One of the most amazing features of BitTorrent Sync is how easily it works over local networks (LAN), and therefore how it’s able to continue to function even without Internet access. Flying through the air in a metal tube is pretty amazing too, but what about a scenario that brings Sync’s local network capabilities to today’s business […]
Sync Stories: How a PhD Manages His Research Data
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: Mark Wolf, a PhD candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago, shares how he keeps his research work synced across devices (to be accessed […]
A Future Without Ports
As demonstrated with Apple’s latest MacBook design, we’re quickly moving to a future where everything is not only wireless, but portless. Over-the-air transfers are the norm right now for smaller files whether your recipient is across the room or across the country. Try to remember the last time someone gave you a single image or […]
Sync Stories: Battling Cervical Cancer in Haiti
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: Team Live Longer is using mobile technologies to diagnose and early detect cases of cervical cancer in Haiti, an approach that delivers a survival rate of […]
Resilio Sync 2.0: Skip The Cloud, Share Direct
When Sync was first conceived in a hackathon, it was a simple idea: create a tool for people to move files directly between devices. It was a little piece of magic that leveraged great technology.
Sync Stories: Why I Manage My Media Files Without The Cloud
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: Hobbyist filmmaker Dane York shows he manages different media files via Sync, and the benefits of a cloudless tool.
Farago Design Uses BitTorrent Sync on Nook Video Shoot
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: Peter Farago of Farago Design shares how his team uses Sync to work effectively together on very large, shared assets.
Syncing Mac OS X Folders and Sub Folders
In today’s post, tech writer TJ Luoma shares how he uses Sync to set up the folder structure on his Mac, keeping things like his ~/Library/LaunchAgents/ and ~/Library/QuickLook/ folders synced.
Gamers: Sync Your Game Saves Across Devices
I love playing video games, pretty much everywhere. Whether it’s computer, console, or handheld, I am an avid games player and am always juggling two or three titles at once. That’s what I love about using Steam — it keeps my library of (great, mostly indie) games all in one place, downloadable to any authorized […]
Personal Clouds Made Easy
Everyone has heard of the cloud. Whether it’s from online services you use or hacking scandals, the cloud is more and more becoming a part of everyone’s vocabulary. Naturally, now that even your parents and grandparents have started to understand what the cloud is, we’re starting to talk more about the alternative: going cloudless and […]