07-11-2011, 02:11 PM
I'm using Synk Pro (http://decimus.net/Synk) since Microsoft Mesh seems to have bit the dust with Lion. I am using a work computer as the "server" and then synchronizing with several other machines - another at work, my home mac and my laptop. It is easy to reach out to the other work machine and my home main computer, since they are "fixed." The work machine has a fixed IP and the home machine receives the program requests via a port forward. It has a fixed local IP on my home network.
I just don't know what to do with the laptop.
I might need to run another version of the Synk software on the laptop and have it sync up to one of the other machines. Not ideal, but I can't think of another solution.
I specifically do not want a cloud-based system. I auditioned several programs that do direct connection between machines - either via rsync or p2p (or something else proprietary). I looked at:
http://www.goodsync.com/mac
http://decimus.net/Synk/SynkPro.html
http://www.superflexible.com/
http://jfilesync.sourceforge.net/
Each had pluses and minuses. All seemed fast and capable. I liked Goodsync a lot, but I couldn't figure out how to get the "server" running well. Synk Pro was simply the easiest to set up and use. If I want to add my PC into the mix, I will just have to mount is as an SMB share and sync that way.
Cloud systems do not work for me - not only because of the limitations on file numbers and size, but because many of the data files I use are several hundred megabytes, sometimes gigabytes. Syncing directly between machines is much faster than synchronizing up to the "cloud" first.
I just don't know what to do with the laptop.
I might need to run another version of the Synk software on the laptop and have it sync up to one of the other machines. Not ideal, but I can't think of another solution.
I specifically do not want a cloud-based system. I auditioned several programs that do direct connection between machines - either via rsync or p2p (or something else proprietary). I looked at:
http://www.goodsync.com/mac
http://decimus.net/Synk/SynkPro.html
http://www.superflexible.com/
http://jfilesync.sourceforge.net/
Each had pluses and minuses. All seemed fast and capable. I liked Goodsync a lot, but I couldn't figure out how to get the "server" running well. Synk Pro was simply the easiest to set up and use. If I want to add my PC into the mix, I will just have to mount is as an SMB share and sync that way.
Cloud systems do not work for me - not only because of the limitations on file numbers and size, but because many of the data files I use are several hundred megabytes, sometimes gigabytes. Syncing directly between machines is much faster than synchronizing up to the "cloud" first.