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Dropbox Vs The Alternatives: Which Online Syncing Service Is Right For You? If you’re wedded to one platform, it’s a good bet you already have a tool that keeps your life synchronised and organised pretty well. For those of us who have to deal with multiple platforms, multiple computers and mobile devices with multiple operating systems, and work with people who use different ones than we do, there’s Fruux, a free service that keeps your to-dos, calendars and contacts in sync on almost any platform. Think of it like iCloud for the rest of us.
SquadMail sets up shared email folders that automatically delivers the emails, notes and attachments in that folder to all the subscribers in a group — making it the “Dropbox of email”. Besides group collaboration, you can use SquadMail for your anonymous email needs.
That great recipe you opened at work? If you’re using Chrome’s Beta channel wherever you go, it’s now two clicks to bring it back up, as Chrome Beta has picked up the open tab syncing already seen in Dev channels. It’s rolling out in a new release today.
Mac: The Photo Stream feature in iCloud is a handy way to keep your files in sync across devices, but it’s lacking an easy way to pull a single image out of a folder for quick use. If you’d like a truly simple and seamless way to pull your photos from the cloud directly to your desktop, designer John Marstall has a simple trick.
If you haven’t earned enough free Dropbox space already, good news — Dropbox just doubled the amount you get from referrals. For every friend that signs up via your referral link, you get 500MB if you have a free account and 1GB if you have a pro account.
Dear Lifehacker, I love Dropbox, but there are some files I’m just not comfortable keeping in “the cloud”, like my tax returns and bank statements. I also have huge media files that I’d like to sync between my computers but can’t use Dropbox for because it would put me over my account limit.
Windows/Mac/Linux: The latest version of Firefox is available for download, and with it comes the ability to synchronise your add-ons across desktops and operating systems with add-on sync. Firefox 11 is in line with Mozilla’s new Chrome-like rapid-release schedule, and aside from a few new developer tools, add-on sync is the only major new feature available in the new version.
Webapp Time.is compares your computer’s clock to an atomic clock (the “most accurate time source in the world”) to let you know how accurate your clock is.
iTunes has always let you convert high bitrate songs to 128kbps when syncing them to your iPod, but a new setting in iTunes 10.6 lets you choose between 128kbps, 192kbps and 256kbps.
Dropzone is a neat little app that seems like a basic file sharing utility, but when you look further you’ll find it actually provides fantastic shortcuts for moving, copying, and uploading files, perform various tasks, and use information. Everything is handled via drag-and-drop, saving you time with common, tedious tasks.
