Easiest way to sync a folder among computers?

[slackerinabox]

My dad would like his netbook/desktop and dtr laptop to all share his my documents folder, not via the intranet but over the web. What's the easiest service to do this? It should be as simple as drop a file in that folder and it's periodically updated to all the others. No photos, just xls and docs.

Thanks!

 

[Numenorean]

www.dropbox.com

 

[blackdogdeek]

if he doesn't mind downloading the file(s) himself he could try:

amazon cloud drive

 

[sdifox]

why not one of the free web drive offerings and just use that?

 

[ultimatebob]

www.dropbox.com

Microsoft also makes a product called LiveMesh that does this, but DropBox is awesome. It even has Smartphone support as well.

 

[HN]

www.dropbox.com

This is exactly what dropbox was meant for.

 

[slackerinabox]

This is exactly what dropbox was meant for.

Great - no user interaction required after initial setup? In other words, does he have to initiation sync after updating files or is it all automatic?

Thanks!

 

[Numenorean]

Great - no user interaction required after initial setup? In other words, does he have to initiation sync after updating files or is it all automatic?

Thanks!

It's all automatic. I don't know that it will sync your MyDocs folder though - it does make a special folder and anything you put in it is automatically synced between whatever systems you have it installed on. You can also put things in a shared "Public" folder inside the dropbox and get a special link to share with others instead of doing attachments - then they have a link the the updated one whenever they click it.

 

[slackerinabox]

It's all automatic. I don't know that it will sync your MyDocs folder though - it does make a special folder and anything you put in it is automatically synced between whatever systems you have it installed on. You can also put things in a shared "Public" folder inside the dropbox and get a special link to share with others instead of doing attachments - then they have a link the the updated one whenever they click it.

Perfect - thanks!

 

[alfa147x]

crashplan

 

[Lean L]

VPN + synctoys if you know what's good for you.

 

[blackdogdeek]

they could also send a 3.5 inch floppy in the mail.

 

[Duder1no]

wrong forum!

 

[DaWhim]

another vote for dropbox

 

[Tinymacrocosm]

I prefer LiveMesh as its easier to keep a folder structure than Dropbox.