is in essence
a computer/hard drive/network interface in a box. In this one the computer
is running Linux. In fact I can access this drive from anywhere even here
at work through the network.

N8 Belle and Network Drive mapping.

Hello! Today I tried to move a large video file from my phone to a pc, but I didn't have the USB cable with me and nobody has the mini-usb cable laying around and Bluetooth is way too slow. Then I remembered using the convenient "Map Network Drive" option. I tried looking in the file browser where it was before, but then after googling it I found out that it was removed in Belle.
I hope it's coming back as I remember it to be pretty convenient as wi-fi is pretty fast and I see no reason in removing features with updates.
Thanks

Hello! Today I tried to move a large video file from my phone to a pc, but I didn't have the USB cable with me and nobody has the mini-usb cable laying around and Bluetooth is way too slow. Then I remembered using the convenient "Map Network Drive" option. I tried looking in the file browser where it was before, but then after googling it I found out that it was removed in Belle.
I hope it's coming back as I remember it to be pretty convenient as wi-fi is pretty fast and I see no reason in removing features with updates.
Thanks

Syncing macbook and network drive

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