We built Sync to help people move files of any size with the speed and security that can only be delivered with a cloud-free product. We ran a test to see just how fast Sync runs compared to cloud-based services in the market. Now we’re unveiling the results.
Sync Stories: Backup Workflow Using BitTorrent Sync and CrashPlan
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for BitTorrent Sync and the personal stories behind it. In this week’s edition: Professional Photographer Roderique Arisiaman penned a post for DIY Photography on how to use Sync and Crashplan to create a secure and reliable backup system.
Sync Stories: Kickstarter Project Playnode Takes Distributed Technology to DJs
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for BitTorrent Sync and the personal stories behind it. Neil Scudder – a developer of digital media distribution systems for the commercial background music industry – shows how Sync has helped to enable a distributed music platform that […]
Sync Stories: Event Planning with Resilio Sync
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for Resilio Sync (formerly BitTorrent Sync) and the personal stories behind it. In this week’s edition: Chris Dillon – managing director of AVE Services, an audio/visual and events company in the South of England – talks about how […]
Sync Dev: Staying Connected While Away From It All
Developing on the Resilio Sync (BitTorrent Sync) API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. In last week’s Sync Dev column, I wrote about my home Sync configuration and how I use Sync to “phone home” and back up my photos while I’m on the road. This week, I’m at the Four Seasons […]
Sync Stories: Ideas for Business Travelers
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for BitTorrent Sync and the personal stories behind it. In this week’s edition: Art outsourcing manager Jon Jones provides three scenarios where BitTorrent Sync comes in handy for business travel.
Sync Dev: How I Sync
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. Admittedly, I really enjoy reading the Sync Stories that Lou puts together – they’re a great look into how folks from all walks of life use Sync to better handle their data. This week’s story – 5 Ways A […]
5 Ways A Photographer Can Use BitTorrent Sync
Technology should never be an obstacle in the creative process. But when you’re dealing with large amounts of even larger files, it sometimes is. We built Sync for situations just like this.
Sync Dev: How Secure is a Sync Key?
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. Most of my speaking engagements around Sync focus on what I consider are three fundamentally great features of Sync: its speed, security and price. We have some exciting speed data to share in the future, but for today, lets talk […]
Sync Stories: My Customers Need Privacy and That’s Why I Fell in Love with Sync
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for BitTorrent Sync and the personal stories behind it. In this week’s edition: European-based Antti Vilpponen works at a cloud hosting company and shares how Sync helps him manage sensitive customer data.
Sync Dev: Software Defined Radio
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. What I love about working in technology is that there is always something new to tinker with and new tech on the horizon to look forward to. I’ve been eagerly anticipating the arrival of Great Scott Gadget’s HackRF One Software […]
Sync Stories: A College Instructor Creates a Secure Workflow, Accessible Anywhere
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for BitTorrent Sync and the personal stories behind it. In this week’s edition: Educator Jon Hoffman shows how he uses Sync to manage teaching files that require a certain level of security and anywhere access.
Sync Dev: Suggestion Box Open Now on API Feature Requests
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. Like many Sync fans, I was incredibly excited with the launch of Sync 1.4 last week – I think that the new UI is gorgeous, the addition of links is awesome, and all of the other tweaks and enhancements make the 1.4 […]
Sync Dev: DEF CON 22 Wrap-Up
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. As promised, here’s my write-up for DEF CON 22.
Introducing BitTorrent Sync 1.4: An Easier Way to Share Large Files
With new sharing features and a redesigned user experience, version 1.4 brings cloud-free sync to a wider audience BitTorrent Sync began as a technology experiment; a way to see how a distributed, peer-to-peer model can change the way we sync and share files. Sync takes central servers and the cloud out of the equation and brings […]
Sync Dev: Q&A with the Creator of SyncNet
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. It has been an exciting and busy week with the Sync team and I’m always thrilled when the Sync API and the folks who are developing on it get some attention. Ryan Tate just covered us in his Wired piece: […]
Sync Stories: Backup all Received Media Files on Your Android
In this week’s edition of Sync Stories, we discovered a neat trick from one of our forum members (Laloeka). For our Android users, instantly backup all received media files on your mobile device – be it downloads or something you get on a messaging app – with this simple, but useful tip.
Sync Dev: DEF CON 22 – A Top 10 List
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. DEF CON is a big deal for me and I have every intent to describe this year’s experience in greater detail, but alas, I am completely buried in Sync Alpha work this week, so a quick Top 10 list will […]
Sync Stories: Zotero + Sync for Academia = Anywhere Access
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for BitTorrent Sync and the personal stories behind it. In this week’s edition: engineer Chris Salter shows how a combination of research tool Zotero and BitTorrent Sync allows him to manage his academic research effectively, keeping everything synchronized […]
QNAP Welcomes Sync to the NAS Family
BitTorrent Sync on NAS ensures your data is available all the time, on all your devices.
Sync Dev: Security & Programming – Starting Early
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you.
Sync Stories: Dual Backup with a BeagleBone Black and Virtual Private Server
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for BitTorrent Sync and the personal stories behind it. In this week’s edition: Co-founder of creative web development studio UXGent John Griffiths shows how he uses BitTorrent Sync, an at-home BeagleBone Black and off-site VPS to create a personal […]
Sync Dev: Q&A with the Creator of MeshedSites
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. Last week’s column on MeshedSites.com was a hit, so this week I am talking with the creator of MeshedSites – Ian Maxwell – about his work on the site and with the Sync API. Developers – what projects would you […]
Sync Stories: Provisioning a BitTorrent Sync Server
Sync Stories is a column dedicated to our users. Each week, we showcase a different use case for BitTorrent Sync and the personal stories behind it. In this week’s edition: Software developer Andy Dixon shows how the combination of BitTorrent Sync and cloud hosting network Vultr can help you create an always-on, high capacity virtual storage system.
Sync Dev: An Introduction to MeshedSites
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. This is a guest post by Ian Maxwell of meshedsites.com, on leveraging BitTorrent Sync and other technologies to create a decentralized solution for deploying and experiencing websites.