05-29-2011, 07:14 PM
Having given up on MobileMe,
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1158884
I followed up on some references to SugarSync (SS). I rather like it: straightforward, simple, and seems to work flawlessly. It won't do Mail, or Contacts (though 'thermarest' suggested sync'ing the ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook file, which might effectively sync contacts), but it will do files.
I'm wondering, though, about the best way to avoid the obvious hazards, particularly the accidental deletion of a file(s). The beauty of SS is that whatever you do in synchronized folder S on Computer A is quickly replicated on Computer B (and vice-versa). So if you delete a file from S on A, it will also get deleted on B. It would be helpful if SS generated a warning, e.g. "This file is synchronized on Computer B; are you sure you want to delete it?" But apparently there is none.
One option, of course, is to always work on copies. SS provides a 'Magic Briefcase' where you can put the sync'd files; if you put only copies there, nothing you do will affect the originals. But of course at some point you'll want to update the originals, by replacing them, a hazard in itself, if only because file naming can become confusing.
The reason I'm asking, aside from being a worrywart, is that it would be tempting to put my entire Documents folder in the Magic Briefcase, whereupon everything in it would be sync'd between my iMac and my MBP all the time. But, I wonder, what are the potential hazards of doing this? Could a glitch in SS's servers end up deleting (or corrupting) the files? Could a hard-drive crash on the MBP end up deleting the Documents on the iMac?
For those of you who do sync two or more computers using SugarSync (or DropBox, or MM, or some other service), what potential hazards do you see, and what strategies do you use to avoid them?
/Mr Lynn
http://forums.macresource.com/read.php?1,1158884
I followed up on some references to SugarSync (SS). I rather like it: straightforward, simple, and seems to work flawlessly. It won't do Mail, or Contacts (though 'thermarest' suggested sync'ing the ~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook file, which might effectively sync contacts), but it will do files.
I'm wondering, though, about the best way to avoid the obvious hazards, particularly the accidental deletion of a file(s). The beauty of SS is that whatever you do in synchronized folder S on Computer A is quickly replicated on Computer B (and vice-versa). So if you delete a file from S on A, it will also get deleted on B. It would be helpful if SS generated a warning, e.g. "This file is synchronized on Computer B; are you sure you want to delete it?" But apparently there is none.
One option, of course, is to always work on copies. SS provides a 'Magic Briefcase' where you can put the sync'd files; if you put only copies there, nothing you do will affect the originals. But of course at some point you'll want to update the originals, by replacing them, a hazard in itself, if only because file naming can become confusing.
The reason I'm asking, aside from being a worrywart, is that it would be tempting to put my entire Documents folder in the Magic Briefcase, whereupon everything in it would be sync'd between my iMac and my MBP all the time. But, I wonder, what are the potential hazards of doing this? Could a glitch in SS's servers end up deleting (or corrupting) the files? Could a hard-drive crash on the MBP end up deleting the Documents on the iMac?
For those of you who do sync two or more computers using SugarSync (or DropBox, or MM, or some other service), what potential hazards do you see, and what strategies do you use to avoid them?
/Mr Lynn