sync
Productivity

Spotdox Gives You Remote Access To Your Mac Over Dropbox

Mac: Dropbox is excellent for keeping your files in sync across devices, but if you ever forget to put a file into your Dropbox folder, you’re pretty much out of luck. Spotdox is an app that runs on your Mac and gives you remote access to any file on your computer through your Dropbox account.

29 April 2013

Security

Syncplicity Is A Secure File Syncing Service

Dropbox is unquestionably one of Lifehacker’s favourite file syncing solutions, and ‘Dropbox-like’ is often used as a shorthand description for any kind of solution for ensuring easy file access and backup across multiple devices. However, despite Dropbox’s own push into business markets, IT departments aren’t always happy with how Dropbox meshes into company security policies. That’s a gap that EMC-owned Syncplicity is hoping to fill.

27 April 2013

Organise

Google Drive Now Automatically Syncs Files For Offline Editing

Chrome: Google Drive has had offline access to files for a little while, but the process wasn’t automatic. With a new update rolling out to users today, all your Google Drive files that you create will automatically be stored for offline access.

25 April 2013

Security

BitTorrent Sync Provides A Security-Focused Alternative To Dropbox

If you’ve ever wanted a security-focused, Dropbox-like file and folder syncing option, BitTorrent decided to answer your wishes with BitTorrent Sync. Previously in private alpha, BitTorrent Sync is now available to the public for Windows, Mac and Linux.

23 April 2013

Productivity

Fargo Is A Simple Web Based Outliner That Syncs With Dropbox

If you’re looking for a simple way to keep your notes in sync across computers, Fargo is a web app that runs in any browser and syncs with Dropbox. That means you can use it to organise projects, to-do lists or as a regular old notepad.

12 April 2013

Productivity

Get 50GB Of Free, Encrypted Online Storage From Tresorit

There are a lots of online syncing and storage services, but not all of them locally encrypt your data for higher security. Just out of limited beta, Tresorit is a new Dropbox alternative with client-side encryption. The company offers 5GB of free space, but for a limited time Lifehacker readers can grab 50GB free for life.

9 April 2013

Organise

Find All Your Home’s iOS Devices With Find-Only iCloud Accounts

Some homes, especially homes with teenagers, have more Apple devices than house keys. But you need to be signed into different iCloud accounts to track each device. One way around that is to add a single-purpose iCloud account to each device you want to map and track.

5 April 2013

Productivity

How To Set Up Your Own Private Cloud Storage Service With OwnCloud

With so many services like iCloud and Dropbox getting hacked these days, it’s no surprise that more people want to pull their data off the cloud. Instead of missing out on those great syncing features though, you can create your own cloud storage service that you control with a service called ownCloud. With it, you’ll get syncing files, notes, calendars and more. The best part: it only takes about five minutes to set up.

22 March 2013

Productivity

Write Packs Note Taking, Sharing And Syncing Features Into A Simple Interface

We’ve seen no shortage of syncing note apps for iOS, but Write keeps with the simplicity we like while packing in an enormous feature set. It also includes a free Mac app to quickly add notes from your menubar.

15 March 2013

Developer

How Google’s Cleanout Will Impact Developers

While Google’s decision to close down Google Reader attracted most of our attention yesterday, Google is also shutting down some other developer tools. Here’s what’s happening to GUI Builder and the CalDAV API.

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