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Ideas to keep a Macbook folder and a Windows 8 desktop folder in sync

Sid-R

Sid-R

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I have a Windows 8 desktop and a mac air. I want to have free (non cloud) utility to keep one folder in sync between the two.
And my main purpose is for sync movie/tv show downloads.

I am trying currently with a windows folder mounted on mac.. will update more on ow that works out.
Mean while if any of you have a cleaner free solution.
 
Sid-R

Sid-R

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simsaladimbamba said:
What about a network HDD (1 TB or 2 TB) or even a NAS you connect to your router via Gigabit Ethernet and use that?
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Thanks but I dont want to put any money into this solution. My Win 8 desktop is connected to my TV to watch stuff on it but I download a lot of stuff on my mac. so would be great if they synced

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ChristianJapan said:
My first thought went to rsync but that's not really good for bidirectional sync.

How about this one: Unison http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/unison/index.html.
I didn't tried but seems a fit ?
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Thanks I will try it
 
Sid-R

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Tried Many of the soft wares available but not of them does an auto sync.. they all need to used manually
 
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Sid-R said:
I have a Windows 8 desktop and a mac air. I want to have free (non cloud) utility to keep one folder in sync between the two.
And my main purpose is for sync movie/tv show downloads.

I am trying currently with a windows folder mounted on mac.. will update more on ow that works out.
Mean while if any of you have a cleaner free solution.
Click to expand...

You can do it through a shareware program (for Windows is MacDrive) and then use iTunes to move your iTunes Library to an external drive.
 
Sid-R

Sid-R

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Found the perfect solution!!

Bit Torrent sync.. works like a charm
 
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