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Folder Sync Battle: Dropbox vs SugarSync

 

I have a Mac laptop and a PC desktop at home. I also use Bootcamp with Windows XP and have several virtual machines (Vista, Ubuntu) installed with VMware and VirtualBox.

I want an easy way of syncing my files from the Mac at home with the PC at work without having to leave the Mac open all day long, like with Windows Live Folder Share.

  • When running  Windows in Bootcamp I don’t want to buy MacDrive to access the Mac partition
  • When on the Mac I don’t want to buy Paragon NTFS just to work on a few files.
  • I want to transfer files between my Mac and desktop PC  and I don’t want to go through the hassle of setting up a home network between the two and fiddle with the sharing options – I may forget to unshare folders on my Mac, inviting everybody to steal my files when connected to a hotspot.
  • When playing with Virtual Machine software I don’t want to learn how to use VM shared folders. I want an easy way of transferring a bunch of files on all my virtual machines, no matter what VM software I use.

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