Using Two Macs and Keeping Things In Sync

[A4orce84]

Hey Everyone,

As the subject states, I have 2 Macs I use (Desktop Mac Mini and a 13" MacBook Pro) for work and personal tasks. I am trying to figure out what's the best way to keep things in sync in terms of workflow (Browser Tabs, Documents, etc.). I am in IT so I do some light coding and administrative work. We have Outlook, so I use the actual client on both computers, so email / calendar is NOT an issue thankfully and are always in-sync. Not sure if I should go the iCloud / DropBox route, but that is an option I've been thinking about.

But in terms of even just browsing, I know if I use Chrome I can see the tabs I have open on my Mac Mini (If I am on my MacBook) but I might not necessarily have a lot of the documents and things I was working on.

Question:
Anyone have any tips for those that use multiple macs for work (or personal) tasks and projects and keeping things in sync (Browsing, Projects, Documents, Files, etc.)?

Thanks in advance to everyone for your time and help, it is greatly appreciated!

 

[Maxim Glukhov]

I also use multiple macs, my way of keeping things in sync is iCloud, Safari and Git for software projects.

The desktop is synced across macs given enough storage (50gb is enough for me). I keep documents there too. They are also accessible from my iPhone/iPad.
Tabs are viewable from any Apple device, so not only can I access tabs between macs, I can access them from the mobile devices and vice versa. I believe you can sync tabs with Chrome by using the same account and turning sync on.
Finally as I do mostly software development, Git is an obvious choice.

Hope that helps.

 

[Aggedor]

Yep, another vote for Safari and iCloud - signed in with Safari, the browser becomes identical between machines (and iPads/iPhones). I guess this would be the same with Chrome if you signed in with a Google account. Even Firefox allows this with a Firefox account.

I actually use OneDrive rather than iCloud for documents, but it's the same thing. Also using any cloud service, you get instant, iterative backups of everything, so it's good practice anyway.