Hey Guys,
Got my 13" MBP last week and wife liked the looks and size so much, she decided she wanted one too...so far so good.
I alternate every day between Linux, Mac and PC and also use Solaris and AIX frequently. Switching OS's isn't a big deal to me...for my wife, it a bit more than she expected.
My current dilemma is how to syncronize her long time PC files with her new MBP.
I have read about Dropbox, FolderShare, SugarShare and Syncplicity. Each either has a 2-5GB size limitation or a monthly fee in addition to many unwanted options.
I have roughly 60GB of data that I want to keep in sync...mind you, not all 60GB of data will change every day...but until my wife gets comfortable with Leopard, I want to make sure the PC and the MAC are "in parity" if that makes sense.
I basically want something like rsync (from UNIX/Linux) but it needs to have a gui and be more transparent.
Anybody got suggestions?
WAF is crucial.![]()
Thanks!
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I'll be watching this thread closely... I have a similar problem - I want to sync the "My Documents" folder and hopefully "My Music" folder between an Inspiron 530 and a Macbook Pro 13".
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unison has been written about a couple of places for bi-directional sync, but after looking into it, Cygwin (or at least GTK+ and some other GNU apps) are needed on the PC side...it doesn't loom to be very user friendly...
I need a really simple, no fuss solution.
Would like to find something easy and pre-built. -
There's Synctoy on the Windows side which is free, practically infallible in use and handy.
There's Chronosync on the Mac side which is not. -
jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso
https://www.mesh.com/welcome/default.aspx
http://login.live.com/login.srf?wa=...nc.live.com/home.aspx?fwp=1&lc=1033&id=250206
You can sync as much data as you want with both of these software. Both can use Lan or the internet to sync. It's also crossplatform as well. Both Live sync and Live mesh have 5GB free cloudstorage if you want to keep some files on microsoft's cloud servers. Best of all, these services are for free. -
Thanks for the heads up on these options.
Mesh says that Mac support is "coming soon" in their about mesh pages.
I signed in and looked at the help sections regarding devices...I can't tell if Mac's are supported or not. I am going to try it and see...but am not over hopeful at this point.
Will check out the one as well.
Mac & PC Sync Help Needed...
Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by mismith356, Jun 20, 2009.