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Sync to a remote machine without using the CLI
Authored by: tinker on Mar 24, '06 08:41:54PM

Actually, I signed up for Foldershare (www.foldershare.com) to do exactly this. It puts a menubar-accessible local utility on each of my computers. I tell it which folders to sync via the online interface, and whenever two computers are online at the same time, they sync, very quickly and very efficiently. I've basically been able to forget about syncing laptop and desktop.

It works so quickly that I can use it for teaching. I write up my seminar notes on my desktop, grab my laptop, walk to class, pop open the laptop, sign in, and within a few moments -- usually so few that they're not even noticeable -- the same document is available in the same folder on my laptop, without my having to do a thing. Utterly brilliant. And cross-platform. And free.

The first question I usually get asked is, "Yeah, it's free now, but when do they start charging?" Oddly enough, they used to charge, but they were bought out by Microsoft, and now it's free. I don't know whether they plan to start charging -- I hope not. But time will tell.



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