This is nice for security, but it means to sync between two devices they both need to be online at the same time. While Dropbox requires you to keep a copy of your data on their servers, Sync never requires your data to inhabit a device you do not own. But if this isn’t too big a pill for you to swallow, with a little bit of work you can use Sync as a free syncing solution. It is not however open source, which might be a deal breaker for some. It can be used with OS X, Windows, Android and Linux. Is a free utility that uses the bittorrent protocol to keep folders in sync across devices. While I will primarily be using this setup to sync notes, it is by no means limited to only text files. I still have not quite shaken that feeling of despair knowing I will never get my data back, but it did finally force me to beef up my note-syncing system. I somehow managed to lose about three months of edits. I had been using it for about two years and never had a problem until a few days ago. Previously I had been using the Chrome plugin QuickNote which is a light weight interface on top of the diigo cloud service. I never know which devices I will have with me, so I like to have I like to take long running notes, jotting down an idea here and there when So, he turned to BitTorrent Sync: the safest way to keep files up to date across devices. He needed to keep his notes synced safely – without worrying about data loss. In this week’s edition of Sync Hacks, Jack Minardi shows us how to “create your own Dropbox” using BitTorrent Sync and Raspberry Pi. Can’t wait to hear what you guys cook up. If you have an interesting use or how-to, shoot us an email at. Sync is our free, unlimited, and secure file-syncing application. In Sync Hacks, we spotlight cool uses of Sync from the creative minds of our users.
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