Alright. Here's the dilemma. Right now I have systems:
1. A Desktop
2. MacBook Air (Lets just call this little thing, laptop lolz)
Since the hard drive space on the laptop is limited (80GB) and I have a large amount of files, it makes it very difficult to carry around everything without an external drive or online source.
The solution, but I have yet to figure out how to make it work on a mac, is to use offline files offered by Windows' systems. If I had 2 windows systems, I can do:
. Store all my files on the desktop
. Use offline files to selectively pick out folders which I wish to sync with the laptop
. Save space w/o keeping ALL my files on the laptop, but still able to access specific files on the go
While OSX has soemthing like this, I would actually require to connect to a Active Directory/Open Directory to make this work. While this is a very little concern for me, since I have access to Windows 2003 Server edition and can easily install it on the desktop to run it as a AD server, the problem still lies on how I am able to selectively select files to bring on the go.
Furthermore, the desktop at home would NOT be online 24/7. My dad tends to shut down everything in my room (excluded modem/router) whenever I leave the house for a long period of time (1+ days). Additionally, sometimes I would be in a location where internet access is not readily available so even if there was a server to connect to, I won't be able to get online to actually "connect" to the server.
Furthermore, if the laptop is connected to a AD server then moved to a different location, would it matter? Say... at home, I'm connected to the wireless network and accessing the AD server. Then I goto work and I connect to their wifi network but I'm not anywhere near the AD server, would that cause a problem with not being able to log on, internet, etc?
I have yet to play around with the OSX's mobile account capability, but does anyone have any insight to this?
1. A Desktop
2. MacBook Air (Lets just call this little thing, laptop lolz)
Since the hard drive space on the laptop is limited (80GB) and I have a large amount of files, it makes it very difficult to carry around everything without an external drive or online source.
The solution, but I have yet to figure out how to make it work on a mac, is to use offline files offered by Windows' systems. If I had 2 windows systems, I can do:
. Store all my files on the desktop
. Use offline files to selectively pick out folders which I wish to sync with the laptop
. Save space w/o keeping ALL my files on the laptop, but still able to access specific files on the go
While OSX has soemthing like this, I would actually require to connect to a Active Directory/Open Directory to make this work. While this is a very little concern for me, since I have access to Windows 2003 Server edition and can easily install it on the desktop to run it as a AD server, the problem still lies on how I am able to selectively select files to bring on the go.
Furthermore, the desktop at home would NOT be online 24/7. My dad tends to shut down everything in my room (excluded modem/router) whenever I leave the house for a long period of time (1+ days). Additionally, sometimes I would be in a location where internet access is not readily available so even if there was a server to connect to, I won't be able to get online to actually "connect" to the server.
Furthermore, if the laptop is connected to a AD server then moved to a different location, would it matter? Say... at home, I'm connected to the wireless network and accessing the AD server. Then I goto work and I connect to their wifi network but I'm not anywhere near the AD server, would that cause a problem with not being able to log on, internet, etc?
I have yet to play around with the OSX's mobile account capability, but does anyone have any insight to this?