Comments on: Syncplicity opens Mac beta, your data rejoices

By: Geoffrey

Geoffrey — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 19:37:41 +0000

I don’t see why this is such big news. I don’t see anything revolutionary being offered. Like Cameron said, SugarSync does all of this, has a great interface, and supports both OSX and iPhone/Touch.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:45:47 +0000

It sounds exactly like Dropbox.

By: Jayrodathome

Jayrodathome — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:56:13 +0000

I take that back. this is what beta’s are for.

By: Jayrodathome

Jayrodathome — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 14:54:08 +0000

Definitely still in beta. I installed this and it imediatley started syncing pre-determined folders. Now I cannot get it to stop. I have deleted the folders on the website and tried to stop it from syncing in my Finder. No luck. My only option is quitting the program.

Also it would not let me register with my “ME” account I had to use my work email. Very strange considering they are advertising MACBETA and will not accept a “me” email address for registration.

They should have waited to roll out the beta. i’ll try it on my windows desktop when I get to work today. if I ever do…

By: Zach Epstein

Zach Epstein — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:12:41 +0000

bonesb – Syncplicity uses Amazon S3 for storage and the company is based in San Francisco.

By: bonesb

bonesb — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:02:06 +0000

Any idea where the company’s servers are located? I’m inclined to not use a service like this if they’re not located on my continent…

By: bjs317

bjs317 — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:48:49 +0000

i’ll stay with mobile me

By: Anthony

Anthony — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:17:28 +0000

This is sexy…
Good look BGR…

By: Chaitanya Mutyala

Chaitanya Mutyala — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:59:58 +0000

How different is it from Orb?

Posted from BGR Mobile (iPhone) at: Kansas City MO, 64112

By: kyle stone

kyle stone — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:44:07 +0000

the mac version is Intel only. seeing that i have a ppc still, i’ll stick with dropbox.

By: Cameron

Cameron — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:54:20 +0000

How is this better that Sugarsync? The SugarSync app is beautiful and I can edit my files from any web browser.

By: Zach Epstein

Zach Epstein — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:17:14 +0000

Kevin – Dropbox is a great service that I still use alongside Syncplicity, but it is very different. DB gives you a single directory to work with, forcing you to move files and folders to the DB parent in order to mirror them. This is great for some things but Syncplicity works everywhere, on any folder, on any drive. In other words, you don’t have to change anything in terms of how you organize your files – just map a folder and you’re done.

There are also a bunch of other benefits beyond DB – open API as mentioned above for one. Another big difference for me is that Syncplicity allowed me to to delete my iDrive account. There are tons of files I want to store remotely without having any local copy. With DB that isn’t an option. With Syncplicity you can map a directory and once it’s done syncing you can unmap it and delete it. Then you can hand pick files at any time from the Web UI or simply remap it on any computer and pull the whole thing down again.

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:33:28 +0000

Sounds interesting. Mac users and iPhone users have had Soonr for awhile. I wonder how they compare?

By: Kevin

Kevin — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:28:26 +0000

How does this compare to Dropbox? It looks almost identical to me, and Dropbox notices changes in your files, and automatically syncs those changes to your cloud version, and vice-versa.

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 14:24:00 +0000

So how is this that much different then a me account? If space is needed you need to pay for it just like the me account. You get more space, but you do not have an e-mail account associated with the service.