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title: "Cloud Sync & Your Sync Token"
description: "The cloud sync is the bridge between the three parts of Astro PM: the desktop app plans, NINA executes, and the phone watches. One **sync token** ties them all to your account. ### How the Pieces Connect - The **desktop…"
url: "https://astro-pm.com/docs/cloud-sync-token/"
updated: "2026-07-12"
category: "Installation & Setup"
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# Cloud Sync & Your Sync Token

The cloud sync is the bridge between the three parts of Astro PM: the desktop app plans, NINA executes, and the phone watches. One **sync token** ties them all to your account.

### How the Pieces Connect

- The **desktop app** pushes your active targets, exposure plans, mosaic panels, and per-rig scheduler settings to the cloud.
- The **NINA plugin** pulls that plan each night, images it, and reports captured subs back so project progress updates automatically.
- The **phone app** reads the same account to show your systems, targets, and nightly progress.

### Your Sync Token

Your token is created with your account and shown in the desktop app’s NINA Sync settings. It is **account-level**: every computer and device using the same token shares the same cloud targets. To connect a NINA machine, copy the token into the Astro PM plugin’s Options page in NINA. To connect your phone, scan the pairing QR code from the desktop app instead – no typing needed.

![](https://astro-pm.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Screenshot-2026-07-12-084443.jpg)

   **Tip:** Treat the token like a password. Anyone with it can read your target list and report captures against your projects.

### What Syncs (and What Does Not)

**Synced:** active projects and targets with their exposure plans, panels, rotation, priorities, and constraints; per-imaging-system scheduler settings; capture progress; target thumbnails.

**Not synced:** your full equipment library, completed or on-hold project history, and local analysis data. The desktop app remains the master planning record.