Sync but not backup 2 locations

[ocrane]

Hopefully this is the right place for my question. I’ve searched and it seems more answers are backup related.

I have a offsite office and a home office. I work on video and photography editing, what I’d like to know is if a hard drive could be synced between both locations automatically.

Ideally my workflow would be having a project drive at both locations. The edits that I complete during the day on my office drive would then be synchronized to my home drive so that I could plug in and continue to edit.
Thanks for any help in advanced!

 

[sevoneone]

There are a number of ways to do this. When I have needed to do it in the past I've used the built in folder watching and/or sync feature of YummyFTP and a SSH/SFTP connection to the other Mac. There are probably easier solutions to setup out there, but I am a if it ain't broke don't fix it kind of person.

That said, this sort of thing is not A good fit for situations where you would likely need to sync gigabytes of data everyday like photo and video editing. Maybe if you had a gigabit up and down internet connection from the same ISP on both ends and even then I'd be skeptical.

The best solution has been used by millions of media professionals for decades: Sneakernet. AKA an external hard drive that you carry from location to location that contains all your media and project files. Fast and reliable.

You'll need a solution for backing up that drive on a regular basis. I always get two drives, one primary and one backup. The primary travels and the backup remains plugged into a desktop at home. When home, the primary gets pugged into the desktop and I use a software called SuperDuper! to clone the contents of the primary drive to the backup. You can even schedule it to automate the process overnight when both drives are plugged in.

 

[Boyd01]

The best solution has been used by millions of media professionals for decades: Sneakernet. AKA an external hard drive that you carry from location to location that contains all your media and project files.

I agree, just put everything on an external drive (ideally a SSD) and use a program like SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner to make a clone so you have a backup. I would use three disks, a backup at each location plus the one you carry back and forth. Have not used SuperDuper, but Carbon Copy can incrementally update a clone disk.

 

[MSastre]

I use Super Duper and it can do a Smart Update (incremental)

 

[sevoneone]

I use Super Duper and it can do a Smart Update (incremental)

Yes, it is quite a handy piece of software. I also use it to do backup clones of SD/CF cards of in the field when needed.