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I’m finally back home in the Philippines after a 10-week absence. During that time, I of course did lots of work on my desktop PC in Mexico. And all along, I’ve been wondering if my test-run of Syncplicity, a facility that promises to effortlessly keep multiple computers in sync, would be successful. It passes with flying colors.
Two days ago, I turned on my Manila computer, which I’ve allowed a friend to use to keep in touch via email, to discover that it was already completely up-to-date with all of my work I’d done in Mexico. And I mean everything, down to my EssentialPIM calendar and contact list, my Word documents, my AceMoney accounting, the notes I keep in KeyNote and so on.
If you need to keep data on two or more computers in sync, Syncplicity is a great solution. All I had to do was sign up for an account at the Syncplicity website and install some software on each of my computers [I also sync up my laptop]. Then I designated which folders needed to be synchronized. That’s it — Sincplicity takes care of all the rest. I could even see it working in the background in my task bar each day that I worked in Mexico.
As files were created or changed in Mexico, they were uploaded to my online account. And then, when my friend turned on my Philippine compute every few days, the files were invisibly downloaded onto that machine to await my return. All in sync — and with an online backup copy to boot.
I’m keeping so much in sync that I exceed the free 5-gig free limitation. But the service and convenience is well worth the annual fee of about $50.00.
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