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zenzino · 4 months ago

I was checking out a trial of DropBox when I discovered Nomadesk. Not only does Nomadesk have 256 bit encryption to the cloud backup, it also encrypts your local files. You have access to your files whether you're online or offline. They also have unlimited storage space. It has all the sync functions and lots of sharing options, too. www.nomadesk.com

Dale Dietrich · 4 months ago

Interesting. I hadn't heard of Nomadesk before. It seems to be geared more towards team file syncing than personal file syncing but is essentially the same but with unlimited sync capacity.

While it has a 30 day free trial, after that you pay. Both Dropbox and Windows Live Mesh have perpetual free options. I also couldn't quickly see if it worked with the iMac. It also doesn't seem to have an iPhone app.

Thanks for the heads up zenzino.

zenzino · 4 months ago

Ah, fellow Mac user. Yes it does seem to be geared more towards team file syncing, but the unlimited backup was what caught my eye. The syncing has been useful, though. They do have a Mac version and an iPhone .mobi site. I also read that they were releasing an app soon. It's not free but it's unlimited and has been perfectly reliable so it's worth it to me.

Jason H · 4 months ago

I've been using Dropbox for a while now, almost for the sole purpose of having my complete Firefox profile sync across computers.

Dale Dietrich · 4 months ago

Interesting, I've heard of people using WLM for that (because it can sync any directory) but not Dropbox. You must somehow save your Documents and Settings folder inside your Dropbox folder? I presume you using XP because under Vista and Windows 7 a user's documents and applicatoin settings directories are separate. I've remapped my Windows 7 Documents directory under my Dropbox hierachy but don't know a way of keeping application user settings under a dropbox hierachy. Care to elaborate?

Marc Novakowski · 4 months ago

I've been using DropBox for a while now and love it. Even between computers on the same local network, it's often faster to just drag a file into the Dropbox folder than deal with network shares, etc. I think they might even be optimizing this case (two computers on the same LAN) so that files sync faster.

Dale Dietrich · 4 months ago

That certainly makes mistakes. Since they only sync the changed portion of a file, doing that over a network should make things faster. What I'm not sure about is if the software is smart enough to notice when two systems are on the same network and just send the changed bits across the network or to they always send up to the dropbox servers and back down to the network. I doubt that could be faster than native network transfers since Internet latency is going to be so much higher than on a network. But, it is remarkably fast on my internal network too.

Barry James Folsom · 4 months ago

I use Microsoft's Live Sync. Has anyone moved from Live Sync to DropBox? And if so, what was gained? Lost? Thanks for the help.

Dale Dietrich · 4 months ago

Microsoft intends to merge Windows Live Sync (WLS) with Windows Live Mesh (WLM) over time. Here are some of the differences:

1. WLS is Windows PC to Windows PC only - there is no sync to the cloud or to Macs
2. WLM also has remote access functionality. You can loginto any other WLM PC from a synced PC. You can't do that with WLS
3. WLM is a platform to build many more apps on in the future. WLS is going to die over time.

You can read more about WLS on Wikipedia here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_Sync

And more about WLM here on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Mesh

And while you are at it check out the related Windows Live SkyDrive:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Live_SkyDrive

...Dale

RSR · 3 months ago

any feedback on the referal limit? Are new users still getting a bonus using your referer link?

joesmithe87 · 3 months ago

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RSR · 3 months ago

Thanks, did use your referral.

Here's mine now if anyone wants to sign up: https://www.getdropbox.com/referrals/NTE5MTczMTE5

Dale Dietrich · 3 months ago

Hey, good idea Joe and RSR. My referral codes are all gone (as I wrote in an update to the original post). If others have a code they want to pass along, add a comment and include your referral code. However, if you do, please include an updated comment when your referral codes run out so users can move on to the next.

Blake Larson · 1 month ago

Hey Dale,

Thanks for the writeup on dropbox. I searched back to find this now that I have a laptop and desktop. That DropboxPath is a great little script and I am grateful that it exists. I now have my Documents folders (running Windows 7) on both my laptop and desktop as the dropbox folder, and it's working great so far.

This page here (http://storecrowd.com/blog/dropbox-hacks/) talks about some "advanced" dropbox techniques and their solution for making the Documents folder be the dropbox folder was to use the windows options to change the location of the Documents folder. But that seemed waaaay too inelegant for me, and I recalled you figured it out.

I only have 2.25 GB of storage right now, so if anyone finds this message and still needs dropbox, please use my referral link!:

https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTcxNTYyMjk

Great application

Dale Dietrich · 1 month ago

Yup, I went through that whole redirect My Documents idea myself before i found the DropboxPath script.

Glad its working for you. I hope others do use your referal link, because I topped out a few hours after I wrote this initial post.