Re:Replacing Dropbox with BitTorrent Sync
by bjitty on Thursday October 30, 2014 @09:05PM
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I have to agree. I've been using it a while and really like it as well. I agree with what others have said I wish it was open source. I haven't found anything that works as well as it does.
I use SpiderOak for all my cloud backups. I've been using BTSync to keep my cell phone photos backed up to my desktop and then that folder gets backed up to SpiderOak. So far it has been working well.
Re:Replacing Dropbox with BitTorrent Sync
by larzang on Thursday October 30, 2014 @01:12PM
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Yep, I use both because each is well-suited to different things.
For a small number of critical files and documents I absolutely want a remote copy of I have Dropbox (this is also where Dropbox's versioning comes in handy), while for all my large folders with stuff that's non-critical or already remotely stored I have BTSync, as well as for temporary and ad-hoc sharing.
BUT BTSync is an Orange to the Apple of Dropbox and company. Dropbox and such is CLOUD BASED. BTSync is DRIVE BASED AKA you can't log onto some web page and get your files.
My Likes:
1) I have 4 work computers 2 personal computers and 2 laptops with BTS and it works great.
2) I just share folders based on my 6+ year old file server structure. All my file are available with whatever file structure I want on any of my devices.
3) Syncing my pictures from my desktop to file server is automatic and FAST on my local server.
4) My mobile devices I can pick and choice what files I want and download into any folder I want. (I have podcast available only on YouTube. I download the audio and store it into my podcast folder. Those files are automatically sync to my podcast program and are avilable. If I have a ton of books I can pick and choice what book and store it into any reader app (Amazon, Google, etc))
5) Super simple sharing of massive video files for editing. I have a friend I help with some video edit and audio processing. I have a raw and a cleaned folder and I just place the finished files in my cleaned folder and they go ONLY to my client's computer directly and not some website. Awesome way is that the raw is read-only on my side and cleaned is read-only on his side. That way it is clear who did what and mistakes (Which always happen) are clearly under the control of each side.