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Syncthing is great, I've been using it at home for several years. My only trouble is I don't have any of my computers always on and I'm too lazy to root my NAS,
by Jare 9y ago
Syncthing is great, I've been using it at home for several years. My only trouble is I don't have any of my computers always on and I'm too lazy to root my NAS, so there's a chance of conflicts, but a little discipline takes care of it.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 9y agoMe neither (re always-on computers) but since I always have my phone with me, all my computers get automatically synced as I move near them. Syncthing is set to only turn on on some preset Wifi networks, to which these computers/boxes are connected. So when I arrive at work, my Work and Music folders get synced in seconds. And when I come back home, Music and Todo files (and others) get synced with my personal computers via my phone. I also have the Photos/Camera folder of my Android phone synced in "send only" to my TV and Macbook. I just don't need cloud services or backups anymore. It's always synced (with a trash settings so deleted files are kept for some time, in case of any mistake). All my devices are synced together, via my phone or just P2P. And if I lose my phone, I will probably not care. I'm really surprise Syncthing is not super popular already, at least among tech friendly people. It works so well and has very little effect on my devices batteries (they are only set to sync when I'm on known Wifi networks, which means that I have a power plug nearby anyway).
- Jare 9y agoI had not considered using the phone as the always-on link. I will have to check what this means for storage since I only have a lowly 16GB handset, but at least for the important bits it should work. Some great ideas there, thank you!