Comments on: SugarSync: Now in Alpha For Mac

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 10:33:12 +0000

You might want to watch the progress of the project Fruux. They currently don’t have any iDisk-like features, but since they want to replicate the DotMac/MobileMe syncing feature set, FileSyncing might appear, too.

By: Walter Mitty

Walter Mitty — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:40:19 +0000

Does anyone know of a free service that does what this does? (Destitute college student here.)

By: SugarSyncer

SugarSyncer — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 18:10:12 +0000

During beta period, SugarSync offers upto 11GB for free (1GB by default, with an optional free upgrade for an additional 10GB).

They key differentiation of the service is that it automatically synchronizes changes made anywhere — online or on a Mac or PC or mobile — everywhere else.

Regarding suggestions for improvements, the Mac client is still in alpha, so you can expect a lot of the issues alluded to above to disappear soon.

The service will be a paid service, cheaper than iDisk, and there will be no ads.

If you’d like synchronize multiple Macs, or a Mac and a PC, or just don’t want to deal with manual uploads and downloads to backup stuff online and remotely access them, try out the service.

By: abramelin

abramelin — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:20:26 +0000

Well, at least its got to be better than iDisk which is unusuable on any computer other than your home Mac. Open up iDisk on a pc and if you have more than about 12 folders, you are totally shafted – the stupid thing doesn’t allow you to scroll down. I know scrolling a window of folders is super advanced stuff but you’d think Apple would have been able to figure out a way for this to be done eh?
Once the pricing is sorted out, this is something i would use. I definitely wont be renewing my subscription is useless iDisk.

By: Rees Maxwell

Rees Maxwell — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 05:31:24 +0000

Considering that price per GB is about 29 cents right now, It is hard to fathom a service that doesn’t at least give 10 GB. You know they’ll find a way to pump ads through their service, so that will help cover some expenses … and if they’re smart, they have some investors pumping in money and are probably just hoping to hold out until some major online company comes along and buys them.

The more sinister side of me would love to see MS come in and buy this company, then roll all the Mac users in to MS Live Storage & Calendar (or whatever). Then MS could get their logo onto more Macs and Mac users stuff. Not likely to happen, but sure would put a smile on my face.

By: Gand

Gand — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:16:10 +0000

They say “100MB Free Disk Space”, not 1GB.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 17:50:11 +0000

So does that mean that if you use the alpha/beta and they choose to only offer it for a fee when they get to release, they’ll simply make all your data disappear if you don’t pay?

By: Mike Abdullah

Mike Abdullah — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 15:44:03 +0000

You’re kidding me right? That UI is absolutely awful.

* Completely non-standard controls (buttons, text fields, outline views, scrollbars etc.)
* Missing minimize button rather than greyed out
* OK/Cancel buttons the wrong way round (and really ought to have better titles)

Bizarrely from your screenshots, the web UI actually fits in better with the OS X desktop!