Comments on: Taking Control Of Files In The i-Era http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/05/taking-control-of-your-files-in-the-i-era/ Sharing experiences as an entrepreneur, social media man, e-commerce pioneer, and student of life Sat, 07 Jan 2012 21:29:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: dealsbennett http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/05/taking-control-of-your-files-in-the-i-era/comment-page-1/#comment-26807 dealsbennett Mon, 17 May 2010 17:51:39 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3278#comment-26807 My friend Mike might have the mother of all solutions: Ok Jeff, get ready for the real answer to your problems here... I have tried them all (including the ones you mention), literally like 10-15 different solutions and I still try new ones as each day passes just to see if I can find something more versatile. My challenge is a bit complex I would say; not only am I all mac for my desktop stuff, but I am apple on my iPhone and iPad like you. And, of course I cannot live without my Blackberry and of course I need to do development work on my Nexus One (android) and also see how it compete's with my iPhone (well btw). So, I need coverage for mac, iPhone, iPad, blackberry and Android... Ridiculous, I know... My final solution, and finally my recommendation to you is SugarSync. I worked with SugarSync early on when they only had a standard retail version and helped them gain insights on what business users would want to manage multiple users in an organization. I have used it dedicated for the past 9 months, it works great and has clients for mac, win (yuk), blackberry, ipad, iphone, android and also the native web app which is well designed and very functional. Like Dropbox it has a feature called "Magic Briefcase" which is the folder that if you drop items in will get distributed to each device you have attached to you account. In addition when using any client you can either select to view or share any file which will make this available to anyone you choose with the click of a button. There have been numerous times when I have been on the road and the engineering team needed a spec or other file from me and I simply took out the iphone or blackberry, located the file and shared it with ease. The guys had quick access to the file and could be on their way. No time wasted. They go to 250GB plans of which I have a 500GB :-) (they gave me an extra 250GB for helping them out) Give it a try - http://sugarsync.com Hope this helps you and anyone out there looking for the ultimate solution. My friend Mike might have the mother of all solutions:

Ok Jeff, get ready for the real answer to your problems here… I have tried them all (including the ones you mention), literally like 10-15 different solutions and I still try new ones as each day passes just to see if I can find something more versatile.

My challenge is a bit complex I would say; not only am I all mac for my desktop stuff, but I am apple on my iPhone and iPad like you. And, of course I cannot live without my Blackberry and of course I need to do development work on my Nexus One (android) and also see how it compete’s with my iPhone (well btw). So, I need coverage for mac, iPhone, iPad, blackberry and Android… Ridiculous, I know…

My final solution, and finally my recommendation to you is SugarSync. I worked with SugarSync early on when they only had a standard retail version and helped them gain insights on what business users would want to manage multiple users in an organization. I have used it dedicated for the past 9 months, it works great and has clients for mac, win (yuk), blackberry, ipad, iphone, android and also the native web app which is well designed and very functional. Like Dropbox it has a feature called “Magic Briefcase” which is the folder that if you drop items in will get distributed to each device you have attached to you account. In addition when using any client you can either select to view or share any file which will make this available to anyone you choose with the click of a button.

There have been numerous times when I have been on the road and the engineering team needed a spec or other file from me and I simply took out the iphone or blackberry, located the file and shared it with ease. The guys had quick access to the file and could be on their way. No time wasted.

They go to 250GB plans of which I have a 500GB :-) (they gave me an extra 250GB for helping them out)

Give it a try – http://sugarsync.com

Hope this helps you and anyone out there looking for the ultimate solution.

]]> By: Matt Shields http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/05/taking-control-of-your-files-in-the-i-era/comment-page-1/#comment-26792 Matt Shields Mon, 17 May 2010 14:24:39 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3278#comment-26792 I've tried numerous solutions but I like DropBox the best. I currently sync over 50GB of data between 3 machines. Not too long ago DropBox also released a new feature called versioning, which let's be get back old or deleted versions of files. Another solution for those more tech savvy is to get an Amazon Web Services account and using their S3 storage service, but you will either need to write your own tools to manage your files, or use a custom made tool which is a little like FTP. <a href="http://www.sysadminvalley.com/2010/02/05/helpful-tools-for-amazon-s3/" rel="nofollow">Here are some examples</a> I’ve tried numerous solutions but I like DropBox the best. I currently sync over 50GB of data between 3 machines. Not too long ago DropBox also released a new feature called versioning, which let’s be get back old or deleted versions of files.

Another solution for those more tech savvy is to get an Amazon Web Services account and using their S3 storage service, but you will either need to write your own tools to manage your files, or use a custom made tool which is a little like FTP. Here are some examples

]]> By: David Zakur http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/05/taking-control-of-your-files-in-the-i-era/comment-page-1/#comment-26718 David Zakur Sun, 16 May 2010 12:14:46 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3278#comment-26718 After wrestling with Google Docs and hating the implementaion, I'm a loyal DropBox user. It has user-permissions, you can share/email files, you can star them as a fav to keep a local copy on any device for off-line access, and the sync features are flawless. The real kicker is the fact that it is essentially "device-agnostic", bc they have apps for all platforms and devices. iDisk was great in the fact that it kept your local files in sync with the cloud, but sans Mac it was useless. If/when dropbox integrates with a document EDIT feature, it's going to be game over. File backup (bc cloud storage and access) is a totally different beast. I use a combination of a 1TB drive attached to my wifi router at home, an have recently adopted Carbonite for remote backup and access. After wrestling with Google Docs and hating the implementaion, I’m a loyal DropBox user. It has user-permissions, you can share/email files, you can star them as a fav to keep a local copy on any device for off-line access, and the sync features are flawless. The real kicker is the fact that it is essentially “device-agnostic”, bc they have apps for all platforms and devices. iDisk was great in the fact that it kept your local files in sync with the cloud, but sans Mac it was useless.

If/when dropbox integrates with a document EDIT feature, it’s going to be game over.

File backup (bc cloud storage and access) is a totally different beast. I use a combination of a 1TB drive attached to my wifi router at home, an have recently adopted Carbonite for remote backup and access.

]]> By: dealsbennett http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/05/taking-control-of-your-files-in-the-i-era/comment-page-1/#comment-26673 dealsbennett Sat, 15 May 2010 21:12:40 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3278#comment-26673 My friend Andy has another solution as well: http://www.payne.org/index.php/Mac_OS_X_File_Sync My friend Andy has another solution as well: http://www.payne.org/index.php/Mac_OS_X_File_Sync

]]> By: dealsbennett http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/05/taking-control-of-your-files-in-the-i-era/comment-page-1/#comment-26672 dealsbennett Sat, 15 May 2010 21:07:56 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3278#comment-26672 Sounds like a great solution. Sounds like a great solution.

]]> By: Richard http://www.jeffbennett.com/2010/05/taking-control-of-your-files-in-the-i-era/comment-page-1/#comment-26665 Richard Sat, 15 May 2010 19:23:25 +0000 http://www.jeffbennett.com/?p=3278#comment-26665 I use pogoplug.com. It makes my external hard drive accessible to me anywhere. Plugs directly into your home router. I love it. I use pogoplug.com. It makes my external hard drive accessible to me anywhere. Plugs directly into your home router. I love it.

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