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Better than dropbox! perfect for Macbook Air. Free 6.6 gigs of synced storage!
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Well, everyone should sign up only through a referral. I didn't use one for Dropbox, and that was stupid. I guess I was mostly checking out macrumors at the time
I tried SugarSync after Dropbox dropped the ball with a couple of security issues. For me, it sucked big time - It's very, very slow and uses memory like it's going out of fashion!
I have a reasonably large (40GB) dropbox and when I tried to sync the same data to Sugarsync it was horrendously slow and ridiculously memory hungry. After 48 hours of syncing it was using nearly 3GB of memory, ground the machine to a halt and had uploaded about 1GB of data (This was on a Windows machine in a datacentre with a 10mb uplink to the internet)
That was enough to convince me that Dropbox may not be perfect, but it's still the best solution there is
I have a reasonably large (40GB) dropbox and when I tried to sync the same data to Sugarsync it was horrendously slow and ridiculously memory hungry. After 48 hours of syncing it was using nearly 3GB of memory, ground the machine to a halt and had uploaded about 1GB of data (This was on a Windows machine in a datacentre with a 10mb uplink to the internet)
That was enough to convince me that Dropbox may not be perfect, but it's still the best solution there is
That's what made me give up on SS. I got it before my trip to Europe because I wanted to be able to backup my pictures in case my camera got stolen (or the iPad I was storing them on...). I used the dropbox app and SS and dropbox won hands down.
Also, won't iCloud help with all this? Their pricing isn't bad. Will it be accessible by anyone on an OS (Win7, etc)? Can they just go to your personal web archive and access files (provided you let them) or can you only accesss the cloud with OSX or an iOS device?
From tests it is true that Sugarsync uses quite a bit of memory for initial indexing of folders (a lot less after that though), BUT it barely takes any CPU usage unlike dropbox which uses more CPU.
Apart from the initial indexing of folders and files their memory useage is within ~10mb of eachother.
The numbers you are showing are insane. I have at all experienced what are you talking about. I would be interested if you could prove this.
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Sugarsyc has a truly horrible interface. But iCloud is going to put the hurt on both Dropbox and Sugarsync for Mac owners. I don't recall the exact pricing but storage will be something like $20 a year for $25 gb. There are various levels of cost and space. MobileMe members will get 25gb free for the first year.
This.
I hate Sugarsync. Its a pain to set up and not near as streamlined as Dropbox in my opinion.
I tried it due to the space but the hassle wasn't worth it.
I would expect agile to take advantage of cloud syncing when available. I just hope they don't make it a version upgrade (as I just bought a license, again)
I expect the same thing, and I hope a lot of software takes advantage of it, but for now, Dropbox works for me in a way that SugarSync can't.
I acquired 1Password in one of the MacUpdate Bundles, so I got it for way less than I otherwise would have (though it's still worth it at $50).
Surprised nobody suggested box.net
I have 50GB free for life.
I also use Dropbox and Sugar Sync. I think using a combination of these are best based on what you need it for. I use Dropbox for school, Sugar Sync for Media, and Box.net for misc. files.
I have 50GB free for life.
I also use Dropbox and Sugar Sync. I think using a combination of these are best based on what you need it for. I use Dropbox for school, Sugar Sync for Media, and Box.net for misc. files.
Their site shows only 5GB is free and file size is limited to 25MB. Dropbox doesn't limit file size when uploaded through the app.
I spread my data across a few services. Dropbox and Sugar Sync are two of them. If I had to choose one of those two, my choice would be Dropbox by a wide margin. Even though I've used both for quite some time, I find myself using Sugar Sync less and less. It's cumbersome & awkward.
How did you do that, when Dropbox says the max you can expand with referrals is 8GB, for a total account size of 10GB?
Student status?
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The nice thing about DropBox is the API software developers can use to add DropBox support directly in to their apps. Especially handy for wirelessly moving documents to/from the iPhone or iPad.
For what it's worth:
I love dropbox. It's idiot proof, does everything automatically behind the scenes, I don't have to think about it, and using it for 2 years with a MBA, MBP, and two windows laptops it has never seemed to slow down any of these systems.
Tip to those who share folders: keep a copy in a private folder before you put your file in the shared folder.
Downsides of dropbox: paid subscriptions are more expensive than sugarsync, and free account is smaller than sugarsync.
For those reasons, I'm thinking about trying sugarsync and grateful for all the comments all of you have posted about it, positive and negative.
Yes, the initial post did look possibly a bit fake, but I'm happy to give my neighbors here the benefit of the doubt if there isn't a pattern of spam-like behavior.
I love dropbox. It's idiot proof, does everything automatically behind the scenes, I don't have to think about it, and using it for 2 years with a MBA, MBP, and two windows laptops it has never seemed to slow down any of these systems.
Tip to those who share folders: keep a copy in a private folder before you put your file in the shared folder.
Downsides of dropbox: paid subscriptions are more expensive than sugarsync, and free account is smaller than sugarsync.
For those reasons, I'm thinking about trying sugarsync and grateful for all the comments all of you have posted about it, positive and negative.
Yes, the initial post did look possibly a bit fake, but I'm happy to give my neighbors here the benefit of the doubt if there isn't a pattern of spam-like behavior.
Sugar Sync Behavior
Have tried SSbased on Apple forum comments. Very disappointed with drawback of orphaned photo files after a hard drive crash. I can't delete them and it's eating up 3 GB of SS storage. SS Support states this is Expected Behavior!
Here's the link to the problem:
http://sugarsync.hivelive.com/posts/2ecdf3f153
Have tried SSbased on Apple forum comments. Very disappointed with drawback of orphaned photo files after a hard drive crash. I can't delete them and it's eating up 3 GB of SS storage. SS Support states this is Expected Behavior!
Here's the link to the problem:
http://sugarsync.hivelive.com/posts/2ecdf3f153
