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Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

alex — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 07:02:06 -0000

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Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Gee — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:39:40 -0000

if you want to try out Dropbox and get 2.25GB for free from the start, use my referral link

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Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

data recovery — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:34:44 -0000

I like dropbox even I use it like pen drive to move data from laptop to PC

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Dale Dietrich — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:29:24 -0000

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.

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Blake Larson — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:52:26 -0000

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/... 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/ref...

Great application

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Dale Dietrich — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:56:20 -0000

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.

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

RSR — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 23:27:08 -0000

Thanks, did use your referral.

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

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

joesmithe87 — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:21:00 -0000

GET 250 MB MORE USING THIS REFERRALS

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Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

RSR — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:39:00 -0000

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

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Dale Dietrich — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:12:55 -0000

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/wik...

And more about WLM here on Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

...Dale

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Barry James Folsom — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:27:23 -0000

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.

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Dale Dietrich — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:58:03 -0000

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.

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

zenzino — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 00:47:58 -0000

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.

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Marc Novakowski — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 23:02:45 -0000

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.

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Dale Dietrich — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 21:13:05 -0000

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?

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Jason H — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:40:49 -0000

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

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

Dale Dietrich — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:50:35 -0000

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.

Re: I’m Using Dropbox to Sync Key Files Across My PC, Laptop and iMac

zenzino — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:16:54 -0000

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