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From: Scott on 27 Dec 2009 07:35
Is there any utility program to sync files between computer hard disk and
USB drive on both Mac and PC platforms? I need it to be used at home on Mac
and at work on PC.

Thanks,

Scott

From: Howard Brazee on 27 Dec 2009 11:20
On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:35:58 +0800, Scott <NoSpam-Scott.Xe(a)gmail.com>
wrote:

>Is there any utility program to sync files between computer hard disk and
>USB drive on both Mac and PC platforms? I need it to be used at home on Mac
>and at work on PC.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Scott


I use ChronoSync on my Mac, to my .mac and iPOD, but just use batch
files on my work PC. My work .bat file has lines such as:

xcopy "%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\home\*.*" "%mydrive%%mybase%My
Documents\home\*.*" /Y /E /D /Q /Exclude:c:\belfry\myExclude.txt

(And its converse). It's the /D that matters.

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than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace
to the legislature, and not to the executive department."

- James Madison
From: BreadWithSpam on 27 Dec 2009 12:24
Tim Lance <nope(a)nada.com> writes:
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 06:35:58 -0600, Scott wrote

> > Is there any utility program to sync files between computer hard
> > disk and USB drive on both Mac and PC platforms? I need it to be
> > used at home on Mac and at work on PC.

I'm not sure what the significance of the drive being a "USB drive"
is. WIth most of these things, if the drive is mounted, it's
mounted and that's all you need to know.

> Others seem more featured. Only Dropbox actually works and has decent
> support.

I can strongly second Dropbox. It's fabulous. It just works -
plus there's an excellent web interface for when you're not at
your synced machines -- as well as quite a nice iPhone one, too.

It doesn't sync arbitrary directories, though. It sets up
(or allows you to designate) one directory (by default, in
your home directory, called Dropbox) and that directory is
kept synced between your various machines.

If you want other things in there, you can put them there
and if necessary put links to them from other places. For
example, your Documents folder or Pictures folder.

You have to be a little careful if you keep certain kinds
of things in there. If you put disk images in there and
mount them on more than one computer at a time, you'll have
a problem. And if you put a complex "file" such as a bundle
which is actually a directory with internal structure, if
you change that "file" in more than one place at once, the
internal structure can get screwed up.

Those warnings aside - and the short story is simply that
certain files should only be used on one computer at a
time -- they sync up just fine if you respect that -- Dropbox
is just fantastic. The convenience is simply magic, and
the safety aspect has saved my butt recently when the hard
drive on my notebook died completely and before I could make
my normal regular backup of the contents. I just went to
my desktop machine and all the work I was in the middle of
was simply there and waiting for me.

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