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Re:Cubby Is Like Dropbox... If Dropbox Also Had Free, Unlimi... by crazygringo on Friday May 11, 2012 @09:27PM (#3962287)
Serious question: can it do unlimited syncing between your computers if they are rarely on at the same time? If I sync between my laptop, open sometimes during the day, and my desktop, turned on only at night?

That would really be a killer app, if a master list of files was stored on Cubby's servers, and it would transfer only things that had changed to the servers, waiting to be sent to the other computer whenever it was turned on...

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Re:Cubby Is Like Dropbox... If Dropbox Also Had Free, Unlimi... by j_s on Friday May 11, 2012 @10:06PM (#3962412)
Isn't this basically DropBox (2GB + referral free spacce), and the 5GB you get for free on this new Cubby service? With both you pay more for the space you use as it syncs across devices as they are on...

I guess you're asking for this functionality as part of the free service, moving things through server-side as they sync?

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Re:Cubby Is Like Dropbox... If Dropbox Also Had Free, Unlimi... by crazygringo on Friday May 11, 2012 @10:09PM (#3962421)
Exactly, using the server-side not as a permanent mirror, but just using that 5GB or whatever as a "holding space" only for files that are currently out-of-sync. Once they sync, delete from server...
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