If you own a lightweight device like a MacBook Air or Ultrabook, you may be well aware that reducing physical size sometimes comes with a trade off for less digital storage. To offset this reduced capacity, you can use a NAS (short for Network Attached Storage) device on your network to bolster your capacity. These […]
Sync Dev: Automating Task Execution Among Servers With Sync
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. This is a guest post by David Muñoz – Director at OK HOSTING, a Mexican company that offers corporate software development, web design and hosting services.
Sync Stories: A Short Film in Post Production
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: The team behind Catherine Adelaide shares how they’ve used Sync to share and collaborate, working with large files that require speed and security, with team […]
Sync App: All Your Desktop Folders, On The Go
When I’m at work and on my laptop, there’s a very specific folder structure that I’m used to: Each project has it’s own folder (with different sub folders), while each product has it’s own separate folder system, and so on. It keeps things very organized and accessible … that is, until I’m without my laptop […]
Sync Dev: Envisioning decentralized peer-to-peer email
Part of the fun of working on a decentralized peer-to-peer application like Sync is imagining what cool things could be built on the API and how the world could benefit from decentralized [insert technology here]. As I was sending emails today, I started to think about what decentralized email would look like built on Sync. […]
What To Expect Next From BitTorrent Sync
A year and a half ago, BitTorrent Sync started with a simple idea: give people the ability to sync large files fast by skipping the cloud. We’ve been humbled by the enthusiastic reception during the Alpha and Beta phases, and we’re now getting ready to take the Beta tag off and introduce a premium edition […]
BitTorrent Sync Reviewed by Third Party Security Firm
BitTorrent has a long history of putting the end user in control and we place privacy at a premium. This is our core mission and fundamental to creating a sustainable Internet.
Sync Stories: Photography Backup Strategy with HDDs and HP Microservers
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: On his blog Shutter Discovery, photographer Niall McKenna shares how he uses Sync to keep precious photographs safe and secure with a backup strategy that involves […]
How to Sync iTunes to Android
I love my Moto X and I’ve been on Android since I first got my HTC Incredible in 2010, but I’m chained to iTunes for managing my music and podcast subscriptions on my laptop. This has caused no end of inconveniences when trying to figure out the best way to move music and podcasts from […]
Backup Mobile Photos With Sync (Video)
If you’re looking for a easy and secure way to backup all the photos and videos on your mobile device, Sync is here to help.
Sync Dev: Resources For Building On Sync’s API
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. It’s not a secret – one of my personal and professional goals is to get more people building decentralised peer-to-peer applications on Sync’s API. The Sync developer community has been great so far with providing wrappers, help on the forums, […]
How A Software Developer Can Leverage BitTorrent Sync
The ease in which Sync transports files between multiple endpoints makes it a useful tool for software developers. In this post I’ll walk through how Sync can be used for deployment as well as mirroring Git repositories – then we’ll look at extending these use cases with the developer API.
Sync Stories: 25 GBs to Send, 24 Hour Turnaround
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: Brett Sims of Alkali Productions shares how his video production company uses Sync to send large amounts of data quickly and reliably.
Sync Dev: An Inside Look at the Sync Forums, A Chat with Moderator GreatMarko
Developing on the BitTorrent Sync API? Our developer evangelist is here to work with you. Today we talk with Mark Harrington (also known as GreatMarko) – developer for MIDAS by day and Sync forum moderator by night.
Resilio Sync Speed Test: Over 16 Times Faster Than The Cloud
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.