In today's world, the quality to way your files from manifold locations is an absolute must. Unfortunately this tends to involve relying on Cd's and flashdrives, or by permanently emailing yourself attachments.
Wouldn't it be helpful if there were a way to automatically synchronize your files?
Enter SugarSync.
With SugarSync, its easy to keep your files backed up and syncronized between computers, even if you're working on two fully cut off networks.
**SugarSync Review**
Setup is unmistakably simple. Once you create an catalogue on the SugarSync website, you can downoad the desktop application to whatever computers you need. After that, just select the files to synchronize and you're good to go.
After that, your're pretty much up and running. Depending on your needs, you can set each private briefcase to either naturally backup online, or synchronize with other computers.
Once you add a file to SugarSync, it is uploaded to your fetch account. From there you can way your data from everywhere you have internet way - even without installing SugarSync! SugarSync's web based interface makes it easy to download and share any of your files, wherever you are.
As a SugarSync member, you can share your folders with whatever you like by spicy them to sign up for a free account. The files you share can be set as either "editable" or "read only," depending on what your needs are for that single folder.
Whenever a document is edited on one of the computers or devices associated to your account, SugarSync uploads the new version to your online account, and then destributes it to the other computers as soon as the have an internet connection (or right away if they are already online.
Lets run through a quick overview of the online interface, the desktop client and (my personal favorite) the BlackBerry application. This SugarSync present will go over each one.
**SugarSync.com and The Desktop Client**
*SugarSync present - The Online Interface*
On your SugarSyn.com dashboard, you can see all of the computers associated to your account, as well as how much more space you have ready and other stats.
The files on each of the computers on your catalogue can be accessed by choosing the computer from the list on the left. Once you find the file(s) you're finding for, they can unmistakably be moved, copied, downloaded or shared.
SugarSync's online ideas also makes it easy to send your files to whatever you need. naturally specify the email address you want to send the briefcase to, and SugarSync will email out a link (valid for 21 days) so your file can be downloaded by whoever you send it to.
Sending that one link to your SugarSync briefcase is a lot easier than attaching a integrate dozen photos or files to a string of emails to your mom.
In expanding to your synced computers, you also have the selection to make your mind up your "Magic Briefcase," your movable Photos and your Web Archive.
The Magic briefcase is basically a briefcase that SugarSync creates on all of your computers that is always kept synchronized. It's a nice, easy tool for users who don't want to take the time to manually make your mind up folders to sync... All they need to do is drop them into the briefcase and they are good to go.
One leading thing to keep in mind is that dropping files into the Magic briefcase unmistakably moves them from their traditional location - it does not create a new copy.
The movable Photos section is pretty self explanatory... These are the pictures that you have taken from your movable phone, which we'll discuss a dinky more later on in our SugarSync review.
SugarSync's Web Archive is a place you can store files without synchronizing them to other computers. This a great tool for backing up files that you don't need to synchronize, just you know their safe.
*SugarSync present - The Desktop Client*
The desktop application offers pretty much all the functionality of the web client. When you first open the program you'll see a list of the files on the computer you are currently viewing, as well as a list to the left containing icons for your Magic Briefcase, Web Archive, etc.
Buttons for your photo gallery, online catalogue and more are also included. You can also unmistakably send and share files, so the only time you'd unmistakably need to work directly with the online interface is when you were away from your personal computer.
Hitting the "Manage Synced Folders" button gives you the chance to set up which folders you want to sync from this computer, and what definite folders they should each be synced to on each of the other computers. If a briefcase is added to SugarSync but not associated to someone else computer, the contents are being backed up in real time, but not affecting any other hard drives. The entire interface is extremely user friendly, but if organizing distinct folders is more work than you are interested in, you can always just use the Magic briefcase as described earlier.
*SugarSync For BlackBerry*
I love this part - because it unmistakably makes all of your files as movable as you are. SugarSync offers several movable clients together with withhold for iPhone, BlackBerry, Android, Windows movable devices, and Symbian - in expanding to the quality to way your online catalogue from pretty much any web enabled phone.
SugarSync's movable apps let you do pretty much all things you could want. Accessing computers and online files is a breeze, naturally navigate to and make your mind up the file you need and SugarSync will download it to your phone and cache it for use.
If you have the right software, you can edit files from your phone (usinge "Docs-To-Go" to edit an Ms Word document on a BlackBerry for example). Once you discontinue editing a file, SugarSync notes the change and asks if it should be uploaded.
You can unmistakably upload any files from your BlackBerry, the only problem here is that there isn't an selection to upload manifold files into a que - each file must be excellent individually. This makes uploading, let's say an photo or two that you want to share unmistakably fast a breeze, but beyond that you will probably want to wait to replacement the files to your computer and upload them from there.
One of the real benefits of the movable application is that if you know in develop that you want the pictures you are taking uploaded, you can fire up the application and make your mind up "Take photo," which will activate your BlackBerry's native camera application and upload any pictures you take from there (please note, only photos taken from within the SugarSync app are automatically uploaded) to you movable Photos folder, which is synchronized over all of your computers.
Viewing images from your gadget is equally simple. Each picture is downloaded and and cached to your phone, and you can scroll through the pictures in a single briefcase one at a time. Each picture also has a "High Res" selection in case you need to view in greater detail.
SugarSync is also capable of streaming music to your phone as well, so if you synchronize your iTunes library, you'll be able to way it anywhere, without necessarily having to keep it all on your phone at once.
SugarSync offers several distinct price options depending on how much warehouse you need. Each plan includes a 30 day free trial, which is fullness of time to get comfortable with it before manufacture any final decisions.
Online File storage and Synchronization - A SugarSync present