How to sync multiple Google accounts concurrently
A new feature of Syncdocs, is the ability to sync multiple Google Docs or Google Apps accounts at the same time. Previously you were limited to one account per sync, but Syncdocs now lets you sync many Google accounts simultaneously.
Why would I want multiple accounts simultaneously?
You might want to keep your work Google Apps and personal Google Docs accounts separate.
If you are running a backup server, you might want to sync everyone on your Google Apps domain to the server, but keep their data synced to separate folders.
Perhaps you are a web-designer or consultant and work with various different customers at the same time, and need to keep their data in sync.
How to setup multiple account Syncing
Previously Syncdocs only let you sync one Google Docs or Google Apps account at a time. You could switch accounts, but not use both concurrently.
To setup multiple Syncdocs, do the following.
1. You’ll need Syncdocs version 1.23 or later. If you don’t have it, download and install the latest version
2. In the Preferences -> Account Tab there are two new buttons, marked “Make Shortcut” and “Use Now”
3. Select the other account you want to use.
4. “Use Now” button runs that other account concurrently when you press the button.
5. “Make shortcut” button makes a shortcut. This shortcut runs the other account. The shortcut is put on your desktop, but you can move it where you want. The shortcut is shown below. It is given the title of your gmail account (“syncdocs.test” in this case) so you can distinguish it.
You’ll see a different colored shortcut icon on the taskbar for this other account.
You can have as many accounts running concurrently as you wish.
Things to watch out for with multiple accounts
Watch out for confusion with multiple accounts running at the same time.
Right click uploads are always the first account
The context menu items that are shown when you right click on a file in Windows explorer (like “View in Google Docs” ) are linked to the first (main) instance of Syncdocs that is run. For example if you right click on a file and select “Share in Google Docs”, it will be shared from the first run Syncdocs account.
Identifying Google accounts
If you hover your cursor over the secondary taskbar icons it will show you the account name, and the name is also shown at the top of the menu in blue:
The name of the account is also shown at the top of the status menu:
Evaluating your product for my clients. I like the ability to sync multiple accounts to a server. I noticed you can sync 8 pcs to one account, but I didn’t notice a limit to the number of Google Accounts you can sync to one computer? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks!
We haven’t come across any Google limit. You are simply limited by the amount of memory on and resources the local computer. Perhaps 40 simultaneous accounts on a 32 bit system, much more on a 64 bit Windows.
I have tried running syncdocs for multiple Google accounts and it works great.
The problem is: when the computer is rebooted only one of the syncdocs account sync’s starts up. The others have to be restarted manually. Is there any way to automate the starting of more than one syncdocs sync service at start up?
Yes, you can, but you’ll need to create shortcuts in the start menu yourself for these other accounts.
The shortcut is to the syncdocs.exe and the command line is -u [email protected]
You can specify as many other accounts as you want. See here for more command line options:
http://www.syncdocs.com/2011/07/power-user-google-syncing-with-syncdocs/
Hi – if I have two google drives – do I need two licences as well for syncing them – because if I switch from one to the other – then on is registred and the othe on trial ?!?
Yes, Syncdocs is licenced per account, but you can install it on as many different computers as you want.
See this FAQ for more…
How do we keep the accounts and the drives on the PC separate. I want to synch personal docs to a personal account and biz docs to a biz account
Simply select a different folder or drive to sync in the “Folders” tab for each user.
Syncdocs keeps all settings and files separate between users.
Hello, we would like to sync multiple account for our clients in our server, but, we have Google Business Apps with custom domains, that meens we have [email protected] and [email protected], not gmail.com , can we do this with your application?. The other question would be, do i need one licence for each email domain account?
Yes, Syncdocs can sync multiple Google Apps accounts at the same time.
See here for full details