Syncing files between Mac & Windows

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Syncing files between Mac & Windows

Next monht Windows Live Mesh will stop it's services and I will no longer be able to sync my files on LAN / WAN between my MAC and my Windows PC - and I really need that abilty. Cloud services like iCloud, Dropbox, SkyDrive and Google Drive is NOT an option for me.

I need something where I can mark folders and let them syncronise on the fly bewteen my different computers - but I simply can not find another programf for this purpose - a succeeder for Windows Live Mesh.

Can someone please help.

MacBook Air (13-INCH, MID 2011), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8)

Posted on Jan 7, 2013 1:08 PM

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Answer 1

XENiCraft

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Jan 7, 2013 1:14 PM in response to Jarslamares

Hello karstenjensen.dk!

Have you tried using Dropbox yet?

I find it to be very reliable and it syncs everywhere. It doesn't mattter about the platform as long as it has an internet connection.

ALSO I c&p this from Microsoft's site:

Windows Live Mesh will be retired on February 13, 2013. Before this date, make sure you save all the files you want to keep from the Mesh cloud (called "SkyDrivesynced storage" or "Mesh synced storage") on your computer. After this date, allMesh features (including remote desktop and peer-to-peer syncing) will stop working. For info about switching from Mesh to SkyDrive, see SkyDrive for Meshcustomers. For info about uninstalling Mesh, see How do I uninstall one or more Essentials programs?

Hope this helps,

xeni

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Jarslamares Author

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Jan 7, 2013 1:13 PM in response to XENiCraft

Dear XENI,

Yes, I have tried Dropbox and several other cloud services. But I am not looking for a cloud service like Dropbox as wrtten above.

I am looking for a P2P-solution.

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XENiCraft

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Jan 7, 2013 1:16 PM in response to Jarslamares

See my above post as I added some stuff. Also here is a link that might be useful: http://www.broadbandinfo.com/high-speed-internet/file-sharing/avalanche-microsof ts-p2p-file-sharing-program.html

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Jarslamares Author

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Jan 7, 2013 1:16 PM in response to XENiCraft

BTW, yes, I did read about it on MS's webpage - and I now have less than 5 week to find a solution and I have really tried with no luck.

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XENiCraft

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Jan 7, 2013 1:18 PM in response to Jarslamares

http://mobileoffice.about.com/b/2012/02/27/time-to-look-for-a-live-mesh-alternat ive-new-skydrive-wont-allow-pc-to-pc-syncing.htm

This any good?

Was avalanche anything special?

http://alternativeto.net/software/live-mesh/?platform=online

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Jan 7, 2013 1:19 PM in response to Jarslamares

Cubby's a great service, it is cloud based but operates like Windows Live Mesh.

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Jarslamares Author

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Jan 7, 2013 1:23 PM in response to XENiCraft

With all respect, I think this is a very old post you have found......

Fist it says: "Avalanche is not yet readily available, because researchers in the UK are currently developing the program."

And at the end it says something about 2005 - so not much help there....

Avalance is today a part of Win8 but the application defines the snow slide information.

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Jarslamares Author

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Jan 7, 2013 1:24 PM in response to CollinFarmer

Hi Collin - have you tried Cubby?

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XENiCraft

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Jan 7, 2013 1:40 PM in response to Jarslamares

Hi sorry about about that! I was just quickly googling while helping some others on the forum not really paying enough attention. Cubby is a good service from what I've heard.

Here are some reviews:

http://www.theonlycog.com/post/review-cubby-cloud-storage-and-sync-service/

http://web.appstorm.net/reviews/file-management/cubby-com-a-powerful-cloud-sync- contender/

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Jarslamares Author

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Jan 7, 2013 1:56 PM in response to XENiCraft

Avalance is today a part of Win8 but the application defines the snow slide information.

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Csound1

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Jan 7, 2013 1:59 PM in response to Jarslamares

Use SugarSync, you can synchronize designated (any or all) folders to other machines, no special folders required.

You can also sync the folders on your Mac to iPhones, Androids, Symbians etc.

I use it to keep 2 laptops and a desktop's user folders identical, I save a file on one (or delete it) and the action is replicated immediately on all others.

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Jarslamares Author

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Jan 18, 2013 10:40 AM in response to Jarslamares

I can't believe why Apple or MS does'nt provide this service.....

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Csound1

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Jan 18, 2013 12:04 PM in response to Jarslamares

As I posted before, SugarSync does exactly what you want and is free (up to 5G storage) and inexpensive (5-500G storage)

Is there some reason you don't want to use it?

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Jarslamares Author

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Jan 18, 2013 12:58 PM in response to Csound1

I just realised it was free up to 5 GB and that soulution will be perfect for me if I can easyli set up which folders I want to share.....

Are you using the free or paid version?

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Csound1

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Jan 18, 2013 1:05 PM in response to Jarslamares

The 2 versions are the same, only extra storage differentiates them, and I am using the paid version (I have 200G of space)

Setting up folders is very simple, right click the folder and select 'Add to SugarSync'. The folders appear in SugarSync in the same folder structure as they do on your Mac or Windows PC.

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